Co-creation in citizen social science
- This paper addresses the emerging methodological debate about citizen social science from the perspective of participatory research methods. The paper introduces the research forum as a horizontal and safe communicative space moderated by academic researchers that enables co-researcher participation across all phases of co-creational research projects. It is argued that in co-creational citizen social science, such a communicative space requires conceptualisation in order for it to foster citizens’ engagement in the knowledge production that deals with their specific social lifeworlds. In the research forum, the potential that the social sciences bring to citizen science—methodological reflection and the theoretical interpretation and contextualisation of data—can flourish in a collaborative process. Based on the expertise in co-created research in multigenerational co-housing projects, the paper reflects on practical experiences with the research forum in terms of four central dimensions: (1) opening up spaces for social encounters;This paper addresses the emerging methodological debate about citizen social science from the perspective of participatory research methods. The paper introduces the research forum as a horizontal and safe communicative space moderated by academic researchers that enables co-researcher participation across all phases of co-creational research projects. It is argued that in co-creational citizen social science, such a communicative space requires conceptualisation in order for it to foster citizens’ engagement in the knowledge production that deals with their specific social lifeworlds. In the research forum, the potential that the social sciences bring to citizen science—methodological reflection and the theoretical interpretation and contextualisation of data—can flourish in a collaborative process. Based on the expertise in co-created research in multigenerational co-housing projects, the paper reflects on practical experiences with the research forum in terms of four central dimensions: (1) opening up spaces for social encounters; (2) establishing communicative practice; (3) initiating a process of social self-understanding; (4) engaging in (counter-)public discourses. Finally, the paper closes with a summary of potential and challenges that the research forum provides as a methodological foundation for co-creation in citizen social science projects.…
Verfasserangaben: | Stefan ThomasORCiDGND, David SchellerORCiD, Susan Schröder |
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DOI: | https://doi.org/10.1057/s41599-021-00902-x |
ISSN: | 2662-9992 |
Titel des übergeordneten Werkes (Englisch): | Humanities and Social Sciences Communications |
Untertitel (Deutsch): | The research forum as a methodological foundation for communication and participation |
Verlag: | Springer Nature |
Verlagsort: | London |
Dokumentart: | Wissenschaftlicher Artikel |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Datum der Veröffentlichung (online): | 15.10.2021 |
Jahr der Erstveröffentlichung: | 2021 |
Veröffentlichende Institution: | Fachhochschule Potsdam |
Datum der Freischaltung: | 22.10.2021 |
Ausgabe / Heft: | 8 |
Aufsatznummer: | 244 |
Seitenzahl: | 11 |
Fachbereiche und Zentrale Einrichtungen: | FB1 Sozial- und Bildungswissenschaften |
DDC-Klassifikation: | 300 Sozialwissenschaften / 300 Sozialwissenschaften, Soziologie |
Lizenz (Deutsch): | Creative Commons - CC BY - Namensnennung 4.0 International |