Abstract
Interest in citizen science is growing among both scientists and community groups who are interested in creating natural resource management projects. Such projects have the potential to result in social learning, which can further reinforce resource stewardship. Data to study this learning process, however, remain scant. Using transcripts from four different natural resource management projects, we use discourse analysis to investigate the discursive practice between project scientists and community members in the development of models that were used to test ideas and subsequently modified with citizen collected data. We found that only a portion of the discussion focused on knowledge building and that only experts provided challenges to ideas being discussed. Subsequently to these challenges, however, a greater proportion of knowledge co-creation occurred.
Highlights
Citizen science includes the field of public participation in scientific research and has drawn the attention of environmental researchers and public alike
While others have posited different definitions of citizen science, we borrow from,[3] with specific focus on scientific inquiry, “partnerships between those involved with science and the public in which authentic data are collected, shared, and analyzed.”Citizen science, relies on cooperation between a range ofscientific experts and non-experts
Understanding this partnership can call into question the notion of expertise as it pertains to these experts and members of the public
Summary
Citizen science includes the field of public participation in scientific research and has drawn the attention of environmental researchers and public alike. While others have posited different definitions of citizen science, we borrow from,[3] with specific focus on scientific inquiry, “partnerships between those involved with science and the public in which authentic data are collected, shared, and analyzed.”Citizen science, relies on cooperation between a range ofscientific experts and non-experts. Understanding this partnership can call into question the notion of expertise as it pertains to these experts and members of the public.
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