The Field Guide app: Connecting island communities to local conservation through mobile interaction

Daniel Sousa; Alexandra R. Silva; Isabel R Amorim; Simone Ashby; Ana Moura Arroz; Flora Piasentin; Rosalina Gabriel; Sonia Matos

doi:10.18420/ct2021-064

The Field Guide app: Connecting island communities to local conservation through mobile interaction

Daniel Sousa^*, Alexandra R. Silva, Isabel R Amorim, Simone Ashby, Ana Moura Arroz, Flora Piasentin, Rosalina Gabriel, Sonia Matos

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Edinburgh College of Art

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Here we present Field Guide, a mobile application (app) designed to connect communities to nature-rich environments, which play a crucial role in nature conservation efforts. The app aligns to a mode of science communication that seeks to establish direct contact between publics and specialised scientific communities,most commonly known as the ’ask a scientist’ approach. Field Guide uses a geolocation positioning system to offer users the opportunity to pose questions to scientists whilst exploring a nature conservation site. In this demo, we display the app as a mock-up presentation before its first use by children and teenagers during afield-trip to a nature trail later in 2021.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	The 10th International Conference on Communities & Technologies, June 20–25, 2021, Seattle, WA
Publisher	ACM
Number of pages	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.18420/ct2021-064
Publication status	Published - 25 Jun 2021
Event	C&T'21: 10th International Conference on Communities & Technologies: Wicked Problems in the Age of Tech - Seattle, United States Duration: 20 Jun 2021 → 25 Jun 2021 https://2021.comtech.community

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Conference	C&T'21: 10th International Conference on Communities & Technologies
Country/Territory	United States
City	Seattle
Period	20/06/21 → 25/06/21
Internet address	https://2021.comtech.community

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Cultural probes for environmental education: Designing learning materials to engage children and teenagers with local biodiversity
Matos, S., Silva, A. R., Sousa, D., Picanço, A., Amorim, I. R., Ashby, S., Gabriel, R. & Moura Arroz, A., 10 Feb 2022, In: PLoS ONE. 17, 2, e0262853.
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Sousa, D, Silva, AR, R Amorim, I, Ashby, S, Moura Arroz, A, Piasentin, F, Gabriel, R & Matos, S 2021, The Field Guide app: Connecting island communities to local conservation through mobile interaction. in The 10th International Conference on Communities & Technologies, June 20–25, 2021, Seattle, WA. ACM, C&T'21: 10th International Conference on Communities & Technologies, Seattle, United States, 20/06/21. https://doi.org/10.18420/ct2021-064

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The Field Guide app: Connecting island communities to local conservation through mobile interaction

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