Accessible Citizen Science, by people with intellectual disability

Howlett, Robin; Sitbon, Laurianne; Hoogstrate, Maria; Balasuriya, Saminda Sundeepa

doi:10.1145/3441852.3476558

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“…Some of the most prominent citizen projects involve air pollution in marginalized communities (Gonzalez et al 2011; Ottinger 2016), water pollution in worker communities tied to industrial hog farming, and famously the lead-contaminated water of Flint, Michigan (Pauli 2019; Lewis and Sadler 2021). Many other projects are designed explicitly to reach diverse audiences, and evidence suggests that these projects succeed in engaging many people from marginalized communities in science (e.g., Howlett et al 2021; Purcell, Garibay, and Dickinson 2012). Citizen science has also been used in communities where literacy itself may be limited, such as the Congo Basin rainforest.…”

Section: Citizen Sciencementioning

confidence: 99%

Is Citizen Science a Remedy for Inequality?

Lewenstein¹

2022

The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Scie

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Is public engagement with science an effective response to threats against science? One form of public engagement—citizen science—might be especially useful for addressing issues of inequality that threaten public support for science. Citizen science is both public participation in the scientific process and public participation in the governance of science. In principle, citizen science empowers marginalized communities to participate in the scientific process, using the authority of science to challenge government, industry, or other institutions that exploit imbalances of social power. In practice, however, citizen science can also be used to redirect attention away from actions that address inequalities and to reinforce modes of knowledge production that exclude alternative ways of knowing relevant to those without social power. Thus, rhetoric about citizen science as a solution to threats against science needs to be tempered with attention to specific contexts and opportunities.

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Section: Citizen Sciencementioning

confidence: 99%

Is Citizen Science a Remedy for Inequality?

Lewenstein¹

2022

The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Scie

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“…The move toward inclusion and diversity in citizen science-i.e., the "engagement from all members of society, regardless of their social status, sociocultural origin, gender, religious affiliation, literacy level, or age" (Paleco et al, 2021)-is right at the core of today's citizen science movement though still in its infancy (Cooper et al, 2021;Allf et al, 2022;Ellwood et al, 2023). Making science engagement activities accessible for all to participate in is also increasingly being recognized (Howlett et al, 2021;Worm et al, 2021). Many of the principles of inclusion and diversity, including meaures to address accessibility, can be drawn on to achieve a greater level of citizen engagement.…”

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Beyond the usual suspects: using cross-sectoral partnerships to target and engage new citizen scientists

Iwanycki Ahlstrand,

Tøttrup

2023

Front. Environ. Sci.

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Citizen science offers enormous benefits to enhance public knowledge and understanding of science. Several opportunities to engage and share information with citizens are possible in citizen science projects. Recent evidence demonstrates however that individuals who participate in citizen science projects are demographically speaking not very diverse. For citizen science projects to successfully achieve their full potential in increasing public awareness and understanding of science, a wider social demographic needs to be engaged. We present a nationwide approach developed to achieve just that with respect to targeting and engaging residents in Denmark that did not previously have a prior connection to or interest in nature. Under the auspices of a campaign entitled Our Nature, our approach included the formation of a new, cross-sectoral partnership, and co-creating and implementing of a wide array of communication tactics and nature-based activities, including the development of a new citizen science project. Our cross-sectoral partnership allowed us to broaden the sectors of society that could be reached and develop cross-disciplinary activities to achieve goals for broad engagement. Extensive third-party evaluation revealed that 70% of the Danes interviewed across the country heard about Our Nature, and 70% of these gained more knowledge about Danish nature through the campaign. In addition to presenting our co-created projects and activities by working cross-sectorally and interdisciplinarily, we discuss the successes, challenges and limitations related to reaching our goal, based on evaluation results and our own experiences in citizen science and science communication. The citizen science project Denmark Explores that emerged from this campaign is used as a case study to demonstrate how our approach facilitated the broad engagement of citizens across the country––beyond the usual nature enthusiasts.

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