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Category: DIY tools and methodologies

Learning DIY glow-worm making

“Learning by teaching”, a reflection on running a DIY Arduino glow-worm-making workshop.

Arduino, art, Citizen science, Community Development, creativity, development, DIY, education, environment, event, hacking, hardware, innovation, Into the Night, open source, Play, research, science, Technology, workshop

The Explorer of the World playshop series – 2015

Explorer of the World playshops: seeing the world through a new lens The Explorer of the World playshop series is … More

Civic Science, Empowerment, Ownership, public engagement

A summer of DIY: kite-making, aerial photography, and spectrometry [PART 1]

“I like anything DIY… it makes me feel more self-sufficient, which in turn gives me a sense of self-reliance: I … More

Motivations and Engagement in Citizen Science by Dr. Charlene Jennett

 Motivations and Engagement in Citizen Science Post by Dr. Charlene Jennett One of our goals in Citizen Cyberlab is to … More

Citizen science, creativity, motivation, public engagement

RE: I had an Arduino evening | A conversation about the meaning of DIY

Subject: I had an Arduino evening From: Asako To: Cindy Cindy! Hooray, my Arduino did the blinking!! and the light turned on when … More

Arduino, DIY, motivation

NightScience Conference/Hackathon

“WHAT’S THE USE OF STORIES THAT AREN’T EVEN TRUE?” Haroun and the Sea of Stories (p.22) In Salman Rushdie’s fairy … More

Citizen Cyberscience, Citizen science, DIY, games, hacking, learning

RE: I had an Arduino evening | A conversation about DIY

Subject: I had an Arduino evening From: Asako To: Cindy Cindy! Hooray, my Arduino did the blinking!! and the light … More

Arduino, DIY, Publicly Initiated Scientific Research

Doing it Yourself: Kite-mapping… an activity for the ‘privileged’?

Kite, check, reel, check, camera, check, SD card & batteries, check, camera rig, check, gloves, check, map, check, sunglasses, check. … More

Citizen science, DIY, Kite mapping

Strengthening community: PLOTS barn raising 2012

In the spirit of the barn raising tradition, in which people from a community get together to collectively erect a … More

balloon mapping, Civic Science, collaboration, data collection solutions, DIY, education, environmental monitoring, Grassroots Science, high quality data, Kite mapping, participatory tools, wildlife

Exploring the Political Agency of Mapping and Maps

What is being being mapped and to what ends? – CHRISTIAN NOLD 21 September 2012 Abstract: The presentation discusses Christian’s … More

case study, Christian Nold, Lecture, Mapping, PhD

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