every feather and song: crowdsourcing and co-curation from a natural history perspective
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Every Feather and Song
Sander PieterseNaturalis Biodiversity Center //
Xeno-canto Foundation for Nature Sounds
@zzherc
Digibird symposium“Two birds, one stone”
October 31, 2016Netherlands Institute
for Sound & VisionHilversum, The Netherlands
Crowdsourcing andco-curation froma natural historyperspective
Naturalis Biodiversity Center= (collection × research) + museum
40 million specimens
Also, T. rex.
● ‘Cognitive surplus’: to build a big collection together
● Networking: finding and binding amateurs and professionals
● Enrichment: gather object types not part of own (Naturalis) collection
Why do we crowdsource?
National thesaurus of multicellular species observed in The Netherlands since 1758www.nederlandsesoorten.nl
Dutch Species Catalog
Dutch species: illustrate ‘em allphotographers validators
photo editor (admin)
publication
Transcription of specimen labels
Whale & dolphin strandings
Xeno-canto Found for Nature Sounds
● Popularise bird sounds & recording
● Improve access to bird sounds
● Increase the knowledge of bird sounds
● Build the ultimate, complete sound guide
● Through www.xeno-canto.org
Xeno-canto collection in numbers
● 328,632 recordings
● 9,662 species(> 90% of all species)
● 3,309 recordists● 4728+ hours of
recordings
What to do when crowdsourcing?
Provide a shared goale.g. illustrating inter- and intraspecific diversity
Create a sense of connectedness
Make the shared goal social e.g. by
● acknowledging users● stand amongst your users● meetings between users● co-curating content● solving puzzles together
Connectedness: helping research(ers)
● Customization● Create feedback loops● Provide (new) insights● Personal progression
Allow for autonomy and mastery
Always
● provide shared goal (a purpose)● create a sense of connectedness● allow for autonomy and mastery
Also, be aware that
● content issues will arise● expertise can be a bottleneck, too
What to do when crowdsourcing?
Connecting species to specimens
Connecting sounds to species
Every Feather and Song
Sander PieterseNaturalis Biodiversity Center //
Xeno-canto Foundation for Nature Sounds
@zzherc
Digibird symposium“Two birds, one stone”
October 31, 2016Netherlands Institute
for Sound & VisionHilversum, The Netherlands
Crowdsourcing andco-curation froma natural historyperspective