Technological Affordance and the Realities of Citizen Science Projects Developed in Challenging Territories-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

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

Published:2023-04-14 Issue:8 Volume:15 Page:6654
ISSN:2071-1050
Container-title:Sustainability
language:en
Short-container-title:Sustainability

Author:

Grigoletto Fábio¹^ORCID,de Oliveira Fernanda Antunes²^ORCID,Momesso Caio Caradi²^ORCID,Nehemy Ibrahim Kamel Rodrigues³^ORCID,Junior João Emílio de Almeida⁴,São Pedro Vinícius de Avelar¹,Greco Roberto⁵^ORCID,Alves Mário Aquino²,Edwards Tim⁶^ORCID

Affiliation:

1. Center for Nature Sciences, Campus Lagoa do Sino, Federal University of São Carlos, Buri 18290-000, SP, Brazil

2. Center for Studies in Public Administration and Government, School of Business Administration of São Paulo, Getúlio Vargas Foundation, São Paulo 01313-902, SP, Brazil

3. Institute of Biology, State University of Campinas, Campinas 13083-862, SP, Brazil

4. Laboratory of Biogeography and Natural History of Amphibians and Reptiles (Mapinguari), Federal University of Mato Grosso do Sul, Campo Grande 79002970, MS, Brazil

5. Department of Science and Technology Policy, Institute of Geosciences, University of Campinas (Unicamp), Campinas 13083-855, SP, Brazil

6. Cardiff Business School, Cardiff University, Cardiff CF10 3EU, UK

Abstract

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.

Funder

EPSRC Global Challenges Research Fund Institutional Scholarship

Cardiff University

FGV Pesquisa

HEFCW GCRF Small Project

ESRC—Impact Acceleration Account

Cardiff Business School

Publisher

MDPI AG

Subject

Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law,Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment,Geography, Planning and Development,Building and Construction

Link

https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/15/8/6654/pdf

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