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| 31 CURRENT | bhamster |
April 12, 2022 15:39
| about 2 years ago
Hello and welcome! đđ» đ Thanks for visiting and learning more about Public Labâs organized research activities. On this page, youâll find information on Research Area Reviews, which are ways we work together to grow and organize shared knowledge on environmental topics at Public Lab. Visit the research area review tag page to see the latest review-related posts on Public Lab, and get updates on reviews by following the #research-area-review tag: Lead image by @mollydanielsson What are research area reviews for?Anyone can come to Public Lab to learn about an environmental topic and find information on accessible, do-it-together tools for investigating local environmental concerns. Research Area Reviews aim to keep information on environmental topics up-to-date, organized, and useful for community scientists đ„œđ. There are already many fantastic resources on community science methods out thereâour aim is to uncover, collect, build upon, and contextualize these resources so that people can see a pathway for researching their local environmental concern. If there are resources we think are important but canât find, we sometimes also develop them. For more details, see âWhat happens during a review?â đ This is a collaborative project! Many people bringing their own lived and learned experiences on a topic leads to richer resources and conversations that more people can learn from. đđœ And there are many ways to participate! Anyone can contribute while also building their own knowledge and experience on a topic. See âJoin usâ below for more! What happens during a review?The overall process for a Research Area Review roughly follows the outline below. Theyâre currently coordinated by @bhamster and a stellar team of Research Curation Fellows đđœ. We aim for a balance between structure to keep us on track and flexibility to enable all kinds of contributions and ideas to take shape. Review process Research Area Reviews currently happen every three months, cycling among the larger topics of air, water, land/soil, and organizing and advocacy. For each three-month review period, we choose an environmental topic to review under the larger topic for the quarter. In choosing a topic, we consider those that Public Lab community members are actively working on and topics that are in need of a little extra attention. Kicking-off a review:
During a review:
Wrapping up a review:
đĄ If youâre interested in contributing to any part of this process, check out the contribution guidelines here! Current research area reviewStay tuned for more information soon! In the meantime, check out our events calendar here and join an upcoming call to say hello âïž Past research area review events and summariesA key part of a research area review is getting together to talk and connect with each other on a topic and relevant methods and tools! Below, youâll find recordings from the most recent public events for a research area review, plus links to resources shared on the call and links to any summary posts. March 31, 2022: Mine reclamation research area reviewTo wrap up our research area review on mine reclamation, we talked about various methods and resources that communities can and have been using in their monitoring and advocacy. Check out a summary of the review here.
Resources shared on the call:
Research area review archiveđïž Click here for a full archive of the research area reviews listed below, including video recordings and all links shared on the call. December 13-17, 2021: Air Quality Data research area reviewClick here to see this review in the archive September 29, 2021: Wastewater research area reviewClick here to see this review in the archive June 30, 2021: Mapping for organizing & advocacy research area reviewClick here to see this review in the archive March 31, 2021: Soil contamination research area reviewClick here to see this review in the archive December 16, 2020: Air quality research area reviewClick here to see this review in the archive September 23, 2020: Microplastics research area reviewClick here to see this review in the archive Join us!There are many ways to participate in a research area review. People with any level of experience or available time are welcome and encouraged to join! If youâre interested in contributing to a review, please see our contribution guidelines here. Questions? Want to learn more?
Also please get in touch if you have ideas or suggestions for the Research Area Review process outlined on this wiki! This documentation and organization of this project is heavily informed by the fantastic Open Leadership Framework from Mozilla |
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| 30 | bhamster |
April 07, 2022 18:09
| about 2 years ago
Hello and welcome! đđ» đ Thanks for visiting and learning more about Public Labâs organized research activities. On this page, youâll find information on Research Area Reviews, which are ways we work together to grow and organize shared knowledge on environmental topics at Public Lab. Visit the research area review tag page to see the latest review-related posts on Public Lab, and get updates on reviews by following the #research-area-review tag: Lead image by @mollydanielsson What are research area reviews for?Anyone can come to Public Lab to learn about an environmental topic and find information on accessible, do-it-together tools for investigating local environmental concerns. Research Area Reviews aim to keep information on environmental topics up-to-date, organized, and useful for community scientists đ„œđ. There are already many fantastic resources on community science methods out thereâour aim is to uncover, collect, build upon, and contextualize these resources so that people can see a pathway for researching their local environmental concern. If there are resources we think are important but canât find, we sometimes also develop them. For more details, see âWhat happens during a review?â đ This is a collaborative project! Many people bringing their own lived and learned experiences on a topic leads to richer resources and conversations that more people can learn from. đđœ And there are many ways to participate! Anyone can contribute while also building their own knowledge and experience on a topic. See âJoin usâ below for more! What happens during a review?The overall process for a Research Area Review roughly follows the outline below. Theyâre currently coordinated by @bhamster and a stellar team of Research Curation Fellows đđœ. We aim for a balance between structure to keep us on track and flexibility to enable all kinds of contributions and ideas to take shape. Review process Research Area Reviews currently happen every three months, cycling among the larger topics of air, water, land/soil, and organizing and advocacy. For each three-month review period, we choose an environmental topic to review under the larger topic for the quarter. In choosing a topic, we consider those that Public Lab community members are actively working on and topics that are in need of a little extra attention. Kicking-off a review: + To start a review, we hold a public kick-off call to welcome people to the review process, talk about how to get involved, begin conversations about the review topic, and help shape the direction of the review. During a review: + We surface and post questions on the topic by examining existing resources and listening to people working on the topic; + We talk with people to find answers to these questions; + We also talk with people to learn and document their experiences with the topic; + We research and post information on accessible methods and tools and their uses for community science; + We create step-by-step activities for getting started with community-led research on the topic; + We outline next step challenges in tool development and research on the topic; + We collect and organize these questions, activities, and other resources on a collaborative wiki page. Wrapping up a review: + We hold a public event to share our findings, talk about remaining questions and ideas for next steps, and welcome anyone new to the refreshed resources; + We post a summary of the review, including links to updated resources, recordings of events, and shout-outs to all who contributed. đĄ If youâre interested in contributing to any part of this process, check out the contribution guidelines here! Current research area reviewStay tuned for more information soon! In the meantime, check out our events calendar here and join an upcoming call to say hello âïž Past research area review events and summariesA key part of a research area review is getting together to talk and connect with each other on a topic and relevant methods and tools! Below, youâll find recordings from the most recent public events for a research area review, plus links to resources shared on the call and links to any summary posts. March 31, 2022: Mine reclamation research area reviewA summary of the latest research area review on mine reclamation is coming soon. To wrap up our research area review on mine reclamation, we talked about various methods and resources that communities can and have been using in their monitoring and advocacy.
Resources shared on the call:
Research area review archiveđïž Click here for a full archive of the research area reviews listed below, including video recordings and all links shared on the call. December 13-17, 2021: Air Quality Data research area reviewClick here to see this review in the archive September 29, 2021: Wastewater research area reviewClick here to see this review in the archive June 30, 2021: Mapping for organizing & advocacy research area reviewClick here to see this review in the archive March 31, 2021: Soil contamination research area reviewClick here to see this review in the archive December 16, 2020: Air quality research area reviewClick here to see this review in the archive September 23, 2020: Microplastics research area reviewClick here to see this review in the archive Join us!There are many ways to participate in a research area review. People with any level of experience or available time are welcome and encouraged to join! If youâre interested in contributing to a review, please see our contribution guidelines here. Questions? Want to learn more?
Also please get in touch if you have ideas or suggestions for the Research Area Review process outlined on this wiki! This documentation and organization of this project is heavily informed by the fantastic Open Leadership Framework from Mozilla |
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| 29 | bhamster |
April 07, 2022 18:00
| about 2 years ago
Hello and welcome! đđ» đ Thanks for visiting and learning more about Public Labâs organized research activities. On this page, youâll find information on Research Area Reviews, which are ways we work together to grow and organize shared knowledge on environmental topics at Public Lab. Visit the research area review tag page to see the latest review-related posts on Public Lab, and get updates on reviews by following the #research-area-review tag: Lead image by @mollydanielsson What are research area reviews for?Anyone can come to Public Lab to learn about an environmental topic and find information on accessible, do-it-together tools for investigating local environmental concerns. Research Area Reviews aim to keep information on environmental topics up-to-date, organized, and useful for community scientists đ„œđ. There are already many fantastic resources on community science methods out thereâour aim is to uncover, collect, build upon, and contextualize these resources so that people can see a pathway for researching their local environmental concern. If there are resources we think are important but canât find, we sometimes also develop them. For more details, see âWhat happens during a review?â đ This is a collaborative project! Many people bringing their own lived and learned experiences on a topic leads to richer resources and conversations that more people can learn from. đđœ And there are many ways to participate! Anyone can contribute while also building their own knowledge and experience on a topic. See âJoin usâ below for more! What happens during a review?The overall process for a Research Area Review roughly follows the outline below. Theyâre currently coordinated by @bhamster and a stellar team of Research Curation Fellows đđœ. We aim for a balance between structure to keep us on track and flexibility to enable all kinds of contributions and ideas to take shape. Review process Research Area Reviews currently happen every three months, cycling among the larger topics of air, water, land/soil, and organizing and advocacy. For each three-month review period, we choose an environmental topic to review under the larger topic for the quarter. In choosing a topic, we consider those that Public Lab community members are actively working on and topics that are in need of a little extra attention.
đĄ If youâre interested in contributing to any part of this process, check out the contribution guidelines here! Current research area reviewStay tuned for more information soon! In the meantime, check out our events calendar here and join an upcoming call to say hello âïž Past research area review events and summariesA key part of a research area review is getting together to talk and connect with each other on a topic and relevant methods and tools! Below, youâll find recordings from the most recent public events for a research area review, plus links to resources shared on the call and links to any summary posts. March 31, 2022: Mine reclamation research area reviewA summary of the latest research area review on mine reclamation is coming soon. To wrap up our research area review on mine reclamation, we talked about various methods and resources that communities can and have been using in their monitoring and advocacy.
Resources shared on the call:
Research area review archiveđïž Click here for a full archive of the research area reviews listed below, including video recordings and all links shared on the call. December 13-17, 2021: Air Quality Data research area reviewClick here to see this review in the archive September 29, 2021: Wastewater research area reviewClick here to see this review in the archive June 30, 2021: Mapping for organizing & advocacy research area reviewClick here to see this review in the archive March 31, 2021: Soil contamination research area reviewClick here to see this review in the archive December 16, 2020: Air quality research area reviewClick here to see this review in the archive September 23, 2020: Microplastics research area reviewClick here to see this review in the archive Join us!There are many ways to participate in a research area review. People with any level of experience or available time are welcome and encouraged to join! If youâre interested in contributing to a review, please see our contribution guidelines here. Questions? Want to learn more?
Also please get in touch if you have ideas or suggestions for the Research Area Review process outlined on this wiki! This documentation and organization of this project is heavily informed by the fantastic Open Leadership Framework from Mozilla |
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| 28 | bhamster |
February 09, 2022 22:19
| about 2 years ago
Hello and welcome! đđ» đ Thanks for visiting and learning more about Public Labâs organized research activities. On this page, youâll find information on Research Area Reviews, which are ways we work together to grow and organize shared knowledge on environmental topics at Public Lab. Visit the research area review tag page to see the latest review-related posts on Public Lab, and get updates on reviews by following the #research-area-review tag: Lead image by @mollydanielsson What are research area reviews for?Anyone can come to Public Lab to learn about an environmental topic and find information on accessible, do-it-together tools for investigating local environmental concerns. Research Area Reviews aim to keep information on environmental topics up-to-date, organized, and useful for community scientists đ„œđ. There are already many fantastic resources on community science methods out thereâour aim is to uncover, collect, build upon, and contextualize these resources so that people can see a pathway for researching their local environmental concern. If there are resources we think are important but canât find, we sometimes also develop them. For more details, see âWhat happens during a review?â đ This is a collaborative project! Many people bringing their own lived and learned experiences on a topic leads to richer resources and conversations that more people can learn from. đđœ And there are many ways to participate! Anyone can contribute while also building their own knowledge and experience on a topic. See âJoin usâ below for more! What happens during a review?The overall process for a Research Area Review roughly follows the outline below. Theyâre currently coordinated by @bhamster and a stellar team of Research Curation Fellows đđœ. We aim for a balance between structure to keep us on track and flexibility to enable all kinds of contributions and ideas to take shape. Review process Research Area Reviews currently happen every three months, cycling among the larger topics of air, water, land/soil, and organizing and advocacy. For each three-month review period, we choose an environmental topic to review under the larger topic for the quarter. In choosing a topic, we consider those that Public Lab community members are actively working on and topics that are in need of a little extra attention.
đĄ If youâre interested in contributing to any part of this process, check out the contribution guidelines here! Current research area reviewFrom February through March 2022, we'll be reviewing mine reclamation. See this announcement to learn more! Past research area review events and summariesA key part of a research area review is getting together to talk and connect with each other on a topic and relevant tools! Below, youâll find recordings from the most recent public events for a research area review, plus links to resources shared on the call and links to any summary posts. December 13-17, 2021: Air Quality Data research area reviewA summary of the latest research area review on air quality data is here, including a list of new data-related resources on the Public Lab website. We wrapped up the review with a week of events on communicating air quality data. Presentation & discussion on visualizing and communicating air quality dataWe talked about some basic steps of communicating with air quality data, from understanding data better to cleaning and organizing data to data stories and visualizations. We also highlighted new activity posts and wikis on the Public Lab website covering these topics. After the presentation, @fongvania led an open discussion on air quality monitoring and data. People on the call shared their local concerns with air quality as well as guidance on how to approach some of the challenges with community air monitoring.
Resources shared on the call:
Guest speakers: Community scientists working with air quality dataMary Jo Burke of LES Breathe and Christian Torres of ââComite Civico del Valle each spoke about their community-led work building and running air monitoring projects.
Resources shared on the guest speaker call:
Live build: Simple Air Sensor and data viz demoPublic Lab Research Curation Fellow @fongvania led us through a build and demo of the Simple Air Sensor and how we can use it to visualize air quality data. You can find Simple Air Sensors in the Public Lab store here. Check out the instructions we follow in the build here, and more on reading data from the Simple Air Sensor here.
Resources shared during the live build:
Research area review archiveđïž Click here for a full archive of the research area reviews listed below, including video recordings and all links shared on the call. September 29, 2021: Wastewater research area reviewClick here to see this review in the archive June 30, 2021: Mapping for organizing & advocacy research area reviewClick here to see this review in the archive March 31, 2021: Soil contamination research area reviewClick here to see this review in the archive December 16, 2020: Air quality research area reviewClick here to see this review in the archive September 23, 2020: Microplastics research area reviewClick here to see this review in the archive Join us!There are many ways to participate in a research area review. People with any level of experience or available time are welcome and encouraged to join! If youâre interested in contributing to a review, please see our contribution guidelines here. Questions? Want to learn more?
Also please get in touch if you have ideas or suggestions for the Research Area Review process outlined on this wiki! This documentation and organization of this project is heavily informed by the fantastic Open Leadership Framework from Mozilla |
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| 27 | bhamster |
February 01, 2022 19:16
| about 2 years ago
"Research area reviews" are periods of time when we work together to grow and organize shared knowledge on a particular environmental topic at Public Lab. Every three months, we cycle among the larger topics of air, water, land/soil, and organizing and advocacy. During that three month period, we pick a research area to focus on within the larger topic and collaboratively review it by asking and answering questionsâwhat knowledge exists on Public Lab and beyond? What gaps are there? What accessible methods and tools can be used to research this topic? What next step challenges are there in tool development? What questions and projects are communities addressing? We do this together through calls and posts on PublicLab.org. By the end of the review period, the goal is to have gathered and synthesized resources on the research area so that they are as current as possible and useful to members of the Public Lab community. People visiting the website will have an idea of how to get started with community science in the topic area, and will also know where to fill in gaps with specific skills, knowledge, and lived experiences. Featured environmental topics on Public Lab are listed here. On a topicâs wiki page, youâll find information on how to get started in research, tool development, and advocacy for that topic, and some next step challenges that remain. Youâll also find many ways to share your ideas, questions, and findings with the Public Lab community. Visit the research area review tag page to see the latest review-related posts on Public Lab, and get updates on reviews by following the #research-area-review tag: Current research area reviewFrom February through March 2022, we'll be reviewing mine reclamation. See this announcement to learn more! Past research area review events and summariesA key part of a research area review is getting together to talk and connect with each other on a topic and relevant tools! Below, youâll find recordings from the most recent public events for a research area review, plus links to resources shared on the call and links to any summary posts. December 13-17, 2021: Air Quality Data research area reviewA summary of the latest research area review on air quality data is here, including a list of new data-related resources on the Public Lab website. We wrapped up the review with a week of events on communicating air quality data. Presentation & discussion on visualizing and communicating air quality dataWe talked about some basic steps of communicating with air quality data, from understanding data better to cleaning and organizing data to data stories and visualizations. We also highlighted new activity posts and wikis on the Public Lab website covering these topics. After the presentation, @fongvania led an open discussion on air quality monitoring and data. People on the call shared their local concerns with air quality as well as guidance on how to approach some of the challenges with community air monitoring.
Resources shared on the call:
Guest speakers: Community scientists working with air quality dataMary Jo Burke of LES Breathe and Christian Torres of ââComite Civico del Valle each spoke about their community-led work building and running air monitoring projects.
Resources shared on the guest speaker call:
Live build: Simple Air Sensor and data viz demoPublic Lab Research Curation Fellow @fongvania led us through a build and demo of the Simple Air Sensor and how we can use it to visualize air quality data. You can find Simple Air Sensors in the Public Lab store here. Check out the instructions we follow in the build here, and more on reading data from the Simple Air Sensor here.
Resources shared during the live build:
Research area review archiveClick here for a full archive of the research area reviews listed below, including video recordings and all links shared on the call. September 29, 2021: Wastewater research area reviewClick here to see this review in the archive June 30, 2021: Mapping for organizing & advocacy research area reviewClick here to see this review in the archive March 31, 2021: Soil contamination research area reviewClick here to see this review in the archive December 16, 2020: Air quality research area reviewClick here to see this review in the archive September 23, 2020: Microplastics research area reviewClick here to see this review in the archive Who does research area reviews?Anyone can help with a research area review! As the research coordinator at Public Lab, @bhamster organizes and runs a regular cycle of reviews to make sure weâre keeping our topic areas up-to-date. If youâre interested in helping out or offering ideas, please get in touch by leaving a comment on this post.
What happens during a review?Currently, research area reviews involve:
Another approach: The review process outlined above built upon previous thinking on research area reviews (here and here), which can also be broken down into more distinct phases and distributed tasks in the following way: Phase 1: Information Gathering In Phase 1, the goal is to sift through and update all the existing resources on PublicLab.org related to a topic. This could include checking in on other projects' updates as well, and if there's been a previous review, that's also a great place to start. Phase 2: Convening Phase 2 involves hosting an Open Call to bring folks together, to go through the collected materials from Phase 1, identify gaps and plan next steps. Phase 3: Synthesizing In Phase 3, the notes from the call and the newly collected materials, shared goals, and tasks are organized and shared on PublicLab.org, tying the review together in a single post. This table gives more details on the tasks and can serve as a template to organize the phases of a more distributed research area review:
Want to talk about a topic outside a research area review?Anytime! Join us for an Open Call, hosted every Tuesday at 12 pm PT / 3 pm ET. These informal calls are a great way to connect with Public Lab community members on projects, ideas, and questions. You can find more info on Open Call and how to join here. Come to a call specifically on the topic of water, air, land/soil, or organizing and advocacy. These community calls are hosted throughout the year by Research Curation Fellows. Check here for a monthly calendar of planned calls. And you can learn more about other kinds of Public Lab events and check out our events calendar here: publiclab.org/events |
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| 26 | bhamster |
December 21, 2021 18:32
| over 2 years ago
"Research area reviews" are periods of time when we work together to grow and organize shared knowledge on a particular environmental topic at Public Lab. Every three months, we cycle among the larger topics of air, water, land/soil, and organizing and advocacy. During that three month period, we pick a research area to focus on within the larger topic and collaboratively review it by asking and answering questionsâwhat knowledge exists on Public Lab and beyond? What gaps are there? What accessible methods and tools can be used to research this topic? What next step challenges are there in tool development? What questions and projects are communities addressing? We do this together through calls and posts on PublicLab.org. By the end of the review period, the goal is to have gathered and synthesized resources on the research area so that they are as current as possible and useful to members of the Public Lab community. People visiting the website will have an idea of how to get started with community science in the topic area, and will also know where to fill in gaps with specific skills, knowledge, and lived experiences. Featured environmental topics on Public Lab are listed here. On a topicâs wiki page, youâll find information on how to get started in research, tool development, and advocacy for that topic, and some next step challenges that remain. Youâll also find many ways to share your ideas, questions, and findings with the Public Lab community. Visit the research area review tag page to see the latest review-related posts on Public Lab, and get updates on reviews by following the #research-area-review tag: Current research area reviewStay tuned for details on our next research area review starting in February 2022, on a topic under land and soil. If youâre interested in upcoming calls on other topics, check out the monthly calendar of planned community calls on water, land/soil, and organizing and advocacy led by Public Lab Research Curation Fellows. Past research area review events and summariesA key part of a research area review is getting together to talk and connect with each other on a topic and relevant tools! Below, youâll find recordings from the most recent public events for a research area review, plus links to resources shared on the call and links to any summary posts. December 13-17, 2021: Air Quality Data research area reviewA summary of the latest research area review on air quality data is here, including a list of new data-related resources on the Public Lab website. We wrapped up the review with a week of events on communicating air quality data. Presentation & discussion on visualizing and communicating air quality dataWe talked about some basic steps of communicating with air quality data, from understanding data better to cleaning and organizing data to data stories and visualizations. We also highlighted new activity posts and wikis on the Public Lab website covering these topics. After the presentation, @fongvania led an open discussion on air quality monitoring and data. People on the call shared their local concerns with air quality as well as guidance on how to approach some of the challenges with community air monitoring.
Resources shared on the call:
Guest speakers: Community scientists working with air quality dataMary Jo Burke of LES Breathe and Christian Torres of ââComite Civico del Valle each spoke about their community-led work building and running air monitoring projects.
Resources shared on the guest speaker call:
Live build: Simple Air Sensor and data viz demoPublic Lab Research Curation Fellow @fongvania led us through a build and demo of the Simple Air Sensor and how we can use it to visualize air quality data. You can find Simple Air Sensors in the Public Lab store here. Check out the instructions we follow in the build here, and more on reading data from the Simple Air Sensor here.
Resources shared during the live build:
Research area review archiveClick here for a full archive of the research area reviews listed below, including video recordings and all links shared on the call. September 29, 2021: Wastewater research area reviewClick here to see this review in the archive June 30, 2021: Mapping for organizing & advocacy research area reviewClick here to see this review in the archive March 31, 2021: Soil contamination research area reviewClick here to see this review in the archive December 16, 2020: Air quality research area reviewClick here to see this review in the archive September 23, 2020: Microplastics research area reviewClick here to see this review in the archive Who does research area reviews?Anyone can help with a research area review! As the research coordinator at Public Lab, @bhamster organizes and runs a regular cycle of reviews to make sure weâre keeping our topic areas up-to-date. If youâre interested in helping out or offering ideas, please get in touch by leaving a comment on this post.
What happens during a review?Currently, research area reviews involve:
Another approach: The review process outlined above built upon previous thinking on research area reviews (here and here), which can also be broken down into more distinct phases and distributed tasks in the following way: Phase 1: Information Gathering In Phase 1, the goal is to sift through and update all the existing resources on PublicLab.org related to a topic. This could include checking in on other projects' updates as well, and if there's been a previous review, that's also a great place to start. Phase 2: Convening Phase 2 involves hosting an Open Call to bring folks together, to go through the collected materials from Phase 1, identify gaps and plan next steps. Phase 3: Synthesizing In Phase 3, the notes from the call and the newly collected materials, shared goals, and tasks are organized and shared on PublicLab.org, tying the review together in a single post. This table gives more details on the tasks and can serve as a template to organize the phases of a more distributed research area review:
Want to talk about a topic outside a research area review?Anytime! Join us for an Open Call, hosted every Tuesday at 12 pm PT / 3 pm ET. These informal calls are a great way to connect with Public Lab community members on projects, ideas, and questions. You can find more info on Open Call and how to join here. Come to a call specifically on the topic of water, air, land/soil, or organizing and advocacy. These community calls are hosted throughout the year by Research Curation Fellows. Check here for a monthly calendar of planned calls. And you can learn more about other kinds of Public Lab events and check out our events calendar here: publiclab.org/events |
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| 25 | bhamster |
December 20, 2021 21:29
| over 2 years ago
"Research area reviews" are periods of time when we work together to grow and organize shared knowledge on a particular environmental topic at Public Lab. Every three months, we cycle among the larger topics of air, water, land/soil, and organizing and advocacy. During that three month period, we pick a research area to focus on within the larger topic and collaboratively review it by asking and answering questionsâwhat knowledge exists on Public Lab and beyond? What gaps are there? What accessible methods and tools can be used to research this topic? What next step challenges are there in tool development? What questions and projects are communities addressing? We do this together through calls and posts on PublicLab.org. By the end of the review period, the goal is to have gathered and synthesized resources on the research area so that they are as current as possible and useful to members of the Public Lab community. People visiting the website will have an idea of how to get started with community science in the topic area, and will also know where to fill in gaps with specific skills, knowledge, and lived experiences. Featured environmental topics on Public Lab are listed here. On a topicâs wiki page, youâll find information on how to get started in research, tool development, and advocacy for that topic, and some next step challenges that remain. Youâll also find many ways to share your ideas, questions, and findings with the Public Lab community. Visit the research area review tag page to see the latest review-related posts on Public Lab, and get updates on reviews by following the #research-area-review tag: Current research area reviewStay tuned for details on our next research area review starting in February 2022, on a topic under land and soil. If youâre interested in upcoming calls on other topics, check out the monthly calendar of planned community calls on water, land/soil, and organizing and advocacy led by Public Lab Research Curation Fellows. Past research area review events and summariesA key part of a research area review is getting together to talk and connect with each other on a topic and relevant tools! Below, youâll find recordings from the most recent public events for a research area review, plus links to resources shared on the call and links to any summary posts. December 13-17, 2021: Air Quality Data research area reviewA summary of the latest research area review on air quality data is coming soon, including a list of new data-related resources on the Public Lab website. We wrapped up the review with a week of events on communicating air quality data. Presentation & discussion on visualizing and communicating air quality dataWe talked about some basic steps of communicating with air quality data, from understanding data better to cleaning and organizing data to data stories and visualizations. We also highlighted new activity posts and wikis on the Public Lab website covering these topics. After the presentation, @fongvania led an open discussion on air quality monitoring and data. People on the call shared their local concerns with air quality as well as guidance on how to approach some of the challenges with community air monitoring.
Resources shared on the call:
Guest speakers: Community scientists working with air quality dataMary Jo Burke of LES Breathe and Christian Torres of ââComite Civico del Valle each spoke about their community-led work building and running air monitoring projects.
Resources shared on the guest speaker call:
Live build: Simple Air Sensor and data viz demoPublic Lab Research Curation Fellow @fongvania led us through a build and demo of the Simple Air Sensor and how we can use it to visualize air quality data. You can find Simple Air Sensors in the Public Lab store here. Check out the instructions we follow in the build here, and more on reading data from the Simple Air Sensor here.
Resources shared during the live build:
Research area review archiveClick here for a full archive of the research area reviews listed below, including video recordings and all links shared on the call. September 29, 2021: Wastewater research area reviewClick here to see this review in the archive June 30, 2021: Mapping for organizing & advocacy research area reviewClick here to see this review in the archive March 31, 2021: Soil contamination research area reviewClick here to see this review in the archive December 16, 2020: Air quality research area reviewClick here to see this review in the archive September 23, 2020: Microplastics research area reviewClick here to see this review in the archive Who does research area reviews?Anyone can help with a research area review! As the research coordinator at Public Lab, @bhamster organizes and runs a regular cycle of reviews to make sure weâre keeping our topic areas up-to-date. If youâre interested in helping out or offering ideas, please get in touch by leaving a comment on this post.
What happens during a review?Currently, research area reviews involve:
Another approach: The review process outlined above built upon previous thinking on research area reviews (here and here), which can also be broken down into more distinct phases and distributed tasks in the following way: Phase 1: Information Gathering In Phase 1, the goal is to sift through and update all the existing resources on PublicLab.org related to a topic. This could include checking in on other projects' updates as well, and if there's been a previous review, that's also a great place to start. Phase 2: Convening Phase 2 involves hosting an Open Call to bring folks together, to go through the collected materials from Phase 1, identify gaps and plan next steps. Phase 3: Synthesizing In Phase 3, the notes from the call and the newly collected materials, shared goals, and tasks are organized and shared on PublicLab.org, tying the review together in a single post. This table gives more details on the tasks and can serve as a template to organize the phases of a more distributed research area review:
Want to talk about a topic outside a research area review?Anytime! Join us for an Open Call, hosted every Tuesday at 12 pm PT / 3 pm ET. These informal calls are a great way to connect with Public Lab community members on projects, ideas, and questions. You can find more info on Open Call and how to join here. Come to a call specifically on the topic of water, air, land/soil, or organizing and advocacy. These community calls are hosted throughout the year by Research Curation Fellows. Check here for a monthly calendar of planned calls. And you can learn more about other kinds of Public Lab events and check out our events calendar here: publiclab.org/events |
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December 08, 2021 17:15
| over 2 years ago
"Research area reviews" are periods of time when we work together to grow and organize shared knowledge on a particular environmental topic at Public Lab. Every three months, we cycle among the larger topics of air, water, land/soil, and organizing and advocacy. During that three month period, we pick a research area to focus on within the larger topic and collaboratively review it by asking and answering questionsâwhat knowledge exists on Public Lab and beyond? What gaps are there? What accessible methods and tools can be used to research this topic? What next step challenges are there in tool development? What questions and projects are communities addressing? We do this together through calls and posts on PublicLab.org. By the end of the review period, the goal is to have gathered and synthesized resources on the research area so that they are as current as possible and useful to members of the Public Lab community. People visiting the website will have an idea of how to get started with community science in the topic area, and will also know where to fill in gaps with specific skills, knowledge, and lived experiences. Featured environmental topics on Public Lab are listed here. On a topicâs wiki page, youâll find information on how to get started in research, tool development, and advocacy for that topic, and some next step challenges that remain. Youâll also find many ways to share your ideas, questions, and findings with the Public Lab community. Visit the research area review tag page to see the latest review-related posts on Public Lab, and get updates on reviews by following the #research-area-review tag: Current research area reviewFrom October through December 2021, we're reviewing the topic of air quality data. If youâre interested in upcoming calls on other topics, check out the monthly calendar of planned community calls on water, land/soil, and organizing and advocacy led by Public Lab Research Curation Fellows. Past research area review events and summariesA key part of a research area review is getting together to talk and connect with each other on a topic and relevant tools! Below, youâll find recordings from the most recent public events for a research area review, plus links to resources shared on the call and links to any summary posts. September 29, 2021: Wastewater research area reviewTo wrap up the review on wastewater, we had a âWastewater Weekâ of sorts and held a series of events on wastewater and stormwater community science. Here's a summary of the new and updated resources on this topic on the Public Lab website. Presentation on wastewater community science methods & group discussionFirst up, we presented a summary of new resources on wastewater community science on the Public Lab website. There are several new activities for people wanting to investigate wastewater and stormwater pollution in their communities, ranging from observing and reporting pollution to sampling and detecting suspected pollution. After the presentation, @alejobonifacio led a conversation where people spoke about the research and teaching theyâre engaged in around environmental health and water quality.
Resources shared on the call:
Guest speakers: Community scientists doing wastewater monitoringXose Quiroga (@imvec) and Alejo Bonifacio (@alejobonifacio) each spoke about their projects documenting and monitoring wastewater pollution.
Resources shared on the guest speaker call:
Live build: DIY community microscope & observing aquatic lifeAnd last but not least! Public Lab Research Curation Fellows @fongvania and @alejobonifacio showed us how to build a DIY dissecting microscope and how to use it to observe aquatic life for water quality comparisons. You can find community microscope kits in the Public Lab store here. Also check out the instructions we follow in this instructional video for building the microscope stage and setting up the microscope camera (which serves as the lens).
Resources shared during the live build:
Research area review archiveClick here for an archive of the research area reviews listed below, including video recordings and all links shared on the call. June 30, 2021: Mapping for organizing & advocacy research area reviewClick here to see this review in the archive March 31, 2021: Soil contamination research area reviewClick here to see this review in the archive December 16, 2020: Air quality research area reviewClick here to see this review in the archive September 23, 2020: Microplastics research area reviewClick here to see this review in the archive Who does research area reviews?Anyone can help with a research area review! As the research coordinator at Public Lab, @bhamster organizes and runs a regular cycle of reviews to make sure weâre keeping our topic areas up-to-date. If youâre interested in helping out or offering ideas, please get in touch by leaving a comment on this post.
What happens during a review?Currently, research area reviews involve:
Another approach: The review process outlined above built upon previous thinking on research area reviews (here and here), which can also be broken down into more distinct phases and distributed tasks in the following way: Phase 1: Information Gathering In Phase 1, the goal is to sift through and update all the existing resources on PublicLab.org related to a topic. This could include checking in on other projects' updates as well, and if there's been a previous review, that's also a great place to start. Phase 2: Convening Phase 2 involves hosting an Open Call to bring folks together, to go through the collected materials from Phase 1, identify gaps and plan next steps. Phase 3: Synthesizing In Phase 3, the notes from the call and the newly collected materials, shared goals, and tasks are organized and shared on PublicLab.org, tying the review together in a single post. This table gives more details on the tasks and can serve as a template to organize the phases of a more distributed research area review:
Want to talk about a topic outside a research area review?Anytime! Join us for an Open Call, hosted every Tuesday at 12 pm PT / 3 pm ET. These informal calls are a great way to connect with Public Lab community members on projects, ideas, and questions. You can find more info on Open Call and how to join here. Come to a call specifically on the topic of water, air, land/soil, or organizing and advocacy. These community calls are hosted throughout the year by Research Curation Fellows. Check here for a monthly calendar of planned calls. And you can learn more about other kinds of Public Lab events and check out our events calendar here: publiclab.org/events |
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October 05, 2021 22:55
| over 2 years ago
"Research area reviews" are periods of time when we work together to grow and organize shared knowledge on a particular environmental topic at Public Lab. Every three months, we cycle among the larger topics of air, water, land/soil, and organizing and advocacy. During that three month period, we pick a research area to focus on within the larger topic and collaboratively review it by asking and answering questionsâwhat knowledge exists on Public Lab and beyond? What gaps are there? What accessible methods and tools can be used to research this topic? What next step challenges are there in tool development? What questions and projects are communities addressing? We do this together through calls and posts on PublicLab.org. By the end of the review period, the goal is to have gathered and synthesized resources on the research area so that they are as current as possible and useful to members of the Public Lab community. People visiting the website will have an idea of how to get started with community science in the topic area, and will also know where to fill in gaps with specific skills, knowledge, and lived experiences. Featured environmental topics on Public Lab are listed here. On a topicâs wiki page, youâll find information on how to get started in research, tool development, and advocacy for that topic, and some next step challenges that remain. Youâll also find many ways to share your ideas, questions, and findings with the Public Lab community. Visit the research area review tag page to see the latest review-related posts on Public Lab, and get updates on reviews by following the #research-area-review tag: Current research area reviewStay tuned for details on our next research area review running October through December 2021, on a topic under air quality. If youâre interested in upcoming calls on other topics, check out the monthly calendar of planned community calls on water, land/soil, and organizing and advocacy led by Public Lab Research Curation Fellows. Past research area review events and summariesA key part of a research area review is getting together to talk and connect with each other on a topic and relevant tools! Below, youâll find recordings from the most recent public events for a research area review, plus links to resources shared on the call and links to any summary posts. September 29, 2021: Wastewater research area reviewWeâll post a summary of the latest research area review on wastewater soon, including whatâs new on the Public Lab website. To wrap up the review, we had a âWastewater Weekâ of sorts and held a series of events on wastewater and stormwater community science. Presentation on wastewater community science methods & group discussionFirst up, we summarized new resources on wastewater community science on the Public Lab website. There are several new activities for people wanting to investigate wastewater and stormwater pollution in their communities, ranging from observing and reporting pollution to sampling and detecting suspected pollution. After the presentation, @alejobonifacio led a conversation where people spoke about the research and teaching theyâre engaged in around environmental health and water quality.
Resources shared on the call:
Guest speakers: Community scientists doing wastewater monitoringXose Quiroga (@imvec) and Alejo Bonifacio (@alejobonifacio) each spoke about their projects documenting and monitoring wastewater pollution.
Resources shared on the guest speaker call:
Live build: DIY community microscope & observing aquatic lifeAnd last but not least! Public Lab Research Curation Fellows @fongvania and @alejobonifacio showed us how to build a DIY dissecting microscope and how to use it to observe aquatic life for water quality comparisons. You can find community microscope kits in the Public Lab store here. Also check out the instructions we follow in this instructional video for building the microscope stage and setting up the microscope camera (which serves as the lens).
Resources shared during the live build:
Research area review archiveClick here for an archive of the research area reviews listed below, including video recordings and all links shared on the call. June 30, 2021: Mapping for organizing & advocacy research area reviewClick here to see this review in the archive March 31, 2021: Soil contamination research area reviewClick here to see this review in the archive December 16, 2020: Air quality research area reviewClick here to see this review in the archive September 23, 2020: Microplastics research area reviewClick here to see this review in the archive Who does research area reviews?Anyone can help with a research area review! As the research coordinator at Public Lab, @bhamster organizes and runs a regular cycle of reviews to make sure weâre keeping our topic areas up-to-date. If youâre interested in helping out or offering ideas, please get in touch by leaving a comment on this post.
What happens during a review?Currently, research area reviews involve:
Another approach: The review process outlined above built upon previous thinking on research area reviews (here and here), which can also be broken down into more distinct phases and distributed tasks in the following way: Phase 1: Information Gathering In Phase 1, the goal is to sift through and update all the existing resources on PublicLab.org related to a topic. This could include checking in on other projects' updates as well, and if there's been a previous review, that's also a great place to start. Phase 2: Convening Phase 2 involves hosting an Open Call to bring folks together, to go through the collected materials from Phase 1, identify gaps and plan next steps. Phase 3: Synthesizing In Phase 3, the notes from the call and the newly collected materials, shared goals, and tasks are organized and shared on PublicLab.org, tying the review together in a single post. This table gives more details on the tasks and can serve as a template to organize the phases of a more distributed research area review:
Want to talk about a topic outside a research area review?Anytime! Join us for an Open Call, hosted every Tuesday at 12 pm PT / 3 pm ET. These informal calls are a great way to connect with Public Lab community members on projects, ideas, and questions. You can find more info on Open Call and how to join here. Come to a call specifically on the topic of water, air, land/soil, or organizing and advocacy. These community calls are hosted throughout the year by Research Curation Fellows. Check here for a monthly calendar of planned calls. And you can learn more about other kinds of Public Lab events and check out our events calendar here: publiclab.org/events |
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September 15, 2021 20:43
| over 2 years ago
"Research area reviews" are periods of time when we work together to grow and organize shared knowledge on a particular environmental topic at Public Lab. Every three months, we cycle among the larger topics of air, water, land/soil, and organizing and advocacy. During that three month period, we pick a research area to focus on within the larger topic and collaboratively review it by asking and answering questionsâwhat knowledge exists on Public Lab and beyond? What gaps are there? What accessible methods and tools can be used to research this topic? What next step challenges are there in tool development? What questions and projects are communities addressing? We do this together through calls and posts on PublicLab.org. By the end of the review period, the goal is to have gathered and synthesized resources on the research area so that they are as current as possible and useful to members of the Public Lab community. People visiting the website will have an idea of how to get started with community science in the topic area, and will also know where to fill in gaps with specific skills, knowledge, and lived experiences. Featured environmental topics on Public Lab are listed here. On a topicâs wiki page, youâll find information on how to get started in research, tool development, and advocacy for that topic, and some next step challenges that remain. Youâll also find many ways to share your ideas, questions, and findings with the Public Lab community. Visit the research area review tag page to see the latest review-related posts on Public Lab, and get updates on reviews by following the #research-area-review tag: Current research area reviewFrom July through September 2021, weâll be reviewing the topic of wastewater. Check here for more details! And see this post about events weâll be holding as the review wraps up at the end of September. If youâre interested in upcoming calls on other topics, check out the monthly calendar of planned community calls on air, land/soil, and organizing and advocacy led by our Research Curation Fellows. Past research area review events and summariesA key part of a research area review is getting together to talk and connect with each other on a topic and relevant tools! Below, youâll find recordings from the most recent public events for a research area review, plus links to resources shared on the call and links to any summary posts. June 30, 2021: Mapping for organizing & advocacy research area reviewWe wrapped up our most recent collaborative topic review with a whole bunch of events on mapping for community organizing and advocacy! Hereâs a summary of the new and updated resources for this topic on Public Lab. Presentation on research area review workWe started the day by presenting the highlight reel from the last three months of collective work and conversations on this topic. There are new getting-started activities on using maps for advocacy, examples of how maps can be usedâfor storytelling, understanding a place, as evidenceâand more general resources on methods for community organizing and advocacy. Following the presentation, @julia_e_masters facilitated an open discussion where people on the call shared how theyâre using mapping in their place-based research and advocacy on environmental health issues.
Resources shared on the call:
Live buildAnd then! @a1ahna from the Kits Team led us through a live build of a camera mount for balloon mapping! đ· đWe learned about the history of balloon mapping kits at Public Lab, the materials needed for a camera rig and how to build one, and Alahnaâs balloon mapping tips and tricks. You can find balloon mapping kits in the Public Lab store here! Hereâs a recording of the live build:
Resources shared during the live build:
Guest speakersCommunity members working on mapping projects joined us for a guest speaker panel. This session brought together people from incredible, expansive projects that could have each presented in a dedicated event, so we chose to switch up the usual presentation format and instead do rounds of answering a series of prompts enabling us to see across projects. Visit the summary of this session to learn more about each panelist and the questions they answered. Spanish language panel: English language panel: Research area review archiveClick here for an archive of the research area reviews listed below, including video recordings and all links shared on the call. March 31, 2021: Soil contamination research area reviewClick here to see this review in the archive December 16, 2020: Air quality research area reviewClick here to see this review in the archive September 23, 2020: Microplastics research area reviewClick here to see this review in the archive Who does research area reviews?Anyone can help with a research area review! As the research coordinator at Public Lab, @bhamster organizes and runs a regular cycle of reviews to make sure weâre keeping our topic areas up-to-date. If youâre interested in helping out or offering ideas, please get in touch by leaving a comment on this post.
What happens during a review?Currently, research area reviews involve:
Another approach: The review process outlined above built upon previous thinking on research area reviews (here and here), which can also be broken down into more distinct phases and distributed tasks in the following way: Phase 1: Information Gathering In Phase 1, the goal is to sift through and update all the existing resources on PublicLab.org related to a topic. This could include checking in on other projects' updates as well, and if there's been a previous review, that's also a great place to start. Phase 2: Convening Phase 2 involves hosting an Open Call to bring folks together, to go through the collected materials from Phase 1, identify gaps and plan next steps. Phase 3: Synthesizing In Phase 3, the notes from the call and the newly collected materials, shared goals, and tasks are organized and shared on PublicLab.org, tying the review together in a single post. This table gives more details on the tasks and can serve as a template to organize the phases of a more distributed research area review:
Want to talk about a topic outside a research area review?Anytime! Join us for an Open Call, hosted every Tuesday at 12 pm PT / 3 pm ET. These informal calls are a great way to connect with Public Lab community members on projects, ideas, and questions. You can find more info on Open Call and how to join here. Come to a call specifically on the topic of water, air, land/soil, or organizing and advocacy. These community calls are hosted throughout the year by Research Curation Fellows. Check here for a monthly calendar of planned calls. And you can learn more about other kinds of Public Lab events and check out our events calendar here: publiclab.org/events |
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July 23, 2021 17:20
| over 2 years ago
"Research area reviews" are periods of time when we work together to grow and organize shared knowledge on a particular environmental topic at Public Lab. Every three months, we cycle among the larger topics of air, water, land/soil, and organizing and advocacy. During that three month period, we pick a research area to focus on within the larger topic and collaboratively review it by asking and answering questionsâwhat knowledge exists on Public Lab and beyond? What gaps are there? What accessible methods and tools can be used to research this topic? What questions and projects are communities addressing? We do this together through calls and posts on PublicLab.org. By the end of the review period, the goal is to have gathered and synthesized resources on the research area so that they are as current as possible and useful to members of the Public Lab community. People visiting the website will have an idea of how to get started with community science in the topic area, and will also know where to fill in gaps with specific skills, knowledge, and lived experiences. Featured environmental topics on Public Lab are listed here. On a topicâs wiki page, youâll find information on how to get started in research, tool development, and advocacy for that topic, and some next step challenges that remain. Youâll also find many ways to share your ideas, questions, and findings with the Public Lab community. Visit the research area review tag page to see the latest review-related posts on Public Lab, and get updates on reviews by following the #research-area-review tag: Current research area reviewFrom July through September 2021, weâll be reviewing the topic of wastewater. Check here for more details! If youâre interested in upcoming calls on other topics, check out the monthly calendar of planned community calls on air, land/soil, and organizing and advocacy led by our Research Curation Fellows. Past research area review events and summariesA key part of a research area review is getting together to talk and connect with each other on a topic and relevant tools! Below, youâll find recordings from the most recent public events for a research area review, plus links to resources shared on the call and links to any summary posts. June 30, 2021: Mapping for organizing & advocacy research area reviewWe wrapped up our most recent collaborative topic review with a whole bunch of events on mapping for community organizing and advocacy! Hereâs a summary of the new and updated resources for this topic on Public Lab. Presentation on research area review workWe started the day by presenting the highlight reel from the last three months of collective work and conversations on this topic. There are new getting-started activities on using maps for advocacy, examples of how maps can be usedâfor storytelling, understanding a place, as evidenceâand more general resources on methods for community organizing and advocacy. Following the presentation, @julia_e_masters facilitated an open discussion where people on the call shared how theyâre using mapping in their place-based research and advocacy on environmental health issues.
Resources shared on the call:
Live buildAnd then! @a1ahna from the Kits Team led us through a live build of a camera mount for balloon mapping! đ· đWe learned about the history of balloon mapping kits at Public Lab, the materials needed for a camera rig and how to build one, and Alahnaâs balloon mapping tips and tricks. You can find balloon mapping kits in the Public Lab store here! Hereâs a recording of the live build:
Resources shared during the live build:
Guest speakersCommunity members working on mapping projects joined us for a guest speaker panel. This session brought together people from incredible, expansive projects that could have each presented in a dedicated event, so we chose to switch up the usual presentation format and instead do rounds of answering a series of prompts enabling us to see across projects. Visit the summary of this session to learn more about each panelist and the questions they answered. Spanish language panel: English language panel: Research area review archiveClick here for an archive of the research area reviews listed below, including video recordings and all links shared on the call. March 31, 2021: Soil contamination research area reviewClick here to see this review in the archive December 16, 2020: Air quality research area reviewClick here to see this review in the archive September 23, 2020: Microplastics research area reviewClick here to see this review in the archive Who does research area reviews?Anyone can help with a research area review! As the research coordinator at Public Lab, @bhamster organizes and runs a regular cycle of reviews to make sure weâre keeping our topic areas up-to-date. If youâre interested in helping out or offering ideas, please get in touch by leaving a comment on this post.
What happens during a review?Currently, research area reviews involve:
Another approach: The review process outlined above built upon previous thinking on research area reviews (here and here), which can also be broken down into more distinct phases and distributed tasks in the following way: Phase 1: Information Gathering In Phase 1, the goal is to sift through and update all the existing resources on PublicLab.org related to a topic. This could include checking in on other projects' updates as well, and if there's been a previous review, that's also a great place to start. Phase 2: Convening Phase 2 involves hosting an Open Call to bring folks together, to go through the collected materials from Phase 1, identify gaps and plan next steps. Phase 3: Synthesizing In Phase 3, the notes from the call and the newly collected materials, shared goals, and tasks are organized and shared on PublicLab.org, tying the review together in a single post. This table gives more details on the tasks and can serve as a template to organize the phases of a more distributed research area review:
Want to talk about a topic outside a research area review?Anytime! Join us for an Open Call, hosted every Tuesday at 12 pm PT / 3 pm ET. These informal calls are a great way to connect with Public Lab community members on projects, ideas, and questions. You can find more info on Open Call and how to join here. Come to a call specifically on the topic of water, air, land/soil, or organizing and advocacy. These community calls are hosted throughout the year by Research Curation Fellows. Check here for a monthly calendar of planned calls. And you can learn more about other kinds of Public Lab events and check out our events calendar here: publiclab.org/events |
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July 22, 2021 15:18
| over 2 years ago
"Research area reviews" are periods of time when we work together to grow and organize shared knowledge on a particular environmental topic at Public Lab. Every three months, we cycle among the larger topics of air, water, land/soil, and organizing and advocacy. During that three month period, we pick a research area to focus on within the larger topic and collaboratively review it by asking and answering questionsâwhat knowledge exists on Public Lab and beyond? What gaps are there? What accessible methods and tools can be used to research this topic? What questions and projects are communities addressing? We do this together through calls and posts on PublicLab.org. By the end of the review period, the goal is to have gathered and synthesized resources on the research area so that they are as current as possible and useful to members of the Public Lab community. People visiting the website will have an idea of how to get started with community science in the topic area, and will also know where to fill in gaps with specific skills, knowledge, and lived experiences. Featured environmental topics on Public Lab are listed here. On a topicâs wiki page, youâll find information on how to get started in research, tool development, and advocacy for that topic, and some next step challenges that remain. Youâll also find many ways to share your ideas, questions, and findings with the Public Lab community. Visit the research area review tag page to see the latest review-related posts on Public Lab, and get updates on reviews by following the #research-area-review tag: Current research area reviewFrom July through September 2021, weâll be reviewing a research area within water quality. Check back soon for more details! If youâre interested in upcoming calls on other topics, check out the monthly calendar of planned community calls on air, land/soil, and organizing and advocacy led by our Research Curation Fellows. Past research area review events and summariesA key part of a research area review is getting together to talk and connect with each other on a topic and relevant tools! Below, youâll find recordings from the most recent public events for a research area review, plus links to resources shared on the call and links to any summary posts. June 30, 2021: Mapping for organizing & advocacy research area reviewWe wrapped up our most recent collaborative topic review with a whole bunch of events on mapping for community organizing and advocacy! Hereâs a summary of the new and updated resources for this topic on Public Lab. Presentation on research area review workWe started the day by presenting the highlight reel from the last three months of collective work and conversations on this topic. There are new getting-started activities on using maps for advocacy, examples of how maps can be usedâfor storytelling, understanding a place, as evidenceâand more general resources on methods for community organizing and advocacy. Following the presentation, @julia_e_masters facilitated an open discussion where people on the call shared how theyâre using mapping in their place-based research and advocacy on environmental health issues.
Resources shared on the call:
Live buildAnd then! @a1ahna from the Kits Team led us through a live build of a camera mount for balloon mapping! đ· đWe learned about the history of balloon mapping kits at Public Lab, the materials needed for a camera rig and how to build one, and Alahnaâs balloon mapping tips and tricks. You can find balloon mapping kits in the Public Lab store here! Hereâs a recording of the live build:
Resources shared during the live build:
Guest speakersCommunity members working on mapping projects joined us for a guest speaker panel. This session brought together people from incredible, expansive projects that could have each presented in a dedicated event, so we chose to switch up the usual presentation format and instead do rounds of answering a series of prompts enabling us to see across projects. Visit the summary of this session to learn more about each panelist and the questions they answered. Spanish language panel: English language panel: Research area review archiveClick here for an archive of the research area reviews listed below, including video recordings and all links shared on the call. March 31, 2021: Soil contamination research area reviewClick here to see this review in the archive December 16, 2020: Air quality research area reviewClick here to see this review in the archive September 23, 2020: Microplastics research area reviewClick here to see this review in the archive Who does research area reviews?Anyone can help with a research area review! As the research coordinator at Public Lab, @bhamster organizes and runs a regular cycle of reviews to make sure weâre keeping our topic areas up-to-date. If youâre interested in helping out or offering ideas, please get in touch by leaving a comment on this post.
What happens during a review?Currently, research area reviews involve:
Another approach: The review process outlined above built upon previous thinking on research area reviews (here and here), which can also be broken down into more distinct phases and distributed tasks in the following way: Phase 1: Information Gathering In Phase 1, the goal is to sift through and update all the existing resources on PublicLab.org related to a topic. This could include checking in on other projects' updates as well, and if there's been a previous review, that's also a great place to start. Phase 2: Convening Phase 2 involves hosting an Open Call to bring folks together, to go through the collected materials from Phase 1, identify gaps and plan next steps. Phase 3: Synthesizing In Phase 3, the notes from the call and the newly collected materials, shared goals, and tasks are organized and shared on PublicLab.org, tying the review together in a single post. This table gives more details on the tasks and can serve as a template to organize the phases of a more distributed research area review:
Want to talk about a topic outside a research area review?Anytime! Join us for an Open Call, hosted every Tuesday at 12 pm PT / 3 pm ET. These informal calls are a great way to connect with Public Lab community members on projects, ideas, and questions. You can find more info on Open Call and how to join here. Come to a call specifically on the topic of water, air, land/soil, or organizing and advocacy. These community calls are hosted throughout the year by Research Curation Fellows. Check here for a monthly calendar of planned calls. And you can learn more about other kinds of Public Lab events and check out our events calendar here: publiclab.org/events |
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July 01, 2021 22:49
| almost 3 years ago
"Research area reviews" are periods of time when we work together to grow and organize shared knowledge on a particular environmental topic at Public Lab. Every three months, we cycle among the larger topics of air, water, land/soil, and organizing and advocacy. During that three month period, we pick a research area to focus on within the larger topic and collaboratively review it by asking and answering questionsâwhat knowledge exists on Public Lab and beyond? What gaps are there? What accessible methods and tools can be used to research this topic? What questions and projects are communities addressing? We do this together through calls and posts on PublicLab.org. By the end of the review period, the goal is to have gathered and synthesized resources on the research area so that they are as current as possible and useful to members of the Public Lab community. People visiting the website will have an idea of how to get started with community science in the topic area, and will also know where to fill in gaps with specific skills, knowledge, and lived experiences. Featured environmental topics on Public Lab are listed here. On a topicâs wiki page, youâll find information on how to get started in research, tool development, and advocacy for that topic, and some next step challenges that remain. Youâll also find many ways to share your ideas, questions, and findings with the Public Lab community. Visit the research area review tag page to see the latest review-related posts on Public Lab, and get updates on reviews by following the #research-area-review tag: Current research area reviewFrom July through September 2021, weâll be reviewing a research area within water quality. Check back soon for more details! If youâre interested in upcoming calls on other topics, check out the monthly calendar of planned community calls on air, land/soil, and organizing and advocacy led by our Research Curation Fellows. Past research area review events and summariesA key part of a research area review is getting together to talk and connect with each other on a topic and relevant tools! Below, youâll find recordings from the most recent public events for a research area review, plus links to resources shared on the call and links to any summary posts. June 30, 2021: Mapping for organizing & advocacy research area reviewWe wrapped up our most recent collaborative topic review with a whole bunch of events on mapping for community organizing and advocacy! Presentation on research area review workWe started the day by presenting the highlight reel from the last three months of collective work and conversations on this topic. There are new getting-started activities on using maps for advocacy, examples of how maps can be usedâfor storytelling, understanding a place, as evidenceâand more general resources on methods for community organizing and advocacy. Following the presentation, @julia_e_masters facilitated an open discussion where people on the call shared how theyâre using mapping in their place-based research and advocacy on environmental health issues. Weâll post a summary of whatâs been updated on the Public Lab website soon, along with some of the challenges and questions that came up during the conversation.
Resources shared on the call:
Live buildAnd then! @a1ahna from the Kits Team led us through a live build of a camera mount for balloon mapping! đ· đWe learned about the history of balloon mapping kits at Public Lab, the materials needed for a camera rig and how to build one, and Alahnaâs balloon mapping tips and tricks. You can find balloon mapping kits in the Public Lab store here! Hereâs a recording of the live build:
Resources shared during the live build:
Guest speakersFinally! Community members working on mapping projects will be joining us for a guest speaker panel. Find call-in details on the Events page here. And check back in on this page for a link to recordings of the call after they happen.
Research area review archiveClick here for an archive of the research area reviews listed below, including video recordings and all links shared on the call. March 31, 2021: Soil contamination research area reviewClick here to see this review in the archive December 16, 2020: Air quality research area reviewClick here to see this review in the archive September 23, 2020: Microplastics research area reviewClick here to see this review in the archive Who does research area reviews?Anyone can help with a research area review! As the research coordinator at Public Lab, @bhamster organizes and runs a regular cycle of reviews to make sure weâre keeping our topic areas up-to-date. If youâre interested in helping out or offering ideas, please get in touch by leaving a comment on this post.
What happens during a review?Currently, research area reviews involve:
Another approach: The review process outlined above built upon previous thinking on research area reviews (here and here), which can also be broken down into more distinct phases and distributed tasks in the following way: Phase 1: Information Gathering In Phase 1, the goal is to sift through and update all the existing resources on PublicLab.org related to a topic. This could include checking in on other projects' updates as well, and if there's been a previous review, that's also a great place to start. Phase 2: Convening Phase 2 involves hosting an Open Call to bring folks together, to go through the collected materials from Phase 1, identify gaps and plan next steps. Phase 3: Synthesizing In Phase 3, the notes from the call and the newly collected materials, shared goals, and tasks are organized and shared on PublicLab.org, tying the review together in a single post. This table gives more details on the tasks and can serve as a template to organize the phases of a more distributed research area review:
Want to talk about a topic outside a research area review?Anytime! Join us for an Open Call, hosted every Tuesday at 12 pm PT / 3 pm ET. These informal calls are a great way to connect with Public Lab community members on projects, ideas, and questions. You can find more info on Open Call and how to join here. Come to a call specifically on the topic of water, air, land/soil, or organizing and advocacy. These community calls are hosted throughout the year by Research Curation Fellows. Check here for a monthly calendar of planned calls. And you can learn more about other kinds of Public Lab events and check out our events calendar here: publiclab.org/events |
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June 11, 2021 15:55
| almost 3 years ago
"Research area reviews" are periods of time when we work together to grow and organize shared knowledge on a particular environmental topic at Public Lab. Every three months, we cycle among the larger topics of air, water, land/soil, and organizing and advocacy. During that three month period, we pick a research area to focus on within the larger topic and collaboratively review it by asking and answering questionsâwhat knowledge exists on Public Lab and beyond? What gaps are there? What accessible methods and tools can be used to research this topic? What questions and projects are communities addressing? We do this together through calls and posts on PublicLab.org. By the end of the review period, the goal is to have gathered and synthesized resources on the research area so that they are as current as possible and useful to members of the Public Lab community. People visiting the website will have an idea of how to get started with community science in the topic area, and will also know where to fill in gaps with specific skills, knowledge, and lived experiences. Featured environmental topics on Public Lab are listed here. On a topicâs wiki page, youâll find information on how to get started in research, tool development, and advocacy for that topic, and some next step challenges that remain. Youâll also find many ways to share your ideas, questions, and findings with the Public Lab community. Visit the research area review tag page to see the latest review-related posts on Public Lab, and get updates on reviews by following the #research-area-review tag: Current research area reviewFrom April through June 2021, our review will be on mapping for organizing and advocacy. Learn more details about the review and upcoming events here! Past research area review events and summariesA key part of a research area review is getting together to talk and connect with each other on a topic and relevant tools! Below, youâll find recordings from the most recent public event for a research area review, plus links to resources shared on the call and links to any summary posts. March 31, 2021: Soil contamination research area reviewOur latest quarterly deep dive into research areas on Public Lab wrapped up with two public events on community science and soil contamination, attended by folx all over the world. First, we shared highlights from our research area review on soil contamination, including activities to get started with investigating your soil, an overview of methods for testing and remediating polluted soil, and some next step challenges in tool development. People on the call also shared their questions, reflections, and local concerns on soil contamination. A summary of the research area review on soil contamination is here, including some of the ongoing questions and challenges discussed on the call. Resources shared:
Second! We had the great fortune to co-host a virtual tool demo with Jackie James (@jjcreedon) and Mike Rosenberg (@Mike_CSCR) of Citizen Science Community Resources, who showed us their Soil Sampling Toolkit. You can watch the recording and read a summary of the demo here. Research area review archiveClick here for an archive of the research area reviews listed below, including video recordings and all links shared on the call. December 16, 2020: Air quality research area reviewClick here to see this review in the archive September 23, 2020: Microplastics research area reviewClick here to see this review in the archive Who does research area reviews?Anyone can help with a research area review! As the research coordinator at Public Lab, @bhamster organizes and runs a regular cycle of reviews to make sure weâre keeping our topic areas up-to-date. If youâre interested in helping out or offering ideas, please get in touch by leaving a comment on this post.
What happens during a review?Currently, research area reviews involve:
Another approach: The review process outlined above built upon previous thinking on research area reviews (here and here), which can also be broken down into more distinct phases and distributed tasks in the following way: Phase 1: Information Gathering In Phase 1, the goal is to sift through and update all the existing resources on PublicLab.org related to a topic. This could include checking in on other projects' updates as well, and if there's been a previous review, that's also a great place to start. Phase 2: Convening Phase 2 involves hosting an Open Call to bring folks together, to go through the collected materials from Phase 1, identify gaps and plan next steps. Phase 3: Synthesizing In Phase 3, the notes from the call and the newly collected materials, shared goals, and tasks are organized and shared on PublicLab.org, tying the review together in a single post. This table gives more details on the tasks and can serve as a template to organize the phases of a more distributed research area review:
Want to talk about a topic outside a research area review?Anytime! We want to hear from you. Join us for an Open Call, hosted every Tuesday at 12 pm PT / 3 pm ET. These informal calls are a great way to connect with Public Lab community members on projects, ideas, and questions. You can find more info on Open Call and how to join here. And you can learn more about other kinds of Public Lab events and check out our events calendar here: publiclab.org/events |
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April 30, 2021 14:15
| almost 3 years ago
"Research area reviews" are ways we work to grow and organize our shared information on a topic area on Public Lab. Every three months, we collaboratively review a topic (a.k.a. research area) with the goal of synthesizing and refreshing relevant resources so that they are as current as possible and useful to members of the community. On a topicâs wiki page, youâll find information on how to get started in research, tool development, and advocacy for that topic, and some next step challenges that remain. Youâll also find many ways to share your ideas, questions, and findings with the Public Lab community. Featured topics on Public Lab are listed here. Visit the research area review tag page to see the latest review-related posts on Public Lab, and get updates on reviews by following the #research-area-review tag: Current research area reviewFrom April through June 2021, our review will be on mapping for organizing and advocacy. Learn more details about the review and upcoming events here! Past research area review events and summariesA key part of a research area review is getting together to talk and connect with each other on a topic and relevant tools! Below, youâll find recordings from the most recent public event for a research area review, plus links to resources shared on the call and links to any summary posts. March 31, 2021: Soil contamination research area reviewOur latest quarterly deep dive into research areas on Public Lab wrapped up with two public events on community science and soil contamination, attended by folx all over the world. First, we shared highlights from our research area review on soil contamination, including activities to get started with investigating your soil, an overview of methods for testing and remediating polluted soil, and some next step challenges in tool development. People on the call also shared their questions, reflections, and local concerns on soil contamination. A summary of the research area review on soil contamination is here, including some of the ongoing questions and challenges discussed on the call. Resources shared:
Second! We had the great fortune to co-host a virtual tool demo with Jackie James (@jjcreedon) and Mike Rosenberg (@Mike_CSCR) of Citizen Science Community Resources, who showed us their Soil Sampling Toolkit. You can watch the recording and read a summary of the demo here. Research area review archiveClick here for an archive of the research area reviews listed below, including video recordings and all links shared on the call. December 16, 2020: Air quality research area reviewClick here to see this review in the archive September 23, 2020: Microplastics research area reviewClick here to see this review in the archive Who does research area reviews?Anyone can help with a research area review! As the research coordinator at Public Lab, @bhamster organizes and runs a regular cycle of reviews to make sure weâre keeping our topic areas up-to-date. If youâre interested in helping out or offering ideas, please get in touch by leaving a comment on this post.
What happens during a review?Currently, research area reviews involve:
Another approach: The review process outlined above built upon previous thinking on research area reviews (here and here), which can also be broken down into more distinct phases and distributed tasks in the following way: Phase 1: Information Gathering In Phase 1, the goal is to sift through and update all the existing resources on PublicLab.org related to a topic. This could include checking in on other projects' updates as well, and if there's been a previous review, that's also a great place to start. Phase 2: Convening Phase 2 involves hosting an Open Call to bring folks together, to go through the collected materials from Phase 1, identify gaps and plan next steps. Phase 3: Synthesizing In Phase 3, the notes from the call and the newly collected materials, shared goals, and tasks are organized and shared on PublicLab.org, tying the review together in a single post. This table gives more details on the tasks and can serve as a template to organize the phases of a more distributed research area review:
Want to talk about a topic outside a research area review?Anytime! We want to hear from you. Join us for an Open Call, hosted every Tuesday at 12 pm PT / 3 pm ET. These informal calls are a great way to connect with Public Lab community members on projects, ideas, and questions. You can find more info on Open Call and how to join here. And you can learn more about other kinds of Public Lab events and check out our events calendar here: publiclab.org/events |
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April 27, 2021 22:25
| almost 3 years ago
"Research area reviews" are ways we work to grow and organize our shared information on a topic area on Public Lab. Every three months, we collaboratively review a topic (a.k.a. research area) with the goal of synthesizing and refreshing relevant resources so that they are as current as possible and useful to members of the community. On a topicâs wiki page, youâll find information on how to get started in research, tool development, and advocacy for that topic, and some next step challenges that remain. Youâll also find many ways to share your ideas, questions, and findings with the Public Lab community. Featured topics on Public Lab are listed here. Visit the research area review tag page to see the latest review-related posts on Public Lab, and get updates on reviews by following the #research-area-review tag: Research area review eventsA key part of a research area review is getting together to talk and connect with each other on a topic and relevant tools! Below, youâll find recordings from the most recent public event for a research area review, plus links to resources shared on the call.
March 31, 2021: Soil contamination research area reviewOur latest quarterly deep dive into research areas on Public Lab wrapped up with two public events on community science and soil contamination, attended by folx all over the world. First, we shared highlights from our research area review on soil contamination, including activities to get started with investigating your soil, an overview of methods for testing and remediating polluted soil, and some next step challenges in tool development. People on the call also shared their questions, reflections, and local concerns on soil contamination. A summary of the research area review on soil contamination is here, including some of the ongoing questions and challenges discussed on the call. Resources shared:
Second! We had the great fortune to co-host a virtual tool demo with Jackie James (@jjcreedon) and Mike Rosenberg (@Mike_CSCR) of Citizen Science Community Resources, who showed us their Soil Sampling Toolkit. You can watch the recording and read a summary of the demo here. Past research area reviewsClick here for an archive of the research area reviews listed below, including video recordings and all links shared on the call. December 16, 2020: Air quality research area reviewClick here to see this review in the archive September 23, 2020: Microplastics research area reviewClick here to see this review in the archive Who does research area reviews?Anyone can help with a research area review! As the research coordinator at Public Lab, @bhamster organizes and runs a regular cycle of reviews to make sure weâre keeping our topic areas up-to-date. If youâre interested in helping out or offering ideas, please get in touch by leaving a comment on this post.
What happens during a review?Currently, research area reviews involve:
Another approach: The review process outlined above built upon previous thinking on research area reviews (here and here), which can also be broken down into more distinct phases and distributed tasks in the following way: Phase 1: Information Gathering In Phase 1, the goal is to sift through and update all the existing resources on PublicLab.org related to a topic. This could include checking in on other projects' updates as well, and if there's been a previous review, that's also a great place to start. Phase 2: Convening Phase 2 involves hosting an Open Call to bring folks together, to go through the collected materials from Phase 1, identify gaps and plan next steps. Phase 3: Synthesizing In Phase 3, the notes from the call and the newly collected materials, shared goals, and tasks are organized and shared on PublicLab.org, tying the review together in a single post. This table gives more details on the tasks and can serve as a template to organize the phases of a more distributed research area review:
Want to talk about a topic outside a research area review?Anytime! We want to hear from you. Join us for an Open Call, hosted every Tuesday at 12 pm PT / 3 pm ET. These informal calls are a great way to connect with Public Lab community members on projects, ideas, and questions. You can find more info on Open Call and how to join here. And you can learn more about other kinds of Public Lab events and check out our events calendar here: publiclab.org/events |
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| 15 | bhamster |
April 26, 2021 21:12
| almost 3 years ago
"Research area reviews" are ways we work to grow and organize our shared information on a topic area on Public Lab. The goal is to synthesize and refresh resources on a topic (a.k.a. a research area) so that they are as current as possible and useful to the community. On a topicâs wiki page, youâll find information on how to get started in research, tool development, and advocacy for a topic, and some next step challenges that remain. Youâll also find many ways to share your ideas, questions, and findings with the Public Lab community. Featured topics on Public Lab are listed here. Visit the research area review tag page to see the latest review-related posts on Public Lab, and get updates on reviews by subscribing: Subscribe to Research Area Review Research area review eventsA key part of a research area review is getting together to talk and connect with each other on a topic and relevant tools! Below, youâll find recordings from the most recent public event for a research area review, plus links to resources shared on the call.
March 31, 2021: Soil contamination research area reviewOur latest quarterly deep dive into research areas on Public Lab wrapped up with two public events on community science and soil contamination, attended by folx all over the world. First, we shared highlights from our research area review on soil contamination, including activities to get started with investigating your soil, an overview of methods for testing and remediating polluted soil, and some next step challenges in tool development. People on the call also shared their questions, reflections, and local concerns on soil contamination. A summary of the research area review on soil contamination is here, including some of the ongoing questions and challenges discussed on the call. Resources shared:
Second! We had the great fortune to co-host a virtual tool demo with Jackie James (@jjcreedon) and Mike Rosenberg (@Mike_CSCR) of Citizen Science Community Resources, who showed us their Soil Sampling Toolkit. You can watch the recording and read a summary of the demo here. Past research area reviewsClick here for an archive of the research area reviews listed below, including video recordings and all links shared on the call. December 16, 2020: Air quality research area reviewSeptember 23, 2020: Microplastics research area reviewWho does research area reviews?Anyone can help with a research area review! As the research coordinator at Public Lab, @bhamster organizes and runs a regular cycle of reviews to make sure weâre keeping our topic areas up-to-date. If youâre interested in helping out or offering ideas, please get in touch by leaving a comment on this post.
What happens during a review?Currently, research area reviews involve:
Another approach: The review process outlined above built upon previous thinking on research area reviews (here and here), which can also be broken down into more distinct phases and distributed tasks in the following way: Phase 1: Information Gathering In Phase 1, the goal is to sift through and update all the existing resources on PublicLab.org related to a topic. This could include checking in on other projects' updates as well, and if there's been a previous review, that's also a great place to start. Phase 2: Convening Phase 2 involves hosting an Open Call to bring folks together, to go through the collected materials from Phase 1, identify gaps and plan next steps. Phase 3: Synthesizing In Phase 3, the notes from the call and the newly collected materials, shared goals, and tasks are organized and shared on PublicLab.org, tying the review together in a single post. This table gives more details on the tasks and can serve as a template to organize the phases of a more distributed research area review:
Want to talk about a topic outside a research area review?Anytime! We want to hear from you. Join us for an Open Call, hosted every Tuesday at 12 pm PT / 3 pm ET. These informal calls are a great way to connect with Public Lab community members on projects, ideas, and questions. You can find more info on Open Call and how to join here. And you can learn more about other kinds of Public Lab events and check out our events calendar here: publiclab.org/events |
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| 14 | liz |
April 26, 2021 21:12
| almost 3 years ago
"Research area reviews" are ways we work to grow and organize our shared information on a topic area on Public Lab. The goal is to synthesize and refresh resources on a topic (a.k.a. a research area) so that they are as current as possible and useful to the community. On a topicâs wiki page, youâll find information on how to get started in research, tool development, and advocacy for a topic, and some next step challenges that remain. Youâll also find many ways to share your ideas, questions, and findings with the Public Lab community. Featured topics on Public Lab are listed here. Visit the research area review tag page to see the latest review-related posts on Public Lab, and get updates on reviews by subscribing: Subscribe to Research Area Review Research area review eventsA key part of a research area review is getting together to talk and connect with each other on a topic and relevant tools! Below, youâll find recordings from the most recent public event for a research area review, plus links to resources shared on the call.
March 31, 2021: Soil contamination research area reviewOur latest quarterly deep dive into research areas on Public Lab wrapped up with two public events on community science and soil contamination, attended by folx all over the world. First, we shared highlights from our research area review on soil contamination, including activities to get started with investigating your soil, an overview of methods for testing and remediating polluted soil, and some next step challenges in tool development. People on the call also shared their questions, reflections, and local concerns on soil contamination. A summary of the research area review on soil contamination is here, including some of the ongoing questions and challenges discussed on the call. Resources shared:
Second! We had the great fortune to co-host a virtual tool demo with Jackie James (@jjcreedon) and Mike Rosenberg (@Mike_CSCR) of Citizen Science Community Resources, who showed us their Soil Sampling Toolkit. You can watch the recording and read a summary of the demo here. Past research area reviewsClick here for an archive of the research area reviews listed below, including video recordings and all links shared on the call. December 16, 2020: Air quality research area reviewSeptember 23, 2020: Microplastics research area reviewWho does research area reviews?Anyone can help with a research area review! As the research coordinator at Public Lab, @bhamster organizes and runs a regular cycle of reviews to make sure weâre keeping our topic areas up-to-date. If youâre interested in helping out or offering ideas, please get in touch by leaving a comment on this post.
What happens during a review?Currently, research area reviews involve:
Another approach: The review process outlined above built upon previous thinking on research area reviews (here and here), which can also be broken down into more distinct phases and distributed tasks in the following way: Phase 1: Information Gathering In Phase 1, the goal is to sift through and update all the existing resources on PublicLab.org related to a topic. This could include checking in on other projects' updates as well, and if there's been a previous review, that's also a great place to start. Phase 2: Convening Phase 2 involves hosting an Open Call to bring folks together, to go through the collected materials from Phase 1, identify gaps and plan next steps. Phase 3: Synthesizing In Phase 3, the notes from the call and the newly collected materials, shared goals, and tasks are organized and shared on PublicLab.org, tying the review together in a single post. This table gives more details on the tasks and can serve as a template to organize the phases of a more distributed research area review:
Want to talk about a topic outside a research area review?Anytime! We want to hear from you. Join us for an Open Call, hosted every Tuesday at 12 pm PT / 3 pm ET. These informal calls are a great way to connect with Public Lab community members on projects, ideas, and questions. You can find more info on Open Call and how to join here. And you can learn more about other kinds of Public Lab events and check out our events calendar here: publiclab.org/events |
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| 13 | liz |
April 26, 2021 21:08
| almost 3 years ago
"Research area reviews" are ways we work to grow and organize our shared information on a topic area on Public Lab. The goal is to synthesize and refresh resources on a topic (a.k.a. a research area) so that they are as current as possible and useful to the community. On a topicâs wiki page, youâll find information on how to get started in research, tool development, and advocacy for a topic, and some next step challenges that remain. Youâll also find many ways to share your ideas, questions, and findings with the Public Lab community. Featured topics on Public Lab are listed here. Visit the research area review tag page to see the latest review-related posts on Public Lab, and get updates on reviews by subscribing: Subscribe to Research Area Review Research area review eventsA key part of a research area review is getting together to talk and connect with each other on a topic and relevant tools! Below, youâll find recordings from the most recent public event for a research area review, plus links to resources shared on the call.
March 31, 2021: Soil contamination research area reviewOur latest quarterly deep dive into research areas on Public Lab wrapped up with two public events on community science and soil contamination, attended by folx all over the world. First, we shared highlights from our research area review on soil contamination, including activities to get started with investigating your soil, an overview of methods for testing and remediating polluted soil, and some next step challenges in tool development. People on the call also shared their questions, reflections, and local concerns on soil contamination. A summary of the research area review on soil contamination is here, including some of the ongoing questions and challenges discussed on the call. Resources shared:
Second! We had the great fortune to co-host a virtual tool demo with Jackie James (@jjcreedon) and Mike Rosenberg (@Mike_CSCR) of Citizen Science Community Resources, who showed us their Soil Sampling Toolkit. You can watch the recording and read a summary of the demo here. Past research area reviewsClick here for an archive of the research area reviews listed below, including video recordings and all links shared on the call. December 16, 2020: Air quality research area reviewSeptember 23, 2020: Microplastics research area reviewWho does research area reviews?Anyone can help with a research area review! As the research coordinator at Public Lab, @bhamster organizes and runs a regular cycle of reviews to make sure weâre keeping our topic areas up-to-date. If youâre interested in helping out or offering ideas, please get in touch by leaving a comment on this post.
What happens during a review?Currently, research area reviews involve:
Another approach: The review process outlined above built upon previous thinking on research area reviews (here and here), which can also be broken down into more distinct phases and distributed tasks in the following way: Phase 1: Information Gathering In Phase 1, the goal is to sift through and update all the existing resources on PublicLab.org related to a topic. This could include checking in on other projects' updates as well, and if there's been a previous review, that's also a great place to start. Phase 2: Convening Phase 2 involves hosting an Open Call to bring folks together, to go through the collected materials from Phase 1, identify gaps and plan next steps. Phase 3: Synthesizing In Phase 3, the notes from the call and the newly collected materials, shared goals, and tasks are organized and shared on PublicLab.org, tying the review together in a single post. This table gives more details on the tasks and can serve as a template to organize the phases of a more distributed research area review:
Want to talk about a topic outside a research area review?Anytime! We want to hear from you. Join us for an Open Call, hosted every Tuesday at 12 pm PT / 3 pm ET. These informal calls are a great way to connect with Public Lab community members on projects, ideas, and questions. You can find more info on Open Call and how to join here. And you can learn more about other kinds of Public Lab events and check out our events calendar here: publiclab.org/events |
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| 12 | bhamster |
April 07, 2021 15:52
| about 3 years ago
"Research area reviews" are ways we work to grow and organize our shared information on a topic area on Public Lab. The goal is to synthesize and refresh resources on a topic (a.k.a. a research area) so that they are as current as possible and useful to the community. On a topicâs wiki page, youâll find information on how to get started in research, tool development, and advocacy for a topic, and some next step challenges that remain. Youâll also find many ways to share your ideas, questions, and findings with the Public Lab community. Featured topics on Public Lab are listed here. Visit the research area review tag page to see the latest review-related posts on Public Lab, and get updates on reviews by subscribing: Subscribe to Research Area Review Research area review eventsA key part of a research area review is getting together to talk and connect with each other on a topic and relevant tools! Below, youâll find recordings from the most recent public event for a research area review, plus links to resources shared on the call.
March 31, 2021: Soil contamination research area reviewOur latest quarterly deep dive into research areas on Public Lab wrapped up with two public events on community science and soil contamination, attended by folx all over the world. First, we shared highlights from our research area review on soil contamination, including activities to get started with investigating your soil, an overview of methods for testing and remediating polluted soil, and some next step challenges in tool development. People on the call also shared their questions, reflections, and local concerns on soil contamination. A summary of the research area review on soil contamination is here, including some of the ongoing questions and challenges discussed on the call. Resources shared:
Second! We had the great fortune to co-host a virtual tool demo with Jackie James (@jjcreedon) and Mike Rosenberg (@Mike_CSCR) of Citizen Science Community Resources, who showed us their Soil Sampling Toolkit. You can watch the recording and read a summary of the demo here. Past research area reviewsClick here for an archive of the research area reviews listed below, including video recordings and all links shared on the call. December 16, 2020: Air quality research area reviewSeptember 23, 2020: Microplastics research area reviewWho does research area reviews?Anyone can help with a research area review! As the research coordinator at Public Lab, @bhamster organizes and runs a regular cycle of reviews to make sure weâre keeping our topic areas up-to-date. If youâre interested in helping out or offering ideas, please get in touch by leaving a comment on this post.
What happens during a review?Currently, research area reviews involve:
Another approach: The review process outlined above built upon previous thinking on research area reviews (here and here), which can also be broken down into more distinct phases and distributed tasks in the following way: Phase 1: Information Gathering In Phase 1, the goal is to sift through and update all the existing resources on PublicLab.org related to a topic. This could include checking in on other projects' updates as well, and if there's been a previous review, that's also a great place to start. Phase 2: Convening Phase 2 involves hosting an Open Call to bring folks together, to go through the collected materials from Phase 1, identify gaps and plan next steps. Phase 3: Synthesizing In Phase 3, the notes from the call and the newly collected materials, shared goals, and tasks are organized and shared on PublicLab.org, tying the review together in a single post. This table gives more details on the tasks and can serve as a template to organize the phases of a more distributed research area review:
Want to talk about a topic outside a research area review?Anytime! We want to hear from you. Join us for an Open Call, hosted every Tuesday at 12 pm PT / 3 pm ET. These informal calls are a great way to connect with Public Lab community members on projects, ideas, and questions. You can find more info on Open Call and how to join here. And you can learn more about other kinds of Public Lab events and check out our events calendar here: publiclab.org/events |
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