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Title	Sensemystreet: Sensor Commissioning Toolkit For Communities
ID_Doc	48345
Authors	Puussaar A.; Montague K.; Peacock S.; Nappey T.; Anderson R.; Jonczyk J.; Wright P.; James P.
Year	2022
Published	Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction, 6, CSCW2
DOI	http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/3555215
Abstract	The rise of big data and smart sensing, with the promise of more educated and informed decisions, has fuelled a shift towards more data-driven decision-making in local and national government. However, we are observing a disconnect between the people who are affected by these decisions and their access to tools and resources to collect data in order to provide the needed evidence for change. To truly democratise this process and for citizens to become active prosumers of data, new mechanisms of citizen data production are needed. In this paper we report on a two-year ethnographic and iterative co-design process with the local community. This work encompassed the design, development and deployment of SenseMyStreet (SeMS), a bespoke sensor commissioning toolkit that enables citizens and community groups to use and commission a city's scientific-grade environmental monitors, determining where they will be located on their streets and collecting data to evidence hyper-local issues. Unlike prior research, which creates alternative data sources to contest city data, our toolkit helps integrate citizen commissioned data into the city datasets used by citizens and decision-makers. Reflecting on the design process and evaluating the ways people engaged with the digital tools of the toolkit, we highlight how commissioning can be configured to promote equity in the smart city, empower citizens to take ownership of issues and facilitate the creation of community networks that utilise the data for local benefit. © 2022 Owner/Author.
Author Keywords	civic participation; commissioning; community-data interaction; digital civics; smart citizen

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