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Author: Simon Hoyte

Simon is an anthropologist and PhD researcher with ExCiteS, working to understand the relationship between Baka hunter-gatherers of Cameroon and their rainforest, and developing an indigenous-led participatory approach to animal monitoring and wildlife crime mapping for conservation

Decolonising protected areas: Sapelli in eastern Cameroon

Whilst being initially hesitant to work in this controversial and problematic context, I decided that this was an opportunity to initiate change, whereby the voices and values of the Baka could be taken seriously

Africa, anthropology, conservation, Sapelli

Is Sapelli just a tool?

In a recent interview I conducted with the director of an international NGO here in Cameroon who is familiar with … More

Extreme Citizen Science, participation, production of knowledge, Sapelli

“We are weeping with our knowledge of the forest”

I have been living with the Baka, one of Central Africa’s hunter-gatherer groups, for the last 5 months. As an … More

Electric Guitars and Environmental Justice

It’s not an easy ride from Yaoundé, the capital of Cameroon, to Gbiné. A six hour bus to Bertoua, followed … More

ECSAnVis, ERC

Are poachers really the bad guys?

    The word poacher is a horrible word. It carries with it images of slain rhinos, piles of ivory, … More

Anti-Poaching, Communities, ECSAnVis, ERC, Hunting, Illegal Wildlife Trade, Indigenous

Reuniting people and maps: Participative Mapping 2017 at Cal Poly

Maps have changed the world. If you’ve visited Madrid’s Naval Museum, you will have seen a map drawn by an … More

conference, ECSAnVis, ERC, GIS, Indigenous, indigenous rights, Mapping, PGIS, PPGIS

Ready, Set, Report! Five forest communities are showcasing a new style of conservation

  We’re often told that we shouldn’t trust first impressions. In the case of Baka forest hunter-gatherer communities in Cameroon, … More

Africa, Animals, anthropology, Cameroon, Communities, Community Development, development, ECSAnVis, Elephants, ERC, GIS, Great Apes, Indigenous, participatory development

Forest People, Forest Elephants, and Forest Citizen Science in Cameroon

Since its initial development, Sapelli has been closely interlinked with conservation aims, ranging from resource monitoring in the Congo and CAR to … More

Africa, biodiversity, Cameroon, Citizen science, Community Development, Ecological Citizen Science, ECSAnVis, Empowerment, environmental monitoring, ERC, ExCiteS, indigenous rights, Sapelli

Recent posts

  • Decolonising protected areas: Sapelli in eastern Cameroon January 17, 2021
  • Opportunity: Help us develop visualisation software for participatory mapping with indigenous communities! December 10, 2020
  • Call for Special Issue on “GeoWeb and GeoMobile Applications for Public Engagement Emerging Trends and Novel Approaches” November 30, 2020
  • Is Sapelli just a tool? October 10, 2020
  • Crowdsourced Blogging on the ECSA 2020 conference September 21, 2020
  • Mon engagement à l’extrémité de la science (citoyenne) September 9, 2020
  • Can extreme citizen science breathe life into science? August 17, 2020
  • My commitment to the extremity of (citizen) science August 11, 2020
  • WEBINAR: Whose land? Whose map? Land use mapping by land users in the Digital Earth era. May 4, 2020
  • “We are weeping with our knowledge of the forest” March 28, 2020

Categories

  • Activism (8)
  • Amazon (2)
  • anthropology (14)
  • Articles (168)
  • Biodiversity (9)
  • Brazil (4)
  • Cameroon (7)
  • Central African Republic (1)
  • Challenging Citizen Science (2)
  • Citizen cyberscience (5)
  • Citizen Cyberscience around the world (3)
  • Citizen Cyberscience Summit (13)
  • citizen science data (7)
  • Congo (4)
  • Cultural Ecosystem Services (6)
  • Digital Earth (1)
  • DIY tools and methodologies (16)
  • Ecological Citizen Science (6)
  • Ecology (7)
  • Engagement (15)
  • Engagement, motivations and incentives (8)
  • Fieldwork (12)
  • HCI (1)
  • Human-Computer Interaction (10)
  • ICT4D (1)
  • Indigenous peoples (14)
  • Issues of power (4)
  • Land Administration (1)
  • Learning (19)
  • Mapping (17)
  • motivations and incentives (4)
  • Open Science (5)
  • Participatory GIS (1)
  • Reflection on practice (6)
  • Research project (17)
  • Science by Citizens (13)
  • Social events (7)
  • STS (3)
  • The art of Citizen Science (1)
  • The Citizens of Citizen Science (3)
  • Webinar (1)
  • Workshops and conferences (30)

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