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RAPID APPRAISAL MAPPING
Every citizen science project requires an in-depth understanding of the context where the actions are planned to take place. However, capturing the complexity of social contexts is often challenging due to time constraints.
A city safari is a quick and dirty ethnographic method useful to gain knowledge on the area and the habits of people that populate it. As part of this method, the researcher spends time on the target site and walks through the area experiencing the issue, identifying the hot spots where people gather, how people express themselves through the urban space, the main routes people take, and the important institutions that can be relevant for the project.
We share with you some resources that can be useful to carry out this activity.
Read the case study and understand how this tool has been used in a real citizen science project.
D-NOSES Barcelona pilot
The city safari aimed to explore the Forum Area (the location of the D-NOSES pilot in Barcelona) in a real daily life experience and gain insight into the local neighbourhood associations, schools, shops, parks, and other facilities. Also, to understand where people move around and which are the rush hours. For that reason, we spend two full days exploring the different areas, taking pictures and identifying citizen associations, libraries, radios, etc.
To gain a first-hand experience of the area affected by the problem at stake.
To gather qualitative insights on citizens’ environmental concerns around odors.
To start a collaboration with local groups who might want to be part of the pilot.