The Philosophy of Science and Technology Studies

Fuller, Steve

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“…The field ''citizen science'' (as framed in science and technology studies, STS) focuses on deconstructing the hierarchy between experts and laypeople and engaging the public in contributing their diverse knowledges (Irwin, 1995;Irwin and Wynne, 1996;Kleinman, 2000;Fuller, 2006). These studies challenge the authority of science/scientists and the claim of the public as ignorant.…”

Section: How Can Citizen Science and Political Ecology Inform Studiesmentioning

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Contrasting visions of science in ecological restoration: Expert-lay dynamics between professional practitioners and volunteers

Weng

2015

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a b s t r a c tEcological restoration as a popular form of volunteer participation has been praised as an example of democratic natural resource management. However, the involvement of volunteers in projects guided by professionals does not necessarily ensure democratic knowledge exchange and production. Drawing insights from citizen science and political ecology, this paper investigates the role of science in mediating the dynamics between professional practitioners and volunteers. Using case studies of ecological restoration programs at two university arboreta in the American Midwest, this paper argues that the contrasting visions of science between professional practitioners and volunteers led to conflicts and presented challenges for the institutions to genuinely engage the public in contributing local knowledge and framing management priorities. While both groups emphasized the practical aspect of science in guiding restoration work, they differed in how they conceptualized the role of humans in restoration, work priorities, and how to apply scientific theories and methods in restoration. Moreover, at the university arboreta, science defined institutional identity and claims to scientific authority further delineated boundaries between professional practitioners and volunteers. As a result, distrust, tensions, lack of engagement, and different levels of desired public participation existed in these seemingly participatory programs. Theoretically, this paper contributes to the cross-fertilization between citizen science and political ecology by underscoring the politics of participation and the role of science (and its interpretations) in challenging expert-lay dynamics in environmental volunteering programs. Practical recommendations are included for deconstructing the expert-lay hierarchy and moving restoration toward a democratic practice.

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Section: How Can Citizen Science and Political Ecology Inform Studiesmentioning

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Contrasting visions of science in ecological restoration: Expert-lay dynamics between professional practitioners and volunteers

Weng

2015

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“…The book before you aims to provide a comprehensive set of historical, philosophical and sociological resources to ask your own questions and draw your own conclusions about Humanity 2.0. It develops themes that have appeared in several of my recent books : Fuller (2006a: chap.5), Fuller (2006b, Fuller (2007a: chap. 6), Fuller (2007b: chap.…”

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Humanity 2.0

Fuller

2011

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“…However, this approach declined during the 1840s with the re-establishment and further development of positivism and the strengthening of the objective scientific method. Even though there were many debates about the scientific process during the nineteenth century, such as the Popper-Kuhn debate (Fuller 2006), the practice of science became professionalised and institutionalised in ways that continue into twenty-first-century contemporary society.…”

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Open Data and the Knowledge Society

Wessels¹,

Finn²,

Wadhwa³

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While there is a lot of talk about how we now live in a knowledge society, the reality has been less impressive: We have yet to truly transition to a knowledge society-in part, this book argues, because discussion mostly focuses on a knowledge economy and information society rather than on ways to mobilise to create an actual knowledge society. That all may change, however, with the rise of open data and big data. This book considers the role of the open data movement in fostering transformation, showing that at the heart of any successful mobilisation will be an emerging open data ecosystem and new ways for societal actors to effectively produce and use data.

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The Philosophy of Science and Technology Studies

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