A5050512755- ICT in Developing Communities
- Species Distribution and Climate Change
- Innovative Approaches in Technology and Social Development
- Innovative Human-Technology Interaction
- Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management
- Geographic Information Systems Studies
- Agricultural Innovations and Practices
- Mobile Crowdsensing and Crowdsourcing
- Agriculture and Rural Development Research
- Indigenous Studies and Ecology
- Open Source Software Innovations
- Zoonotic diseases and public health
- Data Visualization and Analytics
- Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior
- Human Mobility and Location-Based Analysis
- Virtual Reality Applications and Impacts
- Animal and Plant Science Education
- Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology
University College London
2013-2021
The London College
2017
UCL Australia
2013-2014
University College London's Extreme Citizen Science research group (UCL ExCiteS) is experimenting with ways to incorporate the most marginalized communities into participatory citizen science activities through which they can share their indigenous knowledge. The works at extremes of globalized world--both because nonliteracy and remote or forbidding environments inhabit. These groups are gatekeepers some key on future health planet depend--from tropical forests Arctic sea-ice. This article...
Although hundreds of citizen science applications exist, there is lack detailed analysis volunteers' needs and requirements, common usability mistakes the kinds user experiences that generate. Due to limited number studies reflect on these issues, it not always possible develop interactions are beneficial enjoyable. In this paper we perform a systematic literature review identify relevant articles which discuss issues in environmental digital set design guidelines, evaluate using cooperative...
This paper describes a project initiated by non-literate indigenous people to equip their own "citizen scientists" with rugged smartphones running adapted software that enable them share some of detailed environmental knowledge in ways improve the sustainable management forest. Supporting local scientifically valid and strategically targeted can lead improvement governance, justice practices. Mbendjele hunter-gatherers rainforests Congo are working together ExCiteS Research Group at...
The Sapelli smartphone application aims to support any community engage in citizen science activities address local concerns and needs. However, was designed developed not as a piece of technology without context, but the technical part socio-technical approach establish participatory process. This paper provides methodological framework for implementing using field. Specifically, we present role within an “Extreme Citizen Science” (ECS) methodology that is based on design. enables Sapelli’s...
Providing indigenous communities with ICT tools and methods for collecting sharing their Traditional Ecological Knowledge is increasingly recognised as an avenue improvements in environmental governance social-environmental justice. In this paper we show how carried out a usability engineering effort the "wild" context of Congolese rainforest -- designing, evaluating iteratively improving novel collaborative data collection interfaces non-literate forest that can subsequently be used to...
This report aims to enhance our understanding of stakeholder mapping for co-created citizen science initiatives. It presents and discusses findings from an international two-day workshop with researchers, event organizers, communication experts, artists realizing activities. Participants identified examples co-creation in their work mapped stakeholders three initiatives the "Doing Together Science" project. For each case, we provide overview groups involved lessons derived identifying actual...
With this poster we announce the imminent release of Sapelli, a new mobile data collection and sharing platform designed with particular focus on non-literate illiterate users.
Citizen science gets increasing recognition for its potential to democratize and support environmental governance. In this paper we present our experiences lessons learned from a set of 'extreme' citizen initiatives in developing countries, where data collection applications are used low-literate people identifying solutions issues that significant local concern. This aims bring the attention HCI community developments extreme contribute knowledge field HCI4D, especially research studies...
A conservacao da biodiversidade e uma questao que tem preocupado o mundo todo. Nas ultimas decadas, centenas de areas protegidas foram criadas para assegurar a preservacao no planeta. Um grande numero habitado por comunidades dependem do uso seus recursos naturais nao apenas sua sobrevivencia, mas tambem reproducao social cultural. Em muitos casos, as populacoes locais sido diretamente responsaveis pela gestao sustentavel desses complexos ecossistemas seculos. Iniciativas Ciencia Cidada –...
Data collection applications on smartphone devices support indigenous communities in developing countries to record and preserve traditional ecological knowledge, collaboratively collect data around issues that are important them use these tools subsequently identify locally-acceptable solutions with global impacts. Development of interfaces needs consider users’ familiarity technology as well their education literacy levels. This study builds existing HCI4D research, which is also interest...