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The great potential of citizen science: restoring the role of tacit knowledge and amateur discovery.

by Blog Admin • November 5, 2014 • Comments Off on The great potential of citizen science: restoring the role of tacit knowledge and amateur discovery.
Citizen science is nothing new, but what makes internet-enabled citizen science different, is the sheer scale of amateur involvement. Benedikt Fecher sees great potential for citizen science, but argues a return to smaller-scale, high-involvement projects would be beneficial. This alternative model depends on citizen analysis, rather than just data collection. The core challenges for this kind of citizen science is to motivate and […]

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