‘Urban & Suburban Nature Interactions’, Impacts and Serendipitous Narratives of The My Naturewatch Project

Robert Phillips, R. Anderson, Amina Abbas-Nazari, William Gaver, Andy Boucher

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Abstract

The My Naturewatch project uses self-build wildlife cameras supporting new public engagements with nature technology. The project used Open Design methods providing self-defined, bespoke making outputs, modelling ?environmental citizenship?, transitioning beyond sustainability. By codesigning makers were encouraged to engage with ecosystems refocusing human habitats perspectives driven by curiosity. The article shares a qualitative evaluation of the project?s impact on participants, describing attitudes, understanding and behaviour towards technology nature changed by participation.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)2109-2118
Number of pages10
JournalProceedings of the Design Society: DESIGN Conference
Volume1
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 11 Jun 2020
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • design activities
  • co-design
  • collaborative design
  • engagement
  • nature

Research Group keywords

  • Interaction Research Studio

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