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Citizen science

Citizen Science is a method of research that relies on partnership with non-academic experts and enthusiasts in a given discipline to provide, process and/or analyse data

Resources

  • The GoTriple Trust Building System

    This training webinar is devoted specifically to getting acquainted with the GoTriple Trust Building System (TBS), a tool that enables SSH researchers to find reliable partners and connect with them through their network.
    Authors
    • Gaël van Weyenbergh
    • Maxime Bouillard
    • Erzsébet Tóth-Czifra
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  • How to share your research using Social Media

    Social media platforms such as Twitter, Instagram, Reddit, and Facebook can be great places for academics to share their research and reach new audiences. In this video, Dr Bob Nicholson (Edge Hill University, UK) will demonstrate the techniques he uses to share his research on Twitter.
  • CARE Principles in DH

    Prof. Dan O'Donnell (University of Lethbridge) discusses the CARE principles, how they sit alongside the FAIR Principles, and how (digital) humanists can apply them in their research. He presents examples from his own research, particularly around studies of historical artefacts in small rural communities in Scotland.
  • Crowdsourcing Methods with Cultural Heritage

    In this lecture, Victoria Van Hyning explores the possibilities of crowdsourcing as "cultural heritage co-creation" or "commons-based peer production", expanding on the need for further comparative analysis of design and engagement strategies for crowdsourcing projects, their resulting data and possible applications for these data in Machine Learning training sets.
  • Citizen Science in the (Digital) Arts and Humanities

    This module looks at the variety of practices within ‘citizen science’, how you as a humanist might get started working with them, what issues you should be wary of along the way and how Research Infrastructures can potentially help you.
    Authors
    • Jennifer Edmond
    • Eliza Papaki
    • Erzsébet Tóth-Czifra
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