Collaboration between scientist citizens and citizen scientist - bridging the gap
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2016
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Complex contexts of great uncertainity, as it is common in environmental management and species conservation, require more and more a effective dialogue among the different expertises and among these and the citizen, in the construction of collaborative joint solutions. A diversity of formats shaping these processes have been experiment more recently, however a lot is still to explore. In Portugal what is called passive participation, with a more informative or consulting features (e.g., consultation or public auditions) is considerably consolidate. The same cannot be stated for what is called active participation with the effective involvement of the parts contributing and intervening directly in the decision making process.
The effective involvement and the active public participation of the citizens has become a growing requirement, namely in environmental management, having already conquered a substantial number of experts. Simultaneously, the literature shows that the value of the social relations brings to the environmental management, growing and interesting contributions, suggesting the need to articulate these elements with the biological and social elements of conservation (Pretty et al., 2004). The more traditional participatory formats supported in the “one way” communication has been giving place to “a methodological as well as a conceptual shift, with more traditional forms of one-way communication making way for dialogic or discursive fora that aim to empower people regarding the issues which might affect them or their communities” (Pidgeon et al., 2014).
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Proceedings of the IV World Planning Schools Congress, July 3-8th, 2016 : Global crisis, planning and challenges to spatial justice in the north and in the south
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