黑暗的公民科学科学
James Riley1, Will Mason-Wilkes1
1University of Birmingham, UK.
Public understanding of science (Bristol, England)
|October 20, 2023
概括
公民科学常常受到赞扬,但公民科学却没有受到赞扬.
科学领域:
- 科学社会学科学社会学
- 科学与技术研究 研究科学与技术研究
- 数字人文学科 数字人文学科
背景情况:
- 公民科学倡议被广泛庆祝为公众参与研究.
- 然而,一些社会技术科学活动模仿公民科学,但与其核心理念有所不同.
- 这种分歧需要对科学与公民的合作进行批判性审查.
研究的目的:
- 引入和定义"黑暗公民科学"的概念.
- 分析将传统的公民科学与其黑暗的对应区分开来的概念维度.
- 将一个公认的公民科学项目与一个"黑暗"的公民科学项目进行比较,以说明关键差异.
主要方法:
- 基于互联网的两个分类任务的比较分析:银河动物园 (公民科学) 和谷歌的reCAPTCHA (黑暗的公民科学).
- 识别和应用五个概念维度:目的,过程,可感知性,权力和公众影响.
- 探索社会技术科学劳动及其影响.
主要成果:
- 黑暗的公民科学与传统的公民科学有着共同的目的和过程,但在感知度,权力和公共效果方面有所不同.
- 用户不知不觉地为技术科学项目提供无偿劳动力,例如谷歌的reCAPTCHA.
- 这突显了一些科学-公民结构的实践与民主理想之间的不一致.
结论:
- 该研究揭示了某些公民科学实践中的剥削元素,这些实践逃避了批判性的社会学审查.
- 认识到"黑暗公民科学"对于更细致地了解科学与公民之间的互动至关重要.
- 未来的研究应该解决这些未被承认的贡献的伦理和社会影响.
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