This past 12 and 13 of November marked the beginning of a 3 year journey into the consolidation of the…
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…
Negligence in Science. Manslaughter. L’Aquila 2012.
The conviction of six Italian scientists, members of the Commission of High Risk, of criminal manslaughter for providing ‘inexact, incomplete and…
Designing for Scientific Literacy
Learning for scientific literacy It is frequently suggested that participation in citizen science projects benefits citizens by giving them a…
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…
Electromagnetic Field 2012
Four of us from the ExCiteS group – an anthropologist (Elles), designer (Christian), human geographer (Cindy), and a computer scientist (Matthias) – made…
Touch|Play|Learn: make the invisible visible!
Touch|Play|Learn was part of the Open House event at the Mildmay Community Centre in Islington, London (which in turn was…
Reflections on the Participation Paradigm
When researching the literature on participation and participatory exercises, a quote by Redclift on ‘sustainable development’ comes to mind: “Like…
Public Participation in Scientific Research 2012, Portland. Summary and reflections.
Conference on Public Participation in Scientific Research (PPSR2012) . The PPSR conference held in Portland, Oregon, USA the 4th and 5th August…
Anti-Poaching Application
Mobile technology, as a part of ICT, can support public participation in environmental conservation in the developing countries. Relatively cheap,…
