Creative life of citizenscience

Creative life of #citizenscience

@erinmaochu

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…the sunflower is mine… Van Gogh 1880

…the sunflower is mine… Van Gogh 1880

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

Cross Platform Behaviour

http://bit.ly/1aZHPgA

Open Voice Community ChoirOpen Voice Community Choir

Lessons LearnedBuild Community Opportunity

Post-disciplinary researchExtend reach & demographicsBuild audience & contentPromotes learning

Key partnershipsSupport contributorsProvide learning resourcesRecognise contributions

“If we work together in the garden, maybe we can work together in crisis…. Dig In!”

Wendy Brawer

“If we work together in the garden, maybe we can work together in crisis…. Dig In!”

Wendy Brawer

Music Cognition Group

Hookedonmusic.co.uk

www.hookedonmusic.co.uk

Edgy #citizenscience

Working at the 'edge’ – making use of resources through collaboration (Carolyn Kagan, 2007)

http://www.nominettrust.org.uk/

www.albinomosquito.com

www.artisopensource.net

Available online: www.ukeof.org.uk http://www.publicengagement.ac.uk/about/ethics/resources

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

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