Advancing Feminist and Creative Methods for Sensing Air and Atmosphere

我们这个时代的环境紧急情况需要跨学科的思考和工作，需要社区参与，需要多种形式的知识，从感官知识到科学知识。无论是通过在文化、学术和公共领域建立新的网络，还是利用公民科学和开放数据实践，研究人员都在挑战黑箱环境知识的创造。然而，这样做并不能与公平和正义携手并进，创意艺术实践很少被认为是对环境监测计划的合法贡献。这一奖学金的目的是促进女权主义和创造性的方法，用于公民领导的关于i)全球南部的空气质量和ii)全球北部的天气模式的研究。除了在气候变化时代探索创造性和女权主义方法在环境传感方面的价值外，该奖学金还将通过开发新的技能和网络、发展学术和非学术合作伙伴关系以及支持国际和平在全球南部的第一个重要的社区驱动的研究来增强国际和平的能力。空气质量科学为公众健康做出了重要贡献。然而，昂贵仪器的读数往往盖过了社区的证词，或者试图在身体的生活体验中突出空气的美学。量化的数据集是环境关系的最终仲裁者，这一概念加剧了这些问题。这项研究将促进阿根廷国际和平协会、人类学家德博拉·斯威斯图恩博士(联发援组织)、Villa Inflamable(“易燃小镇”，位于阿根廷最大的石化设施旁边)居民和空气新世艺术社区等人之间的合作，开发一个以女权主义原则和创意艺术方法为基础的空气质量监测模型。这将包括共同编写一本《空气传感手册》，以指导公民领导的空气监测；与Aerocene和Villa Inflamable社区成员共同设计空气质量监测设备，并利用参与性研讨会获取关于空气质量的具体和历史知识。越来越反常的天气系统，以及设计“更好天气”的提议，都要求公众重新参与天气。这些问题在Open-Week中得到了解决，这是一个女权主义和创造性实践驱动的倡议，由PI和活动家索菲·戴尔共同创立。利用DIY无线电技术，开放式天气便于直接访问气象卫星的传输。在2020-21年度通过派驻验证了该项目的硬件要求后，该奖学金将使PI能够共同设计用于公民主导的天气监测的新软件，并通过文化场馆和社区科学网络在国际范围内发展露天天气。该奖学金将通过三个工作包提供：1)全球南部的空气质量传感：在阿根廷的Villa Inflamable开发女权主义和创造性的空气遥感方法2)全球北部的天气监测：在美国、英国和CAA发展公民主导的天气监测的女权主义和创造性方法。3)报告和倡导：实地调查和分享，创造性的，通过文化场所和社区科学平台，对公民主导的环境监测采取女权主义方法。与两个伙伴(Aerocene；公共实验室)和两个合作者(Sophie Dyer；DéBora Swistun博士)合作的活动将：i)通过了解创意和共同设计实践的参与性女权主义讲习班开发新的研究方法；ii)通过公共活动、展览和开放获取资源建立新的研究网络；iv)吸引国际、学术和非学术合作伙伴和受众；iv)通过支持PI在全球南部的第一个社区驱动的研究和第一次管理更大的研究拨款，加强PI的研究能力

The environmental emergencies of our time require thinking and working across disciplines, engaging communities and privileging multiple forms of knowledge, from the sensual to the scientific. Whether by forming new networks across cultural, academic and public spheres, or utilising citizen-science and open data practices, researchers are challenging black-boxed environmental knowledge making. However, doing so does not come hand in hand with equity and justice, and creative-arts practice is rarely recognised as a legitimate contribution to environmental monitoring programmes. The aim of this fellowship is to advance feminist and creative methodologies for citizen-led research on i) air quality in the Global South and ii) weather patterns in the Global North. In addition to exploring the value of creative and feminist approaches for environmental sensing in an era of climate change, the fellowship will enhance the capabilities of the PI through developing new skillsets and networks, growing academic and non-academic partnerships and supporting the PI's first significant community-driven research in the Global South. Air quality science has made vital contributions to public health. Yet, often the readings of expensive instruments overshadow testimonies by communities or attempts to foreground the aesthetics of air in the lived experience of bodies. These issues are exacerbated by the notion that quantified datasets are the ultimate arbiters of environmental relations. This fellowship will evolve an Argentina based collaboration between the PI, anthropologist Dr. Débora Swistun (UNDAV), residents of Villa Inflamable (the 'Flammable town', situated next to the largest petrochemical facility in Argentina) and the artistic Aerocene Community, among others, to develop a model of air quality sensing informed by feminist principles and creative-arts methods. This will involve co-authoring an 'Air Sensing Handbook' to guide citizen-led air sensing; codesigning air quality monitoring devices with Aerocene and Villa Inflamable community members and using participatory workshops to elicit embodied and historical knowledge on air quality. Increasingly abnormal weather systems as well as proposals to engineer 'better weather' demand renewed public engagement with weather. These issues are addressed in open-weather, a feminist and creative practice-driven initiative co-founded by the PI and activist Sophie Dyer. Using DIY radio technology, open-weather facilitates direct access to transmissions from weather satellites. Having validated the project's hardware requirements through a residency in 2020-21, the fellowship will enable the PI to codesign new software for citizen-led weather monitoring and grow open-weather on an international scale through cultural venues and community science networks.The fellowship will be delivered through three work packages of activities:1) Sensing Air Quality in the Global South: developing feminist and creative methods for community-led air sensing in Villa Inflamable, Argentina.2) Weather Monitoring in the Global North: developing feminist and creative methods for citizen-led weather monitoring in the USA, UK and CA.3) Reporting and Advocacy: surveying the field and sharing creative, feminist approaches to citizen-led environmental sensing through cultural venues and community science platforms. Working with two partners (Aerocene; Public Lab) and two collaborators (Sophie Dyer; Dr. Débora Swistun) activities will:i) Develop emerging research methods through participatory feminist workshops informed by creative and codesign practices ii) Build new research networks through public events, exhibitions and open-access resourcesiii) Engage international, academic and non-academic partners and audiences iv) Enhance the research capabilities of PI by supporting PI's first community-driven research in the Global South and first management of a larger research grant