Linking with Nature in the Digital Age

1. Auflage 2024
ISBN: 978-1-78630-858-0
Verlag: Wiley

Buch, Englisch, 256 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 531 g

The use of digital technology in our societies is growing to meet the ever-increasing challenges of data collection, raising awareness, education and understanding nature. Artificial intelligence, for example, appears to be the answer to collecting massive amounts of data on biodiversity at a global scale and facilitating citizen participation in such data collection.

Linking with Nature in the Digital Age explores the reconfiguration of our relationship with nature within this digital framework. This book examines this mediated linking from three angles. Firstly, it shows how digital technology can foster the development of links to nature. Then, it describes in greater detail the materiality of these links and how they have evolved with the developments in information technology. Finally, it questions the belief in the digital as a facilitator and opens up new perspectives on our  relationship with nature and the living world

Autoren/Hrsg.

Kohlmann, Émilie

Fachgebiete

• Mathematik | Informatik EDV | Informatik EDV & Informatik Allgemein
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft | Kulturwissenschaften Kulturwissenschaften
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Wissenssoziologie, Wissenschaftssoziologie, Techniksoziologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgments xi Introduction xiii
Émilie KOHLMANN

Part 1 Extending Links through Digital Devices 1

Chapter 1 Benchmarks: Biodiversity, Participation and Digital Technology 3
Émilie KOHLMANN and Catherine GAUTHIER

Chapter 2 The Documentary Links of Herbarium Collections and Their Communicative Stakes 15
Lisa CHUPIN

Chapter 3 Investigating the Relationship with Nature in the Animation of Wineries' Facebook Pages 35
Marie-Caroline HEÏD and Catherine DE LAVERGNE

Chapter 4 Forms of Linking with Nature and with Others through a Digital Device: "Let Them Know and Participate" 53
Émilie KOHLMANN

Part 2 Link Materiality and Structure: Generating Data on Nature 73

Chapter 5 Explainable Artificial Intelligence for a Better Understanding of Naturalist Data 75
Ikram CHRAIBI KAADOUD

Chapter 6 Pooling Biodiversity Databases: Linking Data, Linking Actors 103
Camille BERNARD

Chapter 7 The Challenges and Implementation of the LPO Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Naturalist Information System 127
Daniel THONON

Part 3 Gains and Losses: Questioning the Link to Nature 149

Chapter 8 Complementarity of Big Data and Citizen Participation in Monitoring Plant Biodiversity 151
Pierre BONNET, Alexis JOLY and François MUNOZ

Chapter 9 New Automatic Identification Tools: An Aid for Botanists and Nature Managers? 161
François MUNOZ and Pierre BONNET

Chapter 10 The Contribution of New Technologies to Our Experiences of Nature 177
Minh-Xuan TRUONG

Chapter 11 Belonging to the World to Think of the Link: The Relationship with the Natural Environment as a Crucible of Relatedness 191
Amélie COULBAUT-LAZZARINI

Conclusion 209
Émilie KOHLMANN

List of Authors 215

Index 217

Über Autor(innen)

Émilie Kohlmann is a lecturer in information and communication sciences at Université Grenoble Alpes, France. As part of the GRESEC laboratory, she works on nature mediation systems.