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August 02, 2007
The Unintended Consequences of Citizen Science
I'm interested in gathering stories about the unintended consequences of citizen science...stories that show why participating in these projects has value beyond the data.
I touched on some of this in the poster I did for the recent citizen science conference. What kind of unintended consequences could I be talking about? Try:
- Curing depression
- Teaching critical thinking
- Kicking a cocaine habit
- Providing a lifeline for suicide prevention
- Peace-making over political borders
- Rescuing a nearly-lost human skill from the point of oblivion (animal tracking in the case I've heard about)
These are real stories I've heard about people who have participated in citizen science projects. What's yours? Please post in the comments!
Posted by terrie at August 2, 2007 03:13 PM
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