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Category: anthropology

Intelligent Maps = pixel value + local knowledge

Remote sensing has made huge breakthroughs in recent years in providing global maps of land cover and land use. A … More

Intelligent Maps

Une journée chez les écogardes

Le drapeau du Cameroun se dresse lentement et en silence au-dessus des écogardes alignés au garde-à-vous. Les couleurs du drapeau … More

anthropology, Bassin du Congo, Cameroon, ecogardes, ecoguards, sociology

Une journée chez les Baka

Les grumiers soulèvent des nuages de poussière en emportant avec eux des petits bouts de forêt. Depuis quelques jours, j’ai … More

anthropologie, Cameroun, Congo, sociologie

Recognition of Indigenous People through Sapelli

Indigenous people believed to be a drag on society are in reality a major asset for conservation. We must recognise … More

Baka indigenous people, Citizen science, Congo, eco-guards, Indigenous people, Messok-Dja, Sapelli

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

“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

Learn about Extreme Citizen Science from our StoryMap

What if science and society deployed themselves inside one single dynamic adventure?

brazil, Cameroon, Congo-Brazzaville, Extreme Citizen Science, Ghana, Kenya, Namibia, Open Science

EMBO reports cover ExCiteS work

A new report from Adam Gristwood in the journal EMBO reports is covering the work of ExCiteS as part of … More

ECSAnVis, ERC, papers, publication

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

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Recent posts

  • From negative tipping points to positive tipping points January 30, 2023
  • HEIDI Webinar: Scientific Outreach, Citizen Science: Marginalised & Indigenous Communities January 23, 2023
  • HEIDI Roundtables and CoCreation Event January 17, 2023
  • Key Take-Aways from our “Ethics in Digital Action” Webinar December 16, 2022
  • Impact science: beyond feeling helpless and disarmed November 23, 2022
  • ExCiteS case studies November 21, 2022
  • You’re invited to one more round of HEIDI Project events before Christmas November 17, 2022
  • Intelligent Maps = pixel value + local knowledge November 10, 2022
  • COP 27 : « La science citoyenne permet aux peuples autochtones de démontrer leur rôle clef dans la préservation des espèces et des écosystèmes »  October 25, 2022
  • Student Roundtable: Shaping Digital Action October 18, 2022

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