Cultural Institutions and Citizen Science: Some Educational Aspects

Report published in the Proceedings of the National Conference on "Education and Research in the Information Society", Plovdiv, May, 2015

Citizen science is lately increasing in popularity as a new method of engagement of the cultural institutions with the general public. It allows unprofessional researchers to conduct activities which help research work coordinated by academics. This paper introduces the domain of citizen science and explores its use by cultural institutions. Based on the outcome of user studies within the Civic Epistemologies project it provides evidence on the need to offer educational activities for the staff of cultural institutions, in particular in the areas of communication with citizen organisations and organising specialised events.

Association for the Development of the Information Society, Institute of Mathematics and Informatics Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Plovdiv University "Paisii Hilendarski"