Soil publics: regenerating relations with urban soils through citizen science

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dc.contributor.authorPrice, Hannah L.
dc.contributor.authorEngel-Di Mauro, Salvatore
dc.contributor.authorHigh, Kathy
dc.contributor.authorRamirez-Andreotta, Monica D.
dc.contributor.authorUreta, Sebastian
dc.contributor.authorWalls, Dan
dc.contributor.authorXu, Chie
dc.contributor.authorKinchy, Abby
dc.date.accessioned2025-01-20T17:10:02Z
dc.date.available2025-01-20T17:10:02Z
dc.date.issued2024
dc.description.abstractIn contexts of regulatory neglect, it often falls to concerned individuals and community groups to identify and reduce people's exposure to health-threatening pollutants in urban soils. The Our Soil project, based in Troy, New York (U.S.A.) proposed that engaging people in a "do-it-together" process of scientific inquiry could cultivate both appreciation of soil's value and urgency to protect people from toxic soil pollution. In this paper, we develop the concept of "soil publics" and use it to critically reflect on how Our Soil used participatory research methods to measure urban soil pollution, exchange and value local knowledge, and cultivate a sense of concern for soil as a public issue. Soil publics come together through collective participatory practices, such as community gardening or, in this case, citizen science. This paper argues that when citizen science is pursued with a focus on producing soil publics, it is not just a means of collecting data about soil; it is part of the process of recognising past harms and transforming human-soil relations.Key Policy HighlightsEfforts to increase public awareness and appreciation of the vitality of soil to ecosystem health should also address soil pollution as a matter of environmental justice."Do-it-together" soil testing can be an effective means of both raising the issue of soil pollution and forming a public that wants to address it.Citizen science can be more than a means of collecting data about soil; it can be part of the process of recognising past harms and transforming human-soil relations.
dc.fuente.origenWOS
dc.identifier.doi10.1080/13549839.2023.2300977
dc.identifier.eissn1469-6711
dc.identifier.issn1354-9839
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1080/13549839.2023.2300977
dc.identifier.urihttps://repositorio.uc.cl/handle/11534/91085
dc.identifier.wosidWOS:001147084600001
dc.issue.numero4
dc.language.isoen
dc.pagina.final494
dc.pagina.inicio480
dc.revistaLocal environment
dc.rightsacceso restringido
dc.subjectSoil
dc.subjectpollution
dc.subjectpublics
dc.subjectcitizen science
dc.subjectlead
dc.subjectarsenic
dc.subject.ods13 Climate Action
dc.subject.odspa13 Acción por el clima
dc.titleSoil publics: regenerating relations with urban soils through citizen science
dc.typeartículo
dc.volumen29
sipa.indexWOS
sipa.trazabilidadWOS;2025-01-12
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