politics of citizen science the continuation of democracy by other means

• DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.3880531
• Publication Date: 2019-09-04
• Authors: Wuensche, Hannes
• Keywords: Citizen Science; Pragmatist Democracy; Digital Knowledge Practices; Participatory Technologies; 16. Peace & justice; Representation

4S Conference 2019 New Orleans Presentation Slides and submitted Abstract to Open Panel - 87. Knowing Democracy The contribution examined different designs of Citizen Science initiatives and showed that democratic values have been mostly absent in Citizen Science classifications so far. We argue that, in order to get a better understanding of Citizen Science, the normative structure of proclaimed democratic knowledge practices should be explored using a pragmatist approach: Showing networks of power and patterns of representation that shape the politics of Citizen Science.<br/>This work has been funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research of Germany (BMBF) under grant no. 16DII111 ("Deutsches Internet-Institut").<br/>