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During September 2023, “Heat Chronicles” was successfully piloted at the La Guàrdia School, a primary school of Sant Vicenç dels Horts, a middle size city situated in the vicinity of Barcelona. During the three workshops of two hours duration, 20 students aged 9-10 years (5th grade) actively co-designed the project: they tested the sensor in their school backyard, decided the two walking routes to measure the temperature and performed the measurements, while self-documenting their heat perception during the walks. During the third workshop, the students collectively interpreted the results from the measurements. This first experience will serve as a basis to design an upscaled collective experimentation process during the summer 2024.
News published at the school website (in Catalan):
https://agora.xtec.cat/escolalaguardia/general/collaborem-amb-la-universitat-de-barcelona-fent-ciencia-ciutadana/
https://agora.xtec.cat/escolalaguardia/general/lexcursio-del-temps/
“Heat Chronicles” workshops with 5th grade students of the La Guàrdia Primary school. Credits: La Guàrdia Primary school.
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Last November 6-8, the first accredited University of Barcelona Citizen Science training gathered more than 160 participants. This training was organized by a partnership between University of Barcelona (UB) and The Table of entities of the third sector of Catalonia. The training was especially focused on discussing the social impact of citizen science and was aiming to foster new collaborations between civil society organizations and academic researchers.
“Heat Chronicles” was one out of the nine UB Citizen Science projects that were showcased and discussed during the training. During the roundtable “Experience a Citizen Science project in the first person”, Heat Chronicles was represented by Andrea Esteller, educator a Fundació Comtal, who participated to the first “Heat Chronicles” workshop in July 2023. During the following two days, six Citizen Science key ideas were structured into learning modules: Co-creation, Community, Tools, Data, Ethics and Action. “Heat Chronicles” was critically presented by Isabelle Bonhoure within the Tools and Ethics modules.
All materials are available at the newly created Citizen Science UB webpage and will be soon into English.
Citizen Science Key Ideas: https://web.ub.edu/en/web/ciencia-ciutadana
Heat Chronicles webpage: https://web.ub.edu/en/web/ciencia-ciutadana/calor
Round table: “Experience a Citizen Science project in the first person”. University of Barcelona Magma Room.
Module on Ethics and Inclusion, where “Heat Chronicles” was critically discussed.
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The LIBER Citizen Science Working Group and SciStarter are organizing a webinar addressing the role of libraries in the valorisation and dissemination of Citizen Science results. Citizen Science is an effective way to bring knowledge closer to society and is therefore closely aligned to the mission of libraries. As libraries are profoundly embedded in society, they are particularly well-placed to engage with local communities.
The webinar takes place on Monday, 27 November from 5.30 pm until 7.00 pm (CET).
Register below to find out more about ways in which libraries can get involved in Citizen Science projects:
https://libereurope.eu/event/the-role-of-libraries-in-the-valorisation-and-dissemination-of-citizen-science-results-liber-and-scistarter-webinar/
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During the last warm autumn days a second Workshop in the frame of „Urban Heat Stories“ took place in Vienna. On the 9th and 13th October we approached pensioners (age 78 – 82) of the housing-project „Kolokation“ and talked about individual experiences on heat around their neighborhood of the 10th district. Additionally, on 11th and 14th September a workshop with pensioners of the local „Pensioners Club Herzgasse“ in the 10th district took place.
The methodology used followed – as far as possible with elderly people – the common strategy developed with the partner project „Urban Heat Chronicles“ in Barcelona. Collective mapping of everyday public spaces and sensor measurements were the basis of a discussion of individual experiences.
In both workshops, the accessibility of green spaces and the usability of daily routes during heat periods played a crucial role in the discussion. Before starting the next workshops in Spring 2024, the Micro-Stories will be evaluated and a first Chatbot-Pilot for systemic data evaluation will be tested.
News and more information on the Project Website.
© Photo: Ruth Hoepler, TU Wien future.lab Research Center
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On September 29, 2023, the European Researchers' Night will once again take place in Vienna, Salzburg and Innsbruck under the motto "exploREsearch". With interactive stations, workshops, lectures, a research rally and an entertaining supporting program, visitors are invited to actively experience research, get to know scientists personally and to look behind the scenes of their work. The TU Wien Library and TU Wien future.lab Research Center are participating within the framework of OPUSH with the Citizen Science projects "Gumpi" and "Urban Heat Stories". Stop by to learn more about them! All information about the Citizen Science projects at the ERN can be found at: https://www.researchersnight.eu/citizen-science-fuer-nachhaltige-staedte