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Citizen Science for Community Development@erinmaochu #citizenscience
Constructing scientific communities: http://conscicom.org
http://www.hmpdacc.org
http://upmic.files.wordpress.com/2012/12/science-levels.png
Can volunteers do real research? What about the data quality?
Help! I am not trained to do this as a scientist.
Policy relevance
Typology & history
Cost effectiveness
Improved productivity
Quality assurance measures
Maintaining engagement
Making best use of data
Wentworth 2014
http://www.ucl.ac.uk/excites
Professor Muki Haklay, Extreme Citizen Science GroupUniversity College London Haklay M 2013
Definitions/ Approaches#citizenscience Public participation in science, usually unpaid, by groups & individuals
Working at the 'edge’ – making use of resources through collaboration (Carolyn Kagan, 2007)
Citizen science, valuable approach to scientific discovery for monitoring the environment(Roy et al, 2013)
Social vs scientific valueCommunity Building
Awareness & Stewardship
Recognition of citizen participation
Cost effectiveness
Improved productivity
Quality assurance measures
Maintaining engagement
Making best use of data
Freitag 2013 & Tweddle et al 2012
1. Crowdsource number patterns in nature dataset 2. Engage 3000 people from Greater Manchester 3. Learn about Turing & how number patterns work in sunflowers 4. Provide a media story
www.turingsunflowers.com
What did people do?
http://www.Sallyfort.com http://bit.ly/ZL3sSd
Ethical challenges
Banks, S. (et al) (2013)
1. Partnership, collaboration and power
2. Blurring the boundaries between researcher and researched, academic and activist
3. Community rights, conflict and democratic representation
4. Ownership and dissemination of data, findings and publications
5. Anonymity, privacy and confidentiality
6. Institutional ethical review processes
Everyday Ethics
Banks, S. (et al) (2013)
An approach to research that is based on a commitment to sharing power and resources and working towards beneficial outcomes for all participants, especially ‘communities.’
Embedded in the research process: attitudes, ethos, ways of working, relationships
1. Mutual respect2. Equality and inclusion3. Democratic participation4. Active learning5. Making a difference6. Collective action7. Personal integrity
• Biology before steel and diesel• Holistic approach• Designed to empower owner of tool to use, modify and improve• Designed for transparent function• Modularity• Adaptability• Design for Disassembly• Design with replicability in mind• Use of “off the shelf” or commonly available components, or
components that are or can be repurposed
http://farmhack.org/wiki/design-principles-farmhack
Farm hack Design Principles
#robotorchestra #mcr
Image: MSI
The Manchester Robot Orchestra
• A citizen engineering project that will use redundant/recycled technology to create a robot orchestra that sounds good together and even better with real musicians
• Harness the ingenuity of Greater Manchester & beyond
• Inspire the next generation to care about the environment through making music
• Share and celebrate our collective effort
CO-DESIGN CHALLENGES
USER END GOAL?
FANTASTIC FAILURE?
WHAT DOES SUCCESS LOOKS LIKE?
WHAT IS REQUIRED?
WHAT IS THE JOURNEY TO SUCCESS?
http://manchestersciencecity.com/join/
Carolyn Kagan 2007
Fostering an ecological edge
Social vs scientific value
Innovative communication
Principles•1. Mutual respect•2. Equality and inclusion•3. Democratic participation•4. Active learning•5. Making a difference•6. Collective action•7. Personal integrity
Professor Sarah Banks, Durham University http://www.publicengagement.ac.uk/about/ethics/resources
Everyday Ethics
Guide to citizen science & when and how to use citizen sciencehttp://www.ceh.ac.uk/products/publications/understanding-citizen-science.html
ReferencesCagan, K (2007) Working at the Edge, Psychologist, Vol 20, part 4, pp224 - 227 http://www.thepsychologist.org.uk/archive/archive_home.cfm?volumeID=20&editionID=146&ArticleID=1172
Roy, H.E., Pocock, M.J.O., Preston, C.D., Roy, D.B., Savage, J., Tweddle, J.C. & Robinson, L.D. (2012) Understanding Citizen Science & Environmental Monitoring. Final Report. NERC Centre for Ecology & Hydrology and Natural History Museum on behalf of UK-EOF. 175pp http://www.ceh.ac.uk/news/news_archive/citizen-science-review-guide_2012_59.html
Tweddle, J.C., Robinson, L.D., Pocock, M.J.O & Roy, H.E. (2012). Guide tocitizen science: developing, implementing and evaluating citizen science tostudy biodiversity and the environment in the UK. Natural History Museumand NERC Centre for Ecology & Hydrology for UK-EOF.http://www.ceh.ac.uk/news/news_archive/citizen-science-review-guide_2012_59.html
Riesch H, Potter C and Davies, L (2013) Combining citizen science with public engagement: the open air laboratories programme. Journal of Science Communication 1 – 18; http://jcom.sissa.it/archive/12/3-4/JCOM1203%282013%29A03/JCOM1203%282013%29A03.pdf
Frietag, A, Pfeffer, M.J. (2013) Process, not product: Investigating Recommendations for improving Citizen Science "Success". PLoS ONE 8(5): e64079. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0064079
Banks, S. (et al) (2013) 'Everyday ethics in community-based participatory research', in Contemporary Social Science: Journal of the Academy of Social Sciences
Fort S (2012) Independent evaluation of the Turing’s Sunflower project. http://bit.ly/ZL3sSd
Stock, Ruth Maria, Pedro Oliveira and Eric von Hippel (2013) “Impacts of Hedonic and Utilitarian Motives on the Novelty and Utility of User-Developed Innovations.” MIT Sloan School of Management working paper (SSRN) http://evhippel.mit.edu/papers/section-1/
Wentworth J (2014) Environmental Citizen Science – POST Notehttp://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/research/briefing-papers/POST-PN-476/environmental-citizen-science
www.wellcome.ac.uk
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