This summer, Rangers Twente embarked on a fun citizen science journey called “Mapping for recreation” (Map4Rec), which turned out very productive: 74: number of participants 6: number of cities and teams 101: number of sports and play areas mapped 3: number of micro-modules completed 6: number of recreational spaces designed 7: number of art projects […]
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Citizen Science and health is a rapidly emerging strand within the citizen science field. The mainstream of this work appears to be represented by projects that are directly related to personal health, whereby scientists and patients are jointly working on the better management of health conditions. This poster presents a different angle – the impact
Ever wondered if one can do Geographic Citizen Science on a bike? Let us present and unpack our co-designed and “co-painted” GeoBike that we have been using for fieldwork our projects. Here, you will find: A smartphone for data collection using the EpiCollect app, and a bike phone holder (handy while wayfinding) A senseBox from
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Two papers have been accepted for a presentation at the International Symposium on Platial Information Science that will take place in Dortmund, Germany 19–21 September 2023. See below for details: The image of the city by temporarily displaced children: how place-based citizen science contributes to place discovery. Egorova, Ekaterina, and Bae, Crystal Paper
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Internship Alert! We are looking for field mission leaders to join our Geographic Citizen Science team working on the Map4Rec project, where we engage temporarily displaced youth from Ukraine in the exploration and mapping of informal sports and recreation opportunities in Twente. An excellent opportunity to gain experience with citizenscience and community engagement, please help
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A new grant has been awarded by the IMPETUS for the project “Mapping Sports and Recreation Opportunities with Refugee Youth”
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