TY - JOUR
T1 - Postdigital Citizen Science and Humanities
T2 - Dialogue from the Ground
AU - Hayes, Sarah
AU - Jandrić, Petar
AU - la Velle, Linda
AU - Earle, Sarah
AU - Šrajer, Filip
AU - Dragić, Zoran
AU - Kubat, Safet
AU - Peraica, Ana
AU - Švraka, Deni
AU - Popović, Sara
AU - Mumelaš, Dolores
AU - Pospiš, Daniella
AU - Vujanović, Barbara
AU - Lugović, Sergej
AU - Jopling, Michael
AU - Tolbert, Sara
AU - Watermeyer, Richard
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© The Author(s) 2024.
PY - 2024/10/9
Y1 - 2024/10/9
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
KW - Postdigital
KW - citizen science
KW - citizen humanities
KW - environmental humanities
KW - citizen research
KW - co-production
KW - collaborative writing
KW - postdigital positionalities
KW - lockdowns
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85205847531&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1007/s42438-024-00514-z
DO - 10.1007/s42438-024-00514-z
M3 - Article
SN - 2524-485X
JO - Postdigital Science and Education
JF - Postdigital Science and Education
ER -