The Field Guide app : Connecting island communities to local conservation through mobile interaction

• Author(s): Sousa, Daniel ; Rocha Silva, Alexandra Filipa ; Rosário, Isabel Amorim do ; Ashby, Simone ; Arroz, Ana Moura ; Piasentin, Flora Bonazzi ; Gabriel, Rosalina ; Matos, Sónia
• Date: 2021
• Persistent ID: http://hdl.handle.net/10400.3/6208
• Origin: Repositório da Universidade dos Açores
• Subject(s): Mobile Interaction; Nature Conservation; Science Communication; Place-based Learning
• Document Type: Conference object
• Language: English
• Contributor(s): Repositório da Universidade dos Açores

Description

Here we present Field Guide, a mobile application (app) designed to connect communities to nature-rich environments, which play a crucial role in nature conservation efforts. The app aligns to a mode of science communication that seeks to establish direct contact between publics and specialised scientific communities, most commonly known as the ’ask a scientist’ approach. Field Guide uses a geolocation positioning system to offer users the opportunity to pose questions to scientists whilst exploring a nature conservation site. In this demo, we display the app as a mock-up presentation before its first use by children and teenagers during afield-trip to a nature trail later in 2021.