Listening to the forest and its curators: Lessons learnt from a bioacoustic smartphone application deployment

Stuart Moran, Nadia Pantidi, Tom Rodden, Alan Chamberlain, Chloe Griffiths, Davide Zilli, Geoff Merrett, Alex Rogers

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Abstract

Our natural environment is complex and sensitive, and is home to a number of species on the verge of extinction. Surveying is one approach to their preservation, and can be supported by technology. This paper presents the deployment of a smartphone-based citizen science biodiversity application. Our findings from interviews with members of the biodiversity community revealed a tension between the technology and their established working practices. From our experience, we present a series of general guidelines for those designing citizen science apps.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationCHI 2014
Subtitle of host publicationOne of a CHInd - Conference Proceedings, 32nd Annual ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
PublisherAssociation for Computing Machinery
Pages2387-2396
Number of pages10
ISBN (Print)9781450324731
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2014
Event32nd Annual ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, CHI 2014 - Toronto, ON, Canada
Duration: 26 Apr 201401 May 2014

Publication series

NameConference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings

Conference

Conference32nd Annual ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, CHI 2014
Country/TerritoryCanada
CityToronto, ON
Period26 Apr 201401 May 2014

Keywords

  • Bioacoustics
  • Biodiversity
  • Citizen science
  • Community practices
  • Mobile
  • Participatory sensing
  • Tension
  • Tradition

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