Ubiquitous Sustainability: Citizen Science & Activism (Workshop)

Paulos, Eric and Foth, Marcus and Satchell, Christine and Kim, Younghui and Dourish, Paul and Choi, Jaz Hee-jeong (2008) Ubiquitous Sustainability: Citizen Science & Activism (Workshop). In: Tenth International Conference on Ubiquitous Computing (UbiComp), September 21-24 2008, Seoul, South Korea.

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Abstract

In this workshop we propose to explore new approaches to bring about real environmental change by looking at the success of empowering technologies that enable grassroots activism and bottom up community participation. Ubiquitous computing is transforming from being mostly about professional communication and social interaction to a sensor rich personal measurement platform that can empower individuals and groups to gain an awareness of their surroundings, engage in grassroots activism to promote environmental change, and enable a new social paradigm – citizen science. This workshop brings together fresh ideas and approaches to help elevate individuals to have a powerful voice in society, to act as citizen scientists, and collectively learn and lobby for change worldwide.

ID Code:	14130
Item Type:	Conference Paper
Additional Information :	Accepted workshop proposal - The contents of this workshop can be freely accessed online via the workshop's web page (see hypertext link).
Additional URLs :	http://www.urban-atmospheres.net/Ubicomp... http://ubicomp.org/ubicomp2008/
Keywords :	sustainability, environmental monitoring, citizen science, sensor networks, slogs, climate change, urban informatics
Subjects:	Australian and New Zealand Standard Research Classification > INFORMATION AND COMPUTING SCIENCES (080000) > INFORMATION SYSTEMS (080600) > Computer-Human Interaction (080602)
Divisions:	QUT Faculties and Divisions > Faculty of Creative Industries Institutes > Institute for Creative Industries and Innovation
Copyright Owner :	Copyright 2008 Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) Press
Copyright Statement :	Reproduced in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher.
Deposited On:	23 Jul 2008
Last Modified:	23 Jan 2009 02:08

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