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Tag: Community Development

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

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

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

Community Monitoring: great debates and local actions

I have just attended the International Seminar on Participatory Monitoring for the Management of Biodiversity and Natural Resources that occurred between September … More

biodiversity, Citizen science, collaboration, Community Development

ASA14 Decennial: Anthropology and Enlightenment

The end of last week saw the decennial gathering of the Association of Social Anthropologists of the UK and Commonwealth, … More

anthropology, CMRV, Community Development, development, participatory development, REDD+
Mini-expo of DIY tools for exploring the world around us

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 … More

Arduino, Community Development, DIY, Play

Recent posts

  • IN.FOR.BIO – our new 6-year One Health project December 18, 2025
  • Indigenous floor maps and many names for ice: ICA Vancouver 2025 November 5, 2025
  • Reflections on Urban Gardening Workshop in London’s Chinatown November 16, 2024
  • A desert as a garden: The International Society of Ethnobiology conference in Marrakech, Morocco July 19, 2024
  • WhatsApp Maps? Connecting users and producers of ground information June 26, 2024
  • Pathways on Industry-connected Citizen Engagement September 20, 2023
  • Wisdom of the Crowd in the Age of AI: Water September 3, 2023
  • You are invited to attend – and participate in! – the HEIDI Project’s Final Event on 30th and 31st May May 18, 2023
  • Digital Services at HEIs to Support Digital Action for Social Change – A HEIDI short film May 11, 2023
  • From negative tipping points to positive tipping points January 30, 2023

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