BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//pretalx//ifkw.rz.tu-bs.de//citizen-science-communication-trust-20 26//speaker//XSXYYH BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:CET BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20001029T040000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=-1SU;BYMONTH=10 TZNAME:CET TZOFFSETFROM:+0200 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20000326T030000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=-1SU;BYMONTH=3 TZNAME:CEST TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0200 END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:pretalx-citizen-science-communication-trust-2026-YE3Q7X@ifkw.rz.tu-bs.d e DTSTART;TZID=CET:20261006T090000 DTEND;TZID=CET:20261006T091500 DESCRIPTION:Trust in science is increasingly understood as a relational and practice-based phenomenon that emerges through interaction\, participatio n\, and shared meaning-making rather than through one-way communication. I n line with this shift\, citizen science and participatory science communi cation have been positioned as promising approaches for fostering trust by involving informal actors in knowledge production. However\, important qu estions remain about how trust is shaped in practice: how it develops thro ugh interactional dynamics\, how participation is experienced as meaningfu l or fair\, and how different forms of knowledge—scientific\, experienti al\, artistic\, and local—are negotiated.\n\nThis paper contributes to t hese debates through an empirical study of the STRAATWIJS project\, a co-c reative art–science initiative in Amsterdam Nieuw-West that brings toget her residents\, scientists\, artists\, policy actors\, and local initiativ es to collaboratively produce and activate street art addressing pressing locally-defined societal issues\, rooted in residents’ lived experiences : financial (in)security\, housing (in)security and youth wellbeing.\n\nB uilding on these co-defined themes\, STRAATWIJS consists of structured str eet art co-creation workshops in which participants jointly translate expe riences\, emotions\, and forms of knowledge into visual artworks. Each the me is explored in two facilitated sessions hosted at Street Art Museum Ams terdam (SAMA). In the first session\, participants engage in shared sense- making around the theme. They are invited to bring an object\, image\, or personal artefact that symbolises their relation to the theme\, which serv es as an entry point for dialogue. Through facilitated group discussion (a ccompanied by a shared meal)\, participants collectively develop ideas tha t are translated into visual concepts and stencils (figures attached).\n\n In the second session\, these concepts are transformed into collaborative street art. A professional street artist introduces basic techniques such as spray painting\, \, after which participants jointly produce a poster u sing the co-developed stencils. These artworks function not only as output s but also as mediating objects that crystallise diverse experiences\, val ues\, and forms of knowledge (figures attached).\nThese co-created artwork s subsequently become the basis for the final phase of STRAATWIJS\, in whi ch they are reintroduced into public space through street-based interactio n and performative formats\, including interactive street theatre. In this way\, the artworks act as boundary objects that connect co-creation proce sses with wider publics and facilitate dialogue in everyday urban contexts .\n\nThe study adopts a qualitative\, multi-phase action-research design c ombining systematic observations of co-creation sessions with semi-structu red in-depth interviews. Observations focus on interaction dynamics such a s participation patterns\, turn-taking\, framing and reframing of issues\, negotiation of meaning\, and decision-making processes during both concep tual and material stages of art production. Attention is given to how diff erent forms of knowledge are made visible\, contested\, or integrated\, an d how power relations and participation asymmetries evolve across sessions .\n\nThe interview component captures participants’ reflective accounts of collaboration\, focusing on perceived trust in other participants (resi dents\, scientists\, artists\, and local stakeholders)\, experiences of be ing heard\, perceived fairness of the co-creation process\, and the extent to which participation influences their understanding of the societal the mes addressed. Interviews also explicitly engage with critical moments obs erved during workshops\, allowing participants to reflect on moments of ag reement\, tension\, or disagreement in the co-creative process.\n\nThe ana lysis is situated within ongoing debates in citizen science and participat ory science communication regarding trust as both an enabling condition fo r participation and a potential outcome of engagement. It conceptualises t rust not as a static attitude but as an emergent\, interactionally produce d phenomenon shaped through aesthetic mediation\, embodied collaboration\, and the negotiation of diverse epistemic and experiential perspectives.\n \nBy focusing on the micro-dynamics of co-creation in structured art–sci ence workshops\, this study speaks to the research and practice perspectiv es of the conference\, specifically (but not exclusively) to social dynami cs between key stakeholders. Furthermore\, it examines the potential of st reet art as a mediating form that can translate co-created meanings into p ublic-facing dialogue\, thereby extending trust formation beyond the immed iate group of participants into wider urban communities. Ultimately\, the paper argues that co-creative street art practices offer a rich but comple x setting for understanding trust in science as a dynamic relational achie vement. DTSTAMP:20260721T201002Z LOCATION:Tagungsraum SUMMARY:Trust Through Co-Creation: Exploring Art–Science Interaction Dyna mics and Public Engagement in Street-Based Citizen Science Communication - Geertje Tijsma\, Michiel Van Oudheusden URL:https://ifkw.rz.tu-bs.de/citizen-science-communication-trust-2026/talk/ YE3Q7X/ END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR