Lundquist Elin, Peterson Jesse, Truong Minh-Xuân, Gumucio Gabriel, van der Wal René
Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala, Sweden.
Radical Humanities Laboratory, School of the Human Environment, Department of Geography at University College Cork, Cork, Ireland.
Bioscience. 2025 May 15;75(7):534-544. doi: 10.1093/biosci/biaf047. eCollection 2025 Jul.
Advances in technologies have affected birdwatching and its popularization through time. To better understand how, we expose ways by which today's digital technology-typically taken for granted-shapes the social practices of birdwatching, which shifts human-bird relationships and has consequences for birds themselves. Starting in the transition from analogue to digital, we highlight how technologies have functioned to enhance human abilities and create connections among people, organizations, and places. We then analyze contemporary digital technologies (e.g., digital cameras, social media, and online biodiversity monitoring platforms), demonstrating how their entry into birdwatching practices reformulates the interests and power of various actors. Such processes affect the experience of birdwatching, its perceived benefits, the organization of birdwatching communities, and how birds are seen. To conclude, we address societal and ethical implications of digital technologies in birdwatching, focusing on their democratizing potential, as well as concerns over privacy, data ownership, and uneven digital engagement.
随着时间的推移，技术进步已经影响了观鸟活动及其普及。为了更好地理解其方式，我们揭示了当今通常被视为理所当然的数字技术塑造观鸟社会行为的方式，这种行为改变了人与鸟的关系，并对鸟类自身产生影响。从从模拟到数字的转变开始，我们强调技术如何发挥作用来增强人类能力，并在人、组织和地点之间建立联系。然后，我们分析当代数字技术（如数码相机、社交媒体和在线生物多样性监测平台），展示它们进入观鸟实践如何重新塑造了各种行为者的利益和权力。这些过程影响了观鸟体验、其感知到的益处、观鸟社区的组织以及人们看待鸟类的方式。最后，我们探讨数字技术在观鸟中的社会和伦理影响，重点关注其民主化潜力，以及对隐私、数据所有权和数字参与不均衡的担忧。
