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- Kärnfelt, Johan, 1963
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Allt mellan himmel och jord: Om Knut Lundmark, astronomin och den publika kunskapsbildningen
- 2009
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Bok (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- Vad händer med vetenskapligt tankegods när det når läsare och lyssnare genom populärvetenskapliga kanaler? Hur fungerar kunskapsbildningen om forskning och vetenskap hos gemene man? I boken studeras det för populariseringsprocessen så avgörande mötet mellan experter och allmänhet. Utgångspunkten är de tusentals läsar- och lyssnarbrev som finns bevarade i Lundaastronomen Knut Lundmarks arkiv. Lundmark var djupt engagerad i arbetet med att sprida kunskaper i astronomi till bredare folklager, och han var en av få forskare i samtiden som kunde kallas folkkär. I boken möter vi bland annat människor som rapporterar om konstiga himlafenomen, amatörastronomer som vill lämna bidrag till astronomin, och hemmatänkare som knåpat med teorier om världsalltet och dess inbyggare. Gemensamt har de sitt intresse men också att de, med varierande ambitionsnivå, försöker göra något av sina kunskaper. Astronomin berör och breven visar hur den sätter tankar i rörelse.
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- Kärnfelt, Johan, 1963
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Follow the information: Comets, Communicative practices and Swedish amateur astronomers in the twentieth century
- 2015
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Ingår i: Journal of Astronomical History and Heritage. - 1440-2807. ; 18:2, s. 161-176
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The aim of this paper is to demonstrate that important insights into the historical development of amateur astronomy can be gleaned through studies of its communicative practices, particularly organised means of circu-lating information. The case discussed here concerns the tradition of Swedish amateur astronomy in the twentieth century, with the focus on cometary astronomy.
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- Kärnfelt, Johan, 1963
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Historien om van de Kamps planeter
- 2009
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Ingår i: Populär astronomi. - 1650-7177. ; 10:3
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- Kärnfelt, Johan, 1963
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I stjärnans skugga
- 2009
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Ingår i: Lychnos. - 0076-1648. ; , s. 255-282
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- Kärnfelt, Johan, 1963
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Knut Lundmark, Meteors and an Early Swedish Crowdsourcing Experiment
- 2014
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Ingår i: Annales of Science. - : Informa UK Limited. - 1464-505X .- 0003-3790. ; 71:4, s. 449-473
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Mid twentieth century meteor astronomy demanded the long-term compilation of observations made by numerous individuals over an extensive geographical area. Such a massive undertaking obviously required the participation of more than just professional astronomers, who often sought to expand their ranks through the use of amateurs that had a basic grasp of astronomy as well as the night sky, and were thus capable of generating first-rate astronomical reports. When, in the 1920s, renowned Swedish astronomer Knut Lundmark turned his attention to meteor astronomy, he was unable to rely even upon this solution. In contrast to many other countries at the time, Sweden lacked an organized amateur astronomy and thus contained only a handful of competent amateurs. Given this situation, Lundmark had to develop ways of engaging the general public in assisting his efforts. To his advantage, he was already a well-established public figure who had published numerous popular science articles and held talks from time to time on the radio. During the 1930s, this prominence greatly facilitated his launching of a crowdsourcing initiative for the gathering of meteor observations. This paper consists of a detailed discussion concerning the means by which Lundmark's initiative disseminated astronomical knowledge to the general public and encouraged a response that might directly contribute to the advancement of science. More precisely, the article explores the manner in which he approached the Swedish public, the degree to which that public responded and the extent to which his efforts were successful. The primary aim of this exercise is to show that the apparently recent Internet phenomenon of ‘crowdsourcing’, especially as it relates to scientific research, actually has a pre-Internet history that is worth studying. Apart from the fact that this history is interesting in its own right, knowing it can provide us with a fresh vantage point from which to better comprehend and appreciate the success of present-day crowdsourcing projects.
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