community science and citizen science...about citizen and community science • can produce high...
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Community Science and Citizen Science
• Citizen science is scientific research conducted, in whole or in part, by amateur or nonprofessional scientists.
• Community science is driven by communities, in partnership with scientists.
About Citizen and Community Science
• Can produce high quality data and large scales• Can be high-tech or low-tech• Can be a tool for extension
– Increase science knowledge, capacity, self-efficacy
• Has deep roots– CE: participatory science with growers since 1915
Citizen Science in ANR/UC
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Questions for this session• What is your question?• How are the data/results used?• Who participates, and how (age, experience, profession,
etc)? • Why community and citizen science? Why involve
volunteers? What are the pros and cons?• What are the unique opportunities of the ANR? Other
institutions?