Urban Bird Gardens: Assessing the Interest of Latino Communities in Citizen Science

康奈尔大学将利用规划拨款资金进行前端研究，为针对美国六个主要城市的拉丁裔家庭的重大公民科学工作提供信息。合作组织包括纽约修复项目（纽约）、伊利诺伊州 Aspira, Inc.（芝加哥）、青年政策研究所（洛杉矶）、Chicanos Por la Causa, Inc.（菲尼克斯）、休斯顿儿童博物馆（休斯顿）和佛罗里达州 Aspira, Inc.（迈阿密） 规划工作的项目交付成果包括文化响应研究和随后的研究成果传播。加里湾小组将创建合作伙伴社区的概况，并与潜在的项目参与者进行焦点小组讨论，以检查对科学的态度、对参与性科学活动、工具（在线鸟类识别、数据输入和数据可视化工具）和技术的兴趣。 该研究还将包括对项目合作伙伴之前进行的采访中的现有数据进行分析。研究结果将为吸引拉丁裔受众参与公民科学工作的有效策略提供见解。

Cornell University will utilize planning grant funds to conduct front-end research to inform a major citizen science effort targeting Latino families in six major US cities. Partnering organizations include the New York Restoration Project (New York), Aspira of Illinois, Inc. (Chicago), Youth Policy Institute (Los Angeles), Chicanos Por la Causa, Inc. (Phoenix), the Children's Museum of Houston (Houston), and Aspira of Florida, Inc. (Miami) Project deliverables for the planning effort include culturally responsive research and subsequent dissemination of findings. The Garibay Group will create profiles of partner communities and conduct focus groups with potential project participants to examine attitudes towards science, interest in participatory science activities, tools (online bird identification, data entry, and data visualization tools), and technologies. The research will also include an analysis of existing data from interviews previously conducted by project partners. The research results will provide insights into effective strategies for engaging Latino audiences in citizen science efforts.