Citizen Science, Sensing, and Mapping
Channel: MIT Comparative Media Studies/Writing
Date: 2018-06-06

From mapping neighborhoods in Nairobi to testing water in New Orleans, citizens are becoming sensors, reporting key details of the natural and built environments. Is this a new way of doing science? A new way of participating in civics?

Featuring: 
* Catherine D’Ignazio and Don Blair - OpenWater project
* Sean Bonner - Safecast
* David Manthos - Skytruth
* Shannon Dosemagen - Public Lab

Full write-up from Denise Cheng (CMS '14) and Heather Craig (CMS '15):
civic.mit.edu/blog/hidenise/civic-conference-citizen-science-sensing-mapping