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"Citizen Science"? Rethinking Science and Public Participation |
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| Submitted to | Science and Technology Studies. 2018 | |
| Abstract | Since the late twentieth century, “citizen science” has become an increasingly fashionable label for a growing number of participatory research activities. This paper situates the origins and rise of the term “citizen science” and offers a new framework to better understand the diversity of epistemic practices involved in these participatory projects. It contextualises “citizen science” within the broader history of public participation in science and analyses critically the current promises — democratisation, education, discoveries — emerging within the “citizen science” discourse. Finally, it maps a number of historical, political, and social questions for future research in the critical studies of “citizen science”. | |
| Keywords | Public Participation in Scientific Research — History of Science — Science and — Technology Studies | |
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| Research group | Groupe Strasser | |
| Project | FNS: BSCGI0_157787 | |
| Citation (ISO format) | STRASSER, Bruno J. et al. "Citizen Science"? Rethinking Science and Public Participation. Submitted to: Science and Technology Studies, 2018. https://archive-ouverte.unige.ch/unige:100156 |
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