Moths at midnight: Design implications for supporting ecology-focused citizen science

Alan Chamberlain, Chloe Griffiths

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Abstract

This paper presents some initial findings, which form a set of design implications from a study that relates to the increasingly popular activity of people setting up moth traps in private gardens. Moth trapping can either be done by an individual or a small group and involves setting a trap that will safely catch moths overnight. The trap is opened in the morning and the contents identified and recorded. This information is usually reported to the local records centre (LRC). This research is based on a rapid ethnographic study and interviews, which demonstrate a series of intervention points that would augment this branch of citizen science, (also known as crowd-sourced science) where mobile ubiquitous technology could both support the fore-mentioned activity and enhance the user's experience. These points relate to: the identification of species; habitat; flight season; verification; learning; reporting; and associated social information sharing.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of the 12th International Conference on Mobile and Ubiquitous Multimedia, MUM 2013
PublisherAssociation for Computing Machinery
ISBN (Print)9781450326483
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 02 Dec 2013
Event12th International Conference on Mobile and Ubiquitous Multimedia, MUM 2013 - Lulea, Sweden
Duration: 02 Dec 201305 Dec 2013

Publication series

NameProceedings of the 12th International Conference on Mobile and Ubiquitous Multimedia, MUM 2013

Conference

Conference12th International Conference on Mobile and Ubiquitous Multimedia, MUM 2013
Country/TerritorySweden
CityLulea
Period02 Dec 201305 Dec 2013

Keywords

  • Citizen science
  • Crowd sourcing
  • Design
  • Ecology
  • Ethnography
  • Mobile computing
  • Ubicomp

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