Sustaining Citizen Science beyond an Emergency

Calyx, Cobi

doi:10.3390/su12114522

“…It helps deconstruct assumptions about Indigenous knowledge as primitive in contrast to modern knowledge and innovation (Coburn et al, 2013; Miller et al, 2010; Moreton-Robinson, 2014; Nakata, 2002). It also better aligns the framework with disaster response and recovery paradigms (Calyx, 2020; Horney et al, 2016; McCormick, 2012), increasingly relevant as we respond to climate change and seek to reclaim (Amery and Williams, 2002) and recover rather than exploit anew. We deliberately avoid the term ‘recycle’ given that work with this label has been contrasted with collaborative ethnographies (Hemming and Rigney, 2010) in this space.…”

Section: Constructive Recommendations For Changementioning

confidence: 99%

Improving a framework for evaluating participatory science

Calyx

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Finlay

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2022

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This article proposes improvements to an open framework for evaluating participatory science, including projects framed as citizen science. An original proposed framework, while valuable in its comprehensiveness, used problematic language that makes it unworkable in many international contexts. In countries like Australia where Indigenous data sovereignty matters profoundly, language about ‘target groups’ and ‘easing access’ to knowledge can harmfully perpetuate colonial discourses. The original proposed framework is sufficiently useful that it is worth constructively revising, so critique in this article is aimed towards collaborative progression of an open framework more suitable for international use. As well as replacing ‘target groups’ with partnership approaches, we argue that ‘easing access’ to knowledge for exploitation is a frame perpetuating the colonial doctrine of discovery, proposing recovery as an alternative aligned with several international movements for social justice and sustainability.

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“…However, suitable data are still lacking for many of the 244 indicators, partly because very large data sets are needed for monitoring [10], [1]. Furthermore, data should be made freely available within the framework of open data policies so that they can be used for further sustainability research [41].…”

Section: Impact Of Citizen Science With Regard To Sustainabilitymentioning

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Can Citizen Science in the Humanities and Social Sciences Deliver on the Sustainability Goals?

Henke¹

2022

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Both the sustainability discourse and the debate on citizen science are strongly focused on the natural and technical sciences. However, numerous participatory research activities can be identified in the social sciences and humanities that address sustainability issues of various kinds. However, these have hardly been studied so far, and their contribution to addressing sustainability challenges is poorly known. The study investigates which sustainability topics are taken up by citizen science in the humanities and social sciences, which factors influence the choice of topics, and its implications. For this purpose, the concept of Citizen Social Science (CSS) is taken up and sustainability is operationalized via the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) and its specific Targets. Based on a collection of CSS activities in Germany, the addressed sustainability topics are identified accordingly. The findings indicate a focus on three of the 17 SDGs, while at the same time the project consortia are very heterogeneous and, depending on their composition, focus on different topics. CSS shows particular strengths here through its multi-stakeholder approach. However, the linking of Citizen Science with the SDGs requires further formalization so that its transformative effects can be incorporated into SDG monitoring and the scientific institutions need additional incentives to participate in CSS.

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“…It helps deconstruct assumptions about Indigenous knowledge as primitive in contrast to modern knowledge and innovation (Coburn et al 2013;Miller et al 2010;Moreton-Robinson 2014;Nakata 2002). It also better aligns the framework with disaster response and recovery paradigms (Calyx 2020;Horney et al 2016;McCormick 2012), increasingly relevant as we respond to climate change and seek to reclaim (Amery & Williams 2002) and recover rather than exploit anew. We deliberately avoid the term 'recycle' given that work with this label has been contrasted with collaborative ethnographies (Hemming & Rigney 2010) in this space.…”

Section: Proposed Changes To the Frameworkmentioning

confidence: 99%

Improving a framework for evaluating participatory science

Calyx¹,

Finlay²

2022

Preprint

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This article proposes improvements to an open framework for evaluating participatory science, including projects framed as citizen science. An original proposed framework, while valuable in its comprehensiveness, used problematic language that makes it unworkable in many international contexts. In countries like Australia where Indigenous data sovereignty matters profoundly, language about ‘target groups’ and ‘easing access’ to knowledge can harmfully perpetuate colonial discourses. The original proposed framework is sufficiently useful that it is worth constructively revising, so critique in this article is aimed towards collaborative progression of an open framework more suitable for international use. As well as replacing ‘target groups’ with partnership approaches, we argue that ‘easing access’ to knowledge for exploitation is a frame perpetuating the colonial doctrine of discovery, proposing recovery as an alternative aligned with several international movements for social justice and sustainability.

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Sustaining Citizen Science beyond an Emergency

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Improving a framework for evaluating participatory science

Improving a framework for evaluating participatory science

Can Citizen Science in the Humanities and Social Sciences Deliver on the Sustainability Goals?

Improving a framework for evaluating participatory science

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