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Citizen as Sensors' Commitment in Urban Public Action: Case Study on Urban Air Pollution

Citizen as Sensors' Commitment in Urban Public Action: Case Study on Urban Air Pollution
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Author(s): Gwendoline l'Her (UMR Ambiances Architectures Urbanités CNRS/ENSAN/ECN, Nantes, France), Myriam Servières (UMR Ambiances Architectures Urbanités CNRS/ENSAN/ECN, Nantes, France)and Daniel Siret (UMR Ambiances Architectures Urbanités CNRS/ENSAN/ECN, Nantes, France)
Copyright: 2022
Pages: 21
Source title: Research Anthology on Citizen Engagement and Activism for Social Change
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Information Resources Management Association (USA)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-6684-3706-3.ch034

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Abstract

Based on a case study in Rennes, the article presents how a group of urban public actors re-uses methods and technology from citizen sciences to raise the urban air quality issue in the public debate. The project gives a group of inhabitants the opportunity to follow air quality training and proceed PM2.5µm measurements. The authors question the impact of the ongoing hybridisation between citizen science and urban public action on participants' commitment. The authors present how the use of PM2.5-sensors during 11 weeks led to a disengagement phenomenon, even if the authors observe a strong participation to workshops. These results come from an interdisciplinary methodology using observations, interviews, and data analyses.

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