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- Sturm, Ulrike, et al.
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Defining principles for mobile apps and platforms development in citizen science
- 2017
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In: Research Ideas and Outcomes. - : Pensoft Publishers. - 2367-7163. ; :3
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Journal article (other academic/artistic)abstract
- Mobile apps and web-based platforms are increasingly used in citizen science projects. While extensive research has been done in multiple areas of studies, from Human-Computer Interaction to public engagement in science, we are not aware of a collection of recommendations specific for citizen science that provides support and advice for planning, design and data management of mobile apps and platforms that will assist learning from best practice and successful implementations. In two workshops, citizen science practitioners with experience in mobile application and web-platform development and implementation came together to analyse, discuss and define recommendations for the initiators of technology based citizen science projects. Many of the recommendations produced during the two workshops are applicable to non-mobile citizen science project. Therefore, we propose to closely connect the results presented here with ECSA’s Ten Principles of Citizen Science.
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- Björkvall, Ander, et al.
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Slutrapport Anslagstavlan - Forskarfredags massexperiment 2016 : VA-RAPPORT 2017:1
- 2017
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Reports (other academic/artistic)abstract
- Vad används anslagstavlor till nuförtiden? Detta vet vi mycket lite om, framför allt för att det är så svårt att samla in informationen. För att kunna forska om anslagstavlor tog vi därför hjälp av 46 skolklasser i ForskarFredags massexperiment. Med en mobil- app samlade eleverna in text och fotografier från anslagstavlor i hela landet! Efter att ha gallrat bort bilder som var alltför suddiga eller inte var tagna på rätt sätt hade vi sammanlagt 1 340 bilder som gick att använda i vår forskning. De flesta anslagen har satts upp av föreningar. Därefter kommer företag. På tredje plats kommer privatpersoner. Endast en liten andel av de insamlade anslagen (6 procent) innehåller text som skrivits för hand med penna, resten är gjorda med dator. Mer än en tredjedel av anslagen är inbjudningar (37 procent). Det kan till exempel handla om konserter, möten, föredrag och firanden. Lika vanligt är det med köp- och säljannonser av varor och tjänster. Bland de insamlade anslagen finns fem cykelan- nonser. Alla dessa är korthuggna och opersonliga. Bostadsannonserna, däremot, är mer personliga och detaljrika. Anslag som handlar om lärande och utbildning gäller ofta lokala platser. Lärandet äger alltså rum i närområdet snarare än på ställen dit deltagaren måste resa långt, gå ut på internet eller till och med flytta för att kunna delta. Trots att det finns väldigt många människor med utländsk bakgrund i Sverige är näs tan alla anslag på svenska. Bara knappt 5 procent har skrivits helt eller delvis på andra språk. Men vi kan ändå se att engelska har en viktig roll i texter i vår omgivning.
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- Fleischer, Rasmus, et al.
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The Political Significance of Spotify in Sweden – Analysing the #backaspotify Campaign using Twitter Data
- 2018
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In: Culture Unbound. Journal of Current Cultural Research. - : Linkoping University Electronic Press. - 2000-1525. ; 10:2, s. 1-21
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- This article discusses the political significance of the streaming music company Spotify in Sweden, taking as a case a coordinated campaign in late spring 2016, known by the hashtag #backaspotify (translated as “support Spotify!”), which was mainly played out on the social media platform Twitter. The campaign is analysed using a set of data retrieved from Twitter, examining both the content and the interactions in 1,791 messages. Results show that the main political issue concerned the lack of access to rented apartments in central Stockholm, and that the main actors in the campaign were predominantly associated with public affairs consultants and the youth wings of political parties belonging to the centre-right. The campaign, however, was very short-lived and had diminished significantly already after two days. We conclude that Spotify transcends its role as a streaming music company, and additionally can be used as a point of reference in political campaigns to promote issues that are of wider scope than the music industry alone.
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- Fleischer, Rasmus, 1978-, et al.
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The Political Significance of Spotify in Sweden – Analysing the #backaspotify Campaign using Twitter Data
- 2018
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In: Culture Unbound. - : Linkoping University Electronic Press. - 2000-1525. ; 18:2, s. 301-321
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- This article discusses the political significance of the streaming music company Spotify in Sweden, taking as a case a coordinated campaign in late spring 2016, known by the hashtag #backaspotify (translated as “support Spotify!”), which was mainly played out on the social media platform Twitter. The campaign is analysed using a set of data retrieved from Twitter, examining both the content and the interactions in 1,791 messages. Results show that the main political issue concerned the lack of access to rented apartments in central Stockholm, and that the main actors in the campaign were predominantly associated with public affairs consultants and the youth wings of political parties belonging to the centre-right. The campaign, however, was very short-lived and had diminished significantly already after two days. We conclude that Spotify transcends its role as a streaming music company, and additionally can be used as a point of reference in political campaigns to promote issues that are of wider scope than the music industry alone.
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- Hallberg, Margareta, 1948, et al.
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Happiness Studies: The Co-production of Social Science and Social Order
- 2019
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In: Nordic Journal of Science and Technology Studies. - : Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) Library. - 1894-4647. ; 7:1, s. 42-50
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- This article is about the growth and establishment of the interdisciplinary research field ”Happiness Studies”. This article focuses on how research on happiness has become a quickly growing and successful field within western societies and what it says about both the social sciences and contemporary social order. The concept of co-production, as defined by Sheila Jasanoff, is used to show how science and society interact and influence each other. Hence, we show how happiness has become a significant topic for empirical studies and the way interdisciplinary research is intertwined with what is perceived as both challenging and worth striving for in society and culture.
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- Jönsson, Mari, et al.
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Inequality persists in a large citizen science programme despite increased participation through ICT innovations
- 2024
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In: Ambio: A Journal of Environment and Society. - 0044-7447 .- 1654-7209. ; 53:1, s. 126-137
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- Biological recording is a prominent and widely practised form of citizen science, but few studies explore long-term demographic trends in participation and knowledge production. We studied long-term demographic trends of age and gender of participants reporting to a large online citizen science multi-taxon biodiversity platform (www.artportalen.se). Adoption by user communities and continually developing Information and Communications Technologies (ICTs) greatly increased the number of par- ticipants reporting data, but profound long-term imbalances in gender contribution across species groups persisted over time. Reporters identifying as male dominated in numbers, spent more days in the field reporting and reported more species on each field day. Moreover, an age imbalance towards older participants amplified over time. As the first long-term study of citizen participation by age and gender, our results show that it is important for citizen science project developers to account for cultural and social developments that might exclude participants, and to engage with under- represented and younger participants. This could facilitate the breadth of engagement and learning across a larger societal landscape, ensure project longevity and biodiversity data representation (e.g. mitigate gender bias influence on the number of reports of different species groups).
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- Kasperowski, Dick, 1959, et al.
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Chapter 12: The participatory epistemic cultures of citizen humanities: Bildung and epistemic subjects
- 2020
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In: A History of Participation in Museums and Archives : Traversing Citizen Science and Citizen Humanities / edited By Per Hetland, Palmyre Pierroux, Line Esborg. - London & New York : Routledge. - 9780367186715 ; , s. 236-257
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Book chapter (peer-reviewed)abstract
- Archives and repositories have until lately been exclusively confined to university libraries and departments, accessible only to professional researchers. However, as information and communication technology and digitization initiatives developed, new formats emerged for opening up and distributing research in the humanities. Several citizen humanities projects have been launched, described as “open to anyone,” that present contributors with the opportunity to participate in the research process regardless of training or knowledge. In this chapter, we map out epistemological relations between professional researchers and contributors, exploring how citizens’ engagement has led to the development of a “participatory epistemic culture” in citizen humanities. The premise is that important features of this epistemic culture result from the invitation of outsiders into work in the humanities, forming unexpected relations between individualized and more distributed epistemic subjects in citizen humanities.
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- Kasperowski, Dick, 1959, et al.
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Citizen Humanities: Configuring Interpretation and Perception for Participation
- 2016
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In: Citizen Science – Innovation in Open Science, Society and Policy 19–21 May 2016, Berlin. ; , s. 26-27
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Conference paper (other academic/artistic)abstract
- The history of volunteer participation in scientific work usually starts with ornithology in the late 19th century. Since then this practice has spread to many disciplines in the sciences. The success of such projects has to a large extent been a question of data quality and design of participatory protocols, which puts the contributor on par with the scientist as an observer of the natural world. The ability of the protocol to produce valid data, while also being inclusive enough to mobilize the volunteer contributors in large numbers, is still a challenge to citizen science (CS) projects. To enable the perceptual qualities of the contributor in mass observations, the cognitive thresholds have been kept low, thus making CS as inclusive as possible. However, with few exceptions, the humanities have not managed to facilitate broad public participation the same way as the sciences have. Nevertheless several citizen humanities (CH) projects have been launched lately on platforms such as Zooniverse, Scholars’ Lab and Micropast. As the humanities are generally associated with interpretation – a hard-earned ability acquired only through specialized studies (Bildung) – data is often perceived as inaccessible without training. Implied in hermeneutic ideals of knowledge, context is viewed as a prerequisite for informed interpretation. In this paper we are comparing how the design of participatory protocols in CS and CH are constructed, with special attention to where and how in the research process “citizen humanists” are put to work. Our empirical analysis consists of analyses of the online environments generated by a number of contemporary citizen humanities projects.
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- Kasperowski, Dick, 1959, et al.
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Embedding Citizen Science in Research: Forms of engagement, scientific output and values for science, policy and society
- 2017
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In: SocArXiv.
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Journal article (other academic/artistic)abstract
- This paper addresses emerging forms of Citizen Science (Citizen Science), and discusses their value for science, policy and society. It clarifies how the term Citizen Science is used and identifies different forms of Citizen Science. This is important, since with blurred distinctions there is a risk of both overrating and underestimating the value of Citizen Science and of misinterpreting what makes a significant contribution to scientific endeavour. The paper identifies three main forms of citizen science 1) Citizen Science as a research method, aiming for scientific output, 2) Citizen Science as public engagement, aiming to establish legitimacy for science and science policy in society, and, 3) Citizen Science as civic mobilization, aiming for legal or political influence in relation to specific issues. In terms of scientific output, the first form of Citizen Science exceeds the others in terms of scientific peer-reviewed articles. These projects build on strict protocols and rules for participation and rely on mass inclusion to secure the quality of contributions. Volunteers are invited to pursue very delimited tasks, defined by the scientists. The value of the three distinct forms of Citizen Science –for science, for policy and for society, is discussed to situate Citizen Science in relation to current policy initiatives in Europe and in the US. In quantitative terms the US, and particularly the NSF have so far taken a lead in allocating research funding to Citizen Science projects (primarily of the first form), however, the White House has recently issued a memorandum addressing societal and scientific challenges through citizen science covering all three forms discussed in this paper. As Citizen Science is currently being launched as a way to change the very landscape of science, important gaps in research are identified and policy recommendations are provided, in order for policy makers to be able to assess and anticipate the value of different forms of Citizen Science with regard to future research policy.
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- Kasperowski, Dick, 1959, et al.
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Epistemic cultures in citizen science and humanities: Distribution, epistemic subjects, programs and anti-programs
- 2018
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In: Meetings: Making, science, technology and society together. EASST2018, 25-28 July, Lancaster University. - Lancaster, UK : Lancaster University.
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Conference paper (peer-reviewed)abstract
- Inclusion in epistemic cultures in citizen science and humanities projects are conditional, often relying on minimizing the realization of volunteers as epistemic subjects as a necessity for mass mobilization and distribution of tasks. However, such cultural processes are outside the control of owners of projects. Projects aiming for scientific output (peer-reviewed publications) must have an instance in the research process were citizens are constructed as on par with researchers to assure data quality. These instances are often situated in the participatory protocols (programs) harnessing some kind of ability of the crowd, which make their participation and contributions valid for research. At the same time, projects also uphold boundaries between citizens and researchers. Intuitively, this might not be necessary as researchers by their professional training have acquired abilities beyond volunteer contributors. In practice, such boundaries are not so clear. The aim of this paper is to present preliminary results from when and how such boundaries are challenged as epistemic subjects come into being beyond what is expected by owners of projects. The purpose is to illuminate the relationship between the citizen as constructed as a contributor to research with specific, but static qualities (programs), and the development of contributors over time, as epistemic subjects realizing themselves through anti-programs. Data consists of interactions in the epistemic cultures of researchers and contributors on discussion forums on platforms for citizen science and humanities projects.
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- Kasperowski, Dick, 1959, et al.
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Joining Reference and Representation —Citizen Science as Resistance Practice
- 2015
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In: Society for Social Studies of Science 2015 Annual Meeting November 11-14 Denver, Colorado.
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Conference paper (other academic/artistic)abstract
- During the past two decades there has been an increased interest in citizen science. Citizens contribute to science in observing, classifying and collecting data. Several largescale scientific projects have successfully enrolled citizens in the research process (see, galaxyzoo.org; ebird.org). But, citizens are also regarded as deliberative stakeholders in the space between science and society. By participating in the democratic process, this version of a citizen scientist is able to speak for the local community, which is affected by the scientific society. These two types of citizen science seem to be incommensurable. Observing, classifying and collecting scientific facts is usually regarded as a domain that needs to be isolated from any other in society. When science is influenced by politics it looses its objectivity. Similarly, deliberative politics is often thought of as the complete opposite of scientific reasoning. However, there is a third type of citizen science that manages to both become producers of scientific facts and of deliberative politics. Such citizen science projects can, in some cases, be seen as challenging science and producing modified forms of science. Two such examples are the Louisiana Bucket Brigade (labucketbrigade.org), and International Rivers (internationalrivers.org). The purpose of this open panel is to bring forward further examples, both current and historical. What are the consequences of using standardized scientific methods to pursue political goals? Does it imply the end of politics or the end of science? Or is it a form of engagement that contributes to informed politics and more (locally) relevant science? Using the notion of a “crossing” between a political mode of existence, which constantly seeks representation, and a scientific mode of existence that struggles to create reference to the world, this open panel elaborates on how this crossing is traversed, negotiated, denied and defended in citizen science as resistance.
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- Kasperowski, Dick, 1959, et al.
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Medborgarforskning och vetenskapens demokratisering : Rapport R3:2018
- 2018
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Reports (other academic/artistic)abstract
- Denna rapport behandlar medborgarforskning som en central aspekt av diskussionerna om vetenskapens demokratisering. Rapporten ventilerar förväntningar, det allmänna förtroendet för vetenskap och de ökade krav på demokratisering av den vetenskapliga processen som hörs från politisk nivå i samband med sådana initiativ. De begynnande etiska diskussionerna kring medborgarforskning tas också upp.
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- Kasperowski, Dick, 1959, et al.
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The many modes of citizen science: Editorial
- 2019
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In: Science & Technology Studies. - : Science and Technology Studies. - 2243-4690. ; 32:2, s. 2-8
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- This special issue of Science and Technology Studies is concerned with the epistemological and ontological diversity of citizen science, and the sometimes contested attempts to define it, as an interesting and fruitful phenomenon to explore from vantage points or perspectives in STS. During the past two decades there has been an increasing interest in this phenomenon, and currently citizen science is being introduced as a way to change the very landscape and culture of science. However, in contrast to such general accounts, this special issue seeks to unpack citizen science, and instead approach it not as one, but as several different modes of social epistemologies. These diverse modes also instantiate a wide range of imagined epistemic agents; ‘the citizen’, ‘the volunteer’, ‘the participant’, ‘the crowd’, ‘the activist’, ‘the community’ et cetera - agents that in one way or another perform scientific research without being a professional scientist.
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- Kasperowski, Dick, 1959, et al.
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Where Environmental Citizen Science Meets the Law
- 2023
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In: Citizen Science: Theory & Practice. - : Ubiquity Press, Ltd.. - 2057-4991. ; 8:1, s. 1-4
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- Citizen science often intersects with the legal realm. Communities in different places in the world are demanding environmental justice through civic monitoring (Haklay and Francis 2018) and are pushing for new regulatory standards (Ottinger 2010). Community-based monitoring has been explored in the literature from both the (global and relative) North and South as a creative and constructive response to citizens’ aspiration for justice (Berti Suman 2022; Ahmed et al. 2019; Haklay and Francis 2018). Citizen science broadens the new horizon of environmental justice and flanks traditional environmental (and climate) protest movements (Berti Suman, Schade and Abe 2020). We can identify also a claim to epistemological justice in the systematizing of local knowledge and observations into data that can be used by appointed agencies, in opposition to anecdotal and sporadic evidence (Balazs and Morello-Frosch 2013). Citizen science communities are getting their evidence accepted in court (as the US Formosa case illustrated in Berti Suman and Schade 2021 demonstrates) and are advocating for legitimizing the practice under the Aarhus framework (Berti Suman et al. 2023, in this special issue; Berti Suman 2020). In spite of this, research on the connections between the law, case law, and citizen science is scarce.
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- Kullenberg, Christopher, 1980
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Citizen science
- 2023
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In: Encyclopedia of Social Innovation. - 9781800373358 ; , s. 365-369
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- Kullenberg, Christopher, 1980
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Citizen Science as Resistance: Crossing the Boundary Between Reference and Representation
- 2015
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In: Journal of Resistance Studies. - 2001-9947. ; 1:1, s. 50-77
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- This article analyses citizen science as a resistance practice with regards to the contradictions that emerge when scientific methods are used for political struggles. Departing from how science and politics are constructed as a contrast, as recently put forth by philosopher Bruno Latour, the scientific method for creating reference and the political method for gaining representation are analysed as they are articulated in citizen science. This evokes further contradictions between local acts of resistance and the global aspirations of scientific methods, challenging both the particularity of micropolitics and the universality of science. Building on previous case studies of citizen science practices, a number of conclusions are drawn regarding the potentials and dangers emerging from a science that takes place in the peripheries of established institutions. The article concludes that citizen science can be a very successful resistance practice, as long as it is able to produce novel facts that still adhere to scientific methods and standards and remains connected to the established institutions of science.
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- Kullenberg, Christopher, 1980, et al.
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Contagiontology
- 2009
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In: Eurozine.
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