Technological Affordance and the Realities of Citizen Science Projects Developed in Challenging Territories

Autor: Fábio Grigoletto, Fernanda Antunes de Oliveira, Caio Caradi Momesso, Ibrahim Kamel Rodrigues Nehemy, João Emílio de Almeida Junior, Vinícius de Avelar São Pedro, Roberto Greco, Mário Aquino Alves, Tim Edwards
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2023
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Zdroj: Sustainability; Volume 15; Issue 8; Pages: 6654
ISSN: 2071-1050
DOI: 10.3390/su15086654
Popis: Citizen science has established itself as an important approach to the co-production of knowledge and public participation in scientific research. Combined with digital technologies and online tools, the approach has been celebrated as a path toward the democratization of science. However, only a few studies have investigated the role digital technologies play in shaping interactions between people and nature. Additionally, the role of context in shaping online and face-to-face participation in citizen science projects has yet to receive much attention. This article takes a citizen science initiative in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest in the state of São Paulo as an illustrative case of the emergence of unanticipated consequences of digital technologies. The emergence of a socio-material practice of animal identification through a popular instant-messaging app is described, allowing a better understanding of the role of digital technologies and the context framing citizen participation in challenging environments.
Databáze: OpenAIRE