SOCI 325 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Citizen Science, Public Science, Crowdsourcing
11 Apr 2020
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State actors (policymakers, regulatory agencies, local governments) frequently consult with scientific experts. Governments utilize scientific language and findings to justify policies. The ideas from this class should make it clear that there are no straightforward answers to these kinds of questions. People (individuals and communities) are represented by elected officials. Nature (the non-humans) is represented by scientists. Citizens (non-scientists and non-politicians) are directly involved in political decision-making. Laypeople assess the legitimacy and consequences scientific and technological options discursively. Citizen science is the "doing" of science by non-scientists (laypeople) Citizen science is a very broad concept. Public science, participatory science, civic epistemologies, crowdsourcing . Technoscience is multifaceted, and laypeople can be involved in any aspect of it aspect of it. Allen describes 4 "levels" of public participation science. Level 1: crowdsourcing and public data collection. Level 2: public arbitration of scientists" research. Public involvement in both the definitions of the scientific question and the collection of data and evidence.
