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Reflecting on Efforts to Design an Inclusive Citizen Science Project in West Baltimore
- Source :
- Citizen Science: Theory and Practice, Vol 4, Iss 1 (2019), Citizen Science: Theory and Practice; Vol 4, No 1 (2019); 13
- Publication Year :
- 2019
- Publisher :
- Ubiquity Press, 2019.
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Abstract
- Citizen science (CS) has been an increasingly utilized means by which scientists leverage members of the public to increase the amount of data collected and analyzed. However, the underrepresentation of individuals from certain socio-cultural groups can have consequences that can manifest in the scientific outcomes of those CS projects such as biases in the data. Additionally, this underrepresentation can potentially affect long-term viability and support of CS as a community of practice. CS programs that promote greater inclusivity would likely provide opportunities for communities to define, investigate, and address pressing issues in collaboration with professional scientists. In this paper we discuss a CS project that sought to include underrepresented communities in Baltimore, Maryland using Pandya’s framework for inclusive CS. While the project met all of its scientific research goals, translating the CS for broader social outcomes in the community proved challenging. Here we highlight perspectives from local community members and research personnel about the barriers to CS engagement, challenges in translating scientific outcomes to social justice efforts, and opportunities to address these barriers in CS program development and design.
- Subjects :
- 010501 environmental sciences
01 natural sciences
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
Community of practice
Inclusion
Representation
Environmental Justice
Aedes albopictus
mosquitoes
Leverage (negotiation)
Political science
Citizen science
030212 general & internal medicine
lcsh:Science
0105 earth and related environmental sciences
Environmental justice
Multidisciplinary
business.industry
Public relations
Social justice
Local community
Program development
lcsh:Q
business
Inclusion (education)
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 20574991
- Volume :
- 4
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Citizen Science: Theory and Practice
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....676c00fb58e06b7c86a42722e3734eb4