scholarly journals Reflections of a Citizen Scientist Educator

2021 ◽  
Vol 83 (4) ◽  
pp. 209-209
Author(s):  
Brad Williamson
Keyword(s):  
Citizen Scientist

Never Too Young to be a Citizen Scientist!

2019 ◽  
Vol 057 (03) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mary Hatton ◽  
Sara Grimbilas ◽  
Caroline Kane ◽  
Tara Kenyon
Keyword(s):  
Citizen Scientist

Thaumazein at the Nuclear Anthropocene

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 61-71
Author(s):  
Nobuo Kazashi ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Nuclear Power ◽  
Nuclear Accidents ◽  
Quarter Century ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Citizen Scientist ◽  
Whole Person ◽  
Last Stage ◽  
The Right ◽  
Reflective Essay ◽  
Fukushima Disaster

This reflective essay brings to light the career and thought of nuclear chemist Jinzaburo Takagi (1938–2000), who devoted his whole career to the critique of nuclear power generation and the promotion of citizen-centered science. Looking at his life history, one recognizes some clear turning points. However, Takagi’s true engagement with the nuclear question began when he came face-to-face with the ubiquitous contamination of the earth by human-made radiation. It was a deep, revelatory astonishment that shook Takagi into radical questioning of his vocation as a scientist. It was, so to speak, an experience of “thaumazein at the nuclear anthropocene,” involving his whole person as a human being. In 1975 Takagi co-founded Citizens’ Nuclear Information Center in Tokyo, and he became a catalytic “citizen scientist” in the anti-nuclear power movements through his nation-wide and international activities spanning over a quarter-century. Takagi was a prolific and engaged writer, and he was awarded the Right Livelihood Award in 1997. Soon after, however, he was diagnosed with a variety of last-stage cancers. He penned books entitled To Live as a Citizen-Scientist, Liberation from Nuclear Power: Nine Spells that Would Annihilate Japan, and Why Are Nuclear Accidents Repeated? These books would be read widely, though quite belatedly and with deep regret, after the Fukushima disaster in 2011. This essay is a look at the warning messages Takagi emphasized in the books he left as his testaments not to repeat the disaster.

The Wryneck

2022 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gerard Gorman
Keyword(s):  
Natural History ◽  
Head And Neck ◽  
Conservation Status ◽  
High Quality ◽  
Wide Audience ◽  
Insect Prey ◽  
Citizen Scientist ◽  
Cultural Symbolism

This book details the natural history and cultural symbolism of a most unusual woodpecker – a species that neither excavates nest holes in trees, nor bores into wood to find insect prey. The elusive Wryneck is best renowned for performing a twisting, writhing head and neck display when threatened, but this ground-breaking study reveals many more secrets of its behaviour and evolution. Detailed information is presented on the species' origins, taxonomy, anatomy, appearance, moult, calls, distribution, conservation status, habitats, movements, breeding, diet and relationships, along with a chapter on its closest relative, the Red-throated Wryneck. The text is richly illustrated throughout with high quality photographs as well as sound spectrograms. This all-encompassing and engaging account has been written for a wide audience, whether professional ornithologist, citizen scientist, amateur birder, woodpecker aficionado and simply someone who wishes to learn more about this curious and remarkable bird.

“Not an Environmentalist”: Strategic Centrism, Cultural Stereotypes, and Disidentification

2019 ◽  
Vol 62 (5) ◽  
pp. 755-772 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elizabeth Cherry
Keyword(s):  
Nineteenth Century ◽  
Political Activism ◽  
Environmental Activism ◽  
Ethnographic Research ◽  
Cultural Stereotypes ◽  
Citizen Scientist ◽  
Using Data ◽  
Depth Interviews

Birding has long been associated with environmental activism, from its origins as a scientific hobby in the nineteenth century to today’s citizen scientist birders. My research with birders shows that despite their political activism, personal actions, and ecological beliefs, many disidentify as activists or environmentalists. Using data from 30 in-depth interviews and three years of ethnographic research with birders, I argue their disidentification comes from two interrelated sources. First, these birders followed the Audubon Society’s approach of strategic centrism, espousing a centrist identity and strategy of conservation. Second, these birders disidentified with the identity of “environmental activist” because of negative cultural stereotypes about environmental activists, which was bolstered by the Audubon Society’s strategic centrism. These mutually reinforcing phenomena create a situation that doubly discourages these birders from identifying as environmental activists. This paper contributes to sociological understandings of the interplay between culture, identity, and environmental activism.

scholarly journals Mosquito Mapper: a phone application to map urban mosquitoes

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Camille S.E. Guilbaud ◽  
Théophile G.D.P.V. Guilbaud
Keyword(s):  
Human Health ◽  
Urban Environment ◽  
Management Strategies ◽  
Citizen Scientist ◽  
Additional Information ◽  
Health Threats ◽  
Scientific Value ◽  
Potential Human Health ◽  
Identification Tool

AbstractThis paper presents mosquito mapper: an android phone application created with the goal of giving science-driven citizens the means to monitor mosquito populations in an urban environment. Mosquito mapper allows the recording of mosquito encounters as well as conditions surrounding the encounter. It also features a rudimentary identification tool. The goal of the application is to create a database and construct a map of the encounters free to consult for citizens and scientists. Such database constitutes a necessary first step for the development of useful management strategies addressing potential human health threats induced by mosquitoes. The citizen scientist may voluntarily provide other additional information on the circumstances of the encounter that may contain scientifically useful information. We describe the current features of the application, discuss their strength, limits, potential scientific value and suggest possible future extensions. The original city for which the application was developed is Berlin, Germany, but the application is coded in such a way that it is easily applicable to any urban environment.

scholarly journals To What Extent Does the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) Apply to Citizen Scientist-Led Health Research with Mobile Devices?

2020 ◽  
Vol 48 (S1) ◽  
pp. 187-195
Author(s):  
Edward S. Dove ◽  
Jiahong Chen
Keyword(s):  
Mobile Devices ◽  
Data Protection ◽  
Health Research ◽  
Health Data ◽  
Specific Context ◽  
General Data Protection Regulation ◽  
Citizen Scientist ◽  
Open Questions ◽  
General Data ◽  
The Eu

In this article, we consider the possible application of the European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) to “citizen scientist”-led health research with mobile devices. We argue that the GDPR likely does cover this activity, depending on the specific context and the territorial scope. Remaining open questions that result from our analysis lead us to call for lex specialis that would provide greater clarity and certainty regarding the processing of health data by for research purposes, including these non-traditional researchers.

A new bee-mimicking stiletto fly (Therevidae) from China discovered on iNaturalist 

Zootaxa ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 4816 (3) ◽  
pp. 361-369
Author(s):  
SHAUN L. WINTERTON
Keyword(s):  
Social Network ◽  
New Genus ◽  
Northern China ◽  
Bumble Bee ◽  
New Genus And Species ◽  
Citizen Scientist ◽  
Endemic Genera

The Chinese stiletto fly fauna is poorly known, with few species previously described and no endemic genera. A new genus and species of charismatic stiletto fly is described from northern China. Although the species was previously known from a poorly preserved specimen, the true form of this apparent bumble bee-mimic was not known until images of a live individual were discovered amongst photographs posted on iNaturalist, an online citizen scientist and biodiversity social network. 

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