Dinkelberg, Thies, T.F.J. (2022) Database interfaces, knowledge infrastructures and conservation policy. A case study of Movebank. Bachelor thesis, Global Responsibility & Leadership (GRL).
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Abstract
Through a rise in GPS tracking data and other tracking methods the need for a extensive data storage system has grown. This need is filled by Movebank, an online animal tracking data storage system. Through a broad data system a range of researchers and agencies is facilitated in their needs. Knowledge infrastructures show the flow and creation of data and information. Movebank is, as a database interface, a clear part of a knowledge infrastructure. Through its management and design of its system it also impacts this very infrastructure. Furthermore, with the recent growth in need for evidence based policy, Movebank also has the potential to serve policy makers and conservation managers. This paper identifies the placement of database interfaces, with Movebank as a case study, within their knowledge infrastructures. The design and management of these interfaces are looked into, assessing their impact on the use of these interfaces. Finally, the potential of systems such as Movebank on conservation policy is assessed. This paper uses a mixed methods of interviews and a walkthrough method.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Bachelor) |
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| Name supervisor: | Beaulieu, J.A. and Eren, S. |
| Date Deposited: | 16 Jun 2022 13:19 |
| Last Modified: | 16 Jun 2022 13:19 |
| URI: | https://campus-fryslan.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/115 |
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