Approach

Rocío Gomez Nicolau, Nicolás Santamaría and Julián Ghiglieri perform a test measurement with the Sensora device next to ACUMAR's reference station in Dock Sud
Working on the Sensora device, central structure with four Alphasense gas sensors and the Plantower particulate matter sensor
Yisell Sarasúa, Julián Gighlieri and Joaquín Ezcurra in a working meeting in which they discussed the assembly process of the device with all its components
The two Sensora devices from the project's initial phase, side by side, measuring the Carbon Monoxide (CO) concentration
Divina Swistun, Joaquín Ezcurra and Julián Gighlieri analyse the usability of the device's interface at a work meeting at Débora Swistun's house
Conducting sensor tests with an initial prototype of the Sensora device board next to the ACUMAR reference station.
Rocío Gomez Nicolau, estudiante de ciencias ambientales de la UNDAV, realiza una medición de la velocidad del viento con un anemómetro junto a la estación de referencia de ACUMAR
All the parts that make up the Sensora device: 3D printed housing and internal structure, gas and particulate matter sensors, display, GPS and battery among others
Sensora team members in a test measurement next to the ACUMAR reference station in Dock Sud: Yisell Sarasúa, Débora Swistun, Rocío Gomez Nicolau, Nicolás Santamaría, Julián Ghiglieri, Joaquín Ezcurra and Evelin Rojas

Citizen Science

We work under the paradigm of citizen science, which requires involving society in the process of co-production of knowledge. The public participates as if they were a scientist in several parts of the research or in the whole process: from posing the research question, the hypotheses, the experimental design, the data collection, the data analysis, the preparation of the articles and the publication and communication of the results.

Open Source

To this end, we jointly created an open source device that can measure gases in the air and that can be replicated by other groups with the assistance of an interdisciplinary team that applies the paradigm of co-construction of open knowledge considering the gender perspective and design justice.

Design Justice

In such a sense the principles of justice would act to ensure the participation of all in the act of designing, recognising that the design process also needs to be designed to ensure just outcomes, going beyond recent calls to design for good, user-centred design and diversity of employment in the technology and design professions; thus connecting design to broader struggles/causes for collective liberation and ecological survival.

Collective participation

By participating, people not only contribute but also learn from researchers and acquire scientific-technical skills.

We invite all those interested in the production of environmental data and art for environmental change to call on us to collaborate with measurements of air quality in different urban areas and/or vulnerable communities who are concerned about the relationship between the air they breathe and their health