Engaging with nature through technology: A scoping review of HCI research

S Webber, RM Kelly, G Wadley, W Smith - Proceedings of the 2023 CHI …, 2023 - dl.acm.org
Technological progress has often been measured by the extent to which it shields and
protects us from the harshness of nature. At the same time, it has long been recognised that …

A close look at citizen science through the HCI lens: a systematic literature review

T Zambon, C Bassetti, C Prandi - IFIP Conference on Human-Computer …, 2023 - Springer
In this paper, we present a systematic literature review of Citizen Science (CS) research
projects with a focus on Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) and on the modalities in which …

Human-nature relations in urban gardens: Explorations with camera traps

K Vella, B Ploderer, M Brereton - … of the 2021 CHI conference on human …, 2021 - dl.acm.org
As cities grow, their people become increasingly distanced from nature except within private
and public green spaces. Sensing technologies provide a means to harness curiosity about …

(Re) imagining the ibis: Multispecies future (s), smart urban governance, and the digital environmental humanities

H Sheikh, M Foth, P Mitchell - Routledge handbook of the …, 2022 - api.taylorfrancis.com
Environmental sensing and monitoring technologies are increasingly being deployed to
gather data on climate and biodiversity (Gabrys 2016; Bratton 2019). Since the advent of …

Quiz-style online training tool helps to learn birdsong identification and support citizen science

Y Ogawa, K Fukasawa, A Yoshioka, N Kumada… - PeerJ, 2023 - peerj.com
Citizen science is an important approach to monitoring for biodiversity conservation because
it allows for data acquisition or analysis on a scale that is not possible for researchers alone …

Stepping on the scale? Only in the morning, of course!-Exploring the Lived Experience of Consumer Self-Tracking Technology in the Context of Citizen Science

S Krämer, GR Kottwitz, MP Woźniak, J Meyer… - Proceedings of the 13th …, 2024 - dl.acm.org
Consumer health devices pose great opportunities for Citizen Science. Yet, to ensure that
citizen-contributed data is suitable for research remains a key challenge. This work probes …

Engaging with Nature Sounds & Citizen Science by Designing for Creative & Contextual Audio Encounters

J L. Oliver, S Turkay, M Brereton, D M. Watson… - Proceedings of the 2021 …, 2021 - dl.acm.org
Wildlife calls are the best witnesses to the health of ecosystems, if only we know how to
listen to them. Efforts to understand and inform restoration of healthy ecosystems with …

Describing the sounds of nature: Using onomatopoeia to classify bird calls for citizen science

K Vella, D Johnson, P Roe - Plos one, 2021 - journals.plos.org
Bird call libraries are difficult to collect yet vital for bio-acoustics studies. A potential solution
is citizen science labelling of calls. However, acoustic annotation techniques are still …

Networked Gardens: Remediating Local Nature Data Through the Internet of Things

K Vella, M Esteban, B Ploderer… - Proceedings of the 2022 …, 2022 - dl.acm.org
Urban life is increasingly disconnected from nature. How might we design for greater
awareness of the life around us? We present a study of an Internet of Things (IoT) device …

[HTML][HTML] Optimizing the frequency of question items for bird species in quiz-style online training

Y Ogawa, K Fukasawa, A Yoshioka, N Kumada… - Ecological …, 2025 - Elsevier
Citizen science plays an important role in monitoring for biodiversity conservation. More
efficient online training is needed to help citizens improve their species-identification skills …