Opening a Networked Learning Dialogue on Postdigital Citizen Science and Humanities
Chapter
Author(s) / editor(s):
Michael Jopling
,
Petar Jandrić
,
Sara Tolbert
,
Sarah Hayes
,
and Cheryl Brown
Year: 2026
Language(s): English
Abstract:
This chapter uses the critical, non-deterministic tradition of networked learning to examine citizen science and citizen humanities as intertwined forms of postdigital, community-based research. Against a backdrop of global risks—climate change, migration, technological acceleration, and geopolitical shifts—it argues that cross-sector, community-led projects can foster knowledge socialism, peer production, collegiality, and collective intelligence. By empowering citizens to co-produce data, narratives, and testimonies, these initiatives not only develop locally relevant, technology-enabled capacities but also enable participation in wider political discourse, helping to address complex, interlinked challenges that cut across disciplines and sectors.
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-032-07263-4_2
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