{"id":7894,"date":"2014-05-23T10:39:18","date_gmt":"2014-05-23T14:39:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=7894"},"modified":"2014-05-23T10:39:18","modified_gmt":"2014-05-23T14:39:18","slug":"citizen-science-and-the-makers-the-scientists-the-hobbyists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=7894","title":{"rendered":"Citizen science and “the makers, the scientists, the hobbyists”"},"content":{"rendered":"

This article gives an overview of the range and scope of activities that fall under the Citizen Science rubric:\u00a0The Weird, Wild World of Citizen Science Is Already Here – Opinion\/WIRED<\/a><\/p>\n

Citizen Science is a somewhat vague term. It can mean hands-on research by amateur investigators or it can mean helping professional scientists sift through large data sets for rare items of interest.<\/p>\n

There\u2019s power in this diffuse definition, though, as long as new interpretations are welcomed and encouraged. By inviting and inspiring people to ask their own questions, citizen science can become much more than a way of measuring bird populations. From the drone-wielding conservationists<\/a> in South Africa to the makeshift biolabs in Brooklyn<\/a>, a widening circle of participants are wearing the amateur badge with honor. And all of these groups\u2013the makers, the scientists, the hobbyists\u2013are converging to create a new model for discovery. In other words, the maker movement and the traditional science world are on a collision course.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This article gives an overview of the range and scope of activities that fall under the Citizen Science rubric:\u00a0The Weird, Wild World of Citizen Science Is Already Here – Opinion\/WIRED Citizen Science is a somewhat vague term. It can mean hands-on research by amateur investigators or it can mean helping professional scientists sift through large … Continue reading Citizen science and “the makers, the scientists, the hobbyists”<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[35,22,18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7894","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-diy-space","category-education","category-space-settlement"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p34aWK-23k","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":6726,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=6726","url_meta":{"origin":7894,"position":0},"title":"Stephen Murphey of DIY Rocket Science on The Space Show + Citizen science workshop in Taiwan","author":"TopSpacer","date":"March 2, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Stephen Murphey\u00a0of\u00a0DIY Rocket Science\u00a0was on The Space Show last week to talk about a number of topics related to public participation in space such as building cubesats and pocketqube sats, open source hardware, crowdfunding, 3D printing, high-altitude ballooning, and more :\u00a0Stephen Murphy, Friday, 2-28-14 - Thespaceshow's Blog === The\u00a0Institute of\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Amateur\/Student Satellite"","block_context":{"text":"Amateur\/Student Satellite","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?cat=4"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":4934,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=4934","url_meta":{"origin":7894,"position":1},"title":"Citizen science has a long history","author":"TopSpacer","date":"October 16, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"Citizen science programs like that at Galaxy Zoo\u00a0are making, and have long made, significant contributions to many fields:\u00a0Citizen science is the new black - Bbc Although he would not have been familiar with the term, Charles Darwin built his theory of evolution by natural selection on the evidence supplied by\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Science and Technology"","block_context":{"text":"Science and Technology","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?cat=9"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":14978,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=14978","url_meta":{"origin":7894,"position":2},"title":"Citizen Science: Use CosmoQuest Image Detective to study the earth using ISS astronaut photos","author":"TopSpacer","date":"September 28, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"An announcement from the\u00a0CosmoQuest\u00a0public participation in space exploration initiative: Public Invited to Test New Tool to Study Earth using Photos Taken by International Space Station Astronauts CosmoQuest\u2019s Image Detective, a NASA-funded citizen science project, invites the public to identify Earth features in photographs taken by astronauts from the International Space\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Education"","block_context":{"text":"Education","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?cat=22"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/iss037e026900-570x379.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":14230,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=14230","url_meta":{"origin":7894,"position":3},"title":"Australian citizen scientists spot four exoplanets in Kepler data","author":"TopSpacer","date":"April 17, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"The Australian TV program\u00a0ABC Stargazing Live\u00a0with Brian Cox recently challenged its viewers to become citizen exoplanet finders. 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