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Challenges, Strategies, and Impacts of Doing Citizen Science with Marginalised and Indigenous Communities: Reflections from Project Coordinators Cover

Challenges, Strategies, and Impacts of Doing Citizen Science with Marginalised and Indigenous Communities: Reflections from Project Coordinators

Citizen Science: Theory and Practice
Volume 8 (2023): Issue 1
By: Petra Benyei,  Artemis Skarlatidou,  Dimitris Argyriou,  Rick Hall,  Ida Theilade,  Nerea Turreira-García,  Danielle Latreche,  Alexandra Albert,  David Berger,  Mar Cartró-Sabaté,  Jessie Chang,  Rafael Chiaravalloti,  Arianna Cortesi,  Finn Danielsen,  Muki (Mordechai) Haklay,  Emily Jacobi,  Asaye Nigussie,  Victoria Reyes-García,  Eliana Rodrigues,  Thamara Sauini,  Vyacheslav Shadrin,  Andre Siqueira,  Mr. Supriadi,  Mardha Tillah,  Adrien Tofighi-Niaki,  Nikita Vronski and  Timothy Woods  
Open Access
|May 2023

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/cstp.514 | Journal eISSN: 2057-4991
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Language: English
Submitted on: Apr 28, 2022
Accepted on: Mar 23, 2023
Published on: May 15, 2023
Published by: Ubiquity Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 1 issue per year
Keywords:
Community-based,
diversity,
empowerment,
experiences,
human-rights,
inclusiveness

© 2023 Petra Benyei, Artemis Skarlatidou, Dimitris Argyriou, Rick Hall, Ida Theilade, Nerea Turreira-García, Danielle Latreche, Alexandra Albert, David Berger, Mar Cartró-Sabaté, Jessie Chang, Rafael Chiaravalloti, Arianna Cortesi, Finn Danielsen, Muki (Mordechai) Haklay, Emily Jacobi, Asaye Nigussie, Victoria Reyes-García, Eliana Rodrigues, Thamara Sauini, Vyacheslav Shadrin, Andre Siqueira, Mr. Supriadi, Mardha Tillah, Adrien Tofighi-Niaki, Nikita Vronski, Timothy Woods, published by Ubiquity Press
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