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This paper considers the social and scientific requirements for a citizen science monitoring programme on biodiversity in Arcachon Bay (France). The sociological study reveals tensions between different conceptions of what a citizen science programme should be: a means for storing oriented-data; a n...

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Published in:	ESSACHESS Vol. 7; no. 13; pp. 93 - 106
Main Authors:	Denis SALLES, Bruno BOUET, Maja LARSEN, Benoit SAUTOUR
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Etudes Scientifiques Spécialisées Appliquées aux Communications Humaines, Economiques, Sociales et Symboliques 01-07-2014
Subjects:	biodiversity management renewal contested conceptions of citizen science public participation science society interactions
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Summary:	This paper considers the social and scientific requirements for a citizen science monitoring programme on biodiversity in Arcachon Bay (France). The sociological study reveals tensions between different conceptions of what a citizen science programme should be: a means for storing oriented-data; a new way to co-create scientific knowledge; a political communication tool; a way to develop citizen stewardship; or a place for expressing activist environmental demands. Citizen science programmes also tend to reveal tensions between participatory governance and classical management of environmental issues. Despite a seeming consensus amongst actors on biodiversity conservation, in practice contests over different citizen science conceptions have the potential to re-define environmental issues, to re-specify relationships between science and society and outline new management priorities.
ISSN:	1775-352X 1775-352X