Postdigital Citizen Science and Humanities: Dialogue from the Ground

Sarah Hayes, Petar Jandrić, Linda la Velle, Sarah Earle, Filip Šrajer, Zoran Dragić, Safet Kubat, Ana Peraica, Deni Švraka, Sara Popović, Dolores Mumelaš, Daniella Pospiš, Barbara Vujanović, Sergej Lugović, Michael Jopling, Sara Tolbert, Richard Watermeyer

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Abstract

Whilst much global research takes place in universities, many researchers in the sciences and humanities do not work within these institutions. Some citizen researchers run their own companies or provide independent consultancy, having left their roles in universities through a conflict of values, where they experienced hostile, hierarchical, or restrictive practices. In a world where many postdigital and biodigital challenges do not sit neatly under one discipline or sector, collaboration with community experts to research potential solutions is crucial, as demonstrated during the Covid-19 pandemic. Universities count knowledge exchange partnerships as a key part of their activities, linked to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, yet a closer look at how this works in practice reveals different forms of ‘lockdowns’ that prevent equitable research collaborations. In this collective article, we offer a postdigital perspective on citizen science and humanities research from the ground.This includes a provocation to knowledge-producing institutions via recommendations that emerged from our collective citizen researcher workshop held in Zagreb in Spring 2024. There is now a pressing need to review institutional policies and practices around citizen research, towards more inclusive knowledge exchange partnerships, if we are to collaborate successfully to address many global challenges.
Original languageEnglish
Number of pages36
JournalPostdigital Science and Education
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 9 Oct 2024

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Keywords

  • Postdigital
  • citizen science
  • citizen humanities
  • environmental humanities
  • citizen research
  • co-production
  • collaborative writing
  • postdigital positionalities
  • lockdowns

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