Postdigital Citizen Science and Humanities

Dialogue from the Ground

Bibliographic Data

ID22172425
AuthorsSarah Hayes (0000-0001-8633-0155, Bath Spa University), Petar Jandrić (0000-0002-6464-4142, University of Applied Health Sciences), Linda la Velle (0000-0003-3652-962X, Bath Spa University), Sarah Earle (0000-0003-2810-5659, Bath Spa University), Filip Šrajer, Zoran Dragić, Safet Kubat (0000-0003-0489-4737, University of Sarajevo), Ana Peraica (0000-0002-4949-6145), Ana Planinc Peraica (University of Split), Deni Švraka, Sara Popović, Dolores Mumelaš (0000-0003-0849-4204, National and University Library in Zagreb), Daniella Pospiš (Croatian Science Foundation), Barbara Vujanović, Sergej Lugović, Michael Jopling (0000-0002-2720-5650, University of Brighton), Tolbert (0000-0001-5246-7110, University of Canterbury), Richard Watermeyer (0000-0002-2365-3771, University of Bristol, corresponding author)
Year2025
Volume7
Issue1
Pages188-223
Publication date2025-03-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenuePostdigital Science and Education (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2524-485X • E-ISSN: 2524-4868
PublisherSpringer Science and Business Media LLC (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1007/s42438-024-00514-z
OpenAlexW4403264516
LanguageEN
Citations received11
References cited27

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

Art · Astronomy · Citizen science · Common ground · Digital humanities · Humanities · Physics · Political science · Sociology · Communication · Digital Education and Society · Misinformation and Its Impacts

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