A close look at citizen science as an extension of science: Actor network theory study of the three large scale Environmental Citizen Science Projects in Turkey
A close look at citizen science as an extension of science: Actor network theory study of the three large scale Environmental Citizen Science Projects in Turkey
Dosyalar
Tarih
2020
Yazarlar
Us, Hilal
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Yayınevi
Social Sciences Institute
Özet
Citizen Science in other words Public Participation in Scientific Research has been
flourishing in intersections of academia, civil society and policy making by becoming
an extension of science and a subject of Science, Technology and Society Studies
(STS). Citizen science literature has been developing with the considerations on
research types, motivations, benefits and shortfalls of citizen science. This thesis
carries an actor network theory approach and problematizes by considering the citizen
science literature, how the three frequent type citizen science researches in Turkey
which are ‘The Turkish Breeding Bird Atlas’, ‘The Map of Threats to Water Resources
in Turkey’ and ‘The National Jellyfish and Gelatinous Organisms Watch Program’
have been constructed as an extension of science. In order to describe the research
processes, qualitative multiple case study was conducted, thirteen semi-structured
interviews were made with the project coordinators of the three projects and the active
citizen scientists of the two projects. The interviews and the projects’ documents were
analyzed with NVivo through using Michel Callon’s (1984) four moments of translation (problematization, interessement, enrolment, mobilization) and the themes
of citizen science such as motivations, benefits, shortfalls and science.
Açıklama
Thesis (M.A.) -- İstanbul Technical University, Institute of Social Sciences, 2020
Tez (Yüksek Lisans) -- İstanbul Teknik Üniversitesi, Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü, 2020
Tez (Yüksek Lisans) -- İstanbul Teknik Üniversitesi, Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü, 2020
Anahtar kelimeler
Citizen science