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People Powered Science | Constructing Scientific Communities
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Citizen Science in the 19th and 21st Centuries. 14 May, 2015. 19 June, 2015. People, in that aggregated and collective sense, have much to offer. It turns out that crowds can be fantastically accurate at classificatory tasks; because they can surround and overwhelm the classification, as it were, with sheer numbers. The aggregate responses of many eyes on a problem can be much more accurate than a singular classification from even a highly trained individual. 1867, pp. 184-185. On the Origin of Species.
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September | 2014 | Constructing Scientific Communities
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Citizen Science in the 19th and 21st Centuries. Dr Chris Lintott on Citizen Science. 25 September, 2014. 26 September, 2014. Dr Chris Lintott has been interviewed for Radio Shropshire on the history of citizen science and the present day Zooniverse projects at Oxford. The interview is available here. Being Human: A Festival of the Humanities, November 2014. 10 September, 2014. 30 September, 2014. The Constructing Scientific Communities team will be taking part in Being Human: A Festival of the Humanities.
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October | 2014 | Constructing Scientific Communities
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Citizen Science in the 19th and 21st Centuries. Become a citizen scientist with Zooniverse. 15 October, 2014. 15 October, 2014. A feature on citizen science. Has included a profile of the highly successful Zooniverse projects. The feature details how Zooniverse began in 2007 with Professor Chris Lintott. Site to register and choose from the exciting range of current projects. First day on the CONSCICOM project. 14 October, 2014. 14 October, 2014. Welcome to new team members. 13 October, 2014. Science, Me...
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‘Sir: I am not a medical man, but….’: Laypeople and Medical Journals in the Nineteenth Century. | Constructing Scientific Communities
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Citizen Science in the 19th and 21st Centuries. Sir: I am not a medical man, but.’: Laypeople and Medical Journals in the Nineteenth Century. 26 August, 2014. 17 September, 2014. Were constructed to be mediums of professional politics, agitating for medical reform in the early part of the century, and offering opinions on a myriad of issues, from public health to doctors’ fees to the question of whether women should be allowed to join the ranks of the profession. Medical Press and Circular. Editor Thomas...
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March | 2015 | Constructing Scientific Communities
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Citizen Science in the 19th and 21st Centuries. People Powered Science: Event at the Royal Society, 21st May 2015. 12 March, 2015. 27 October, 2015. Professor Sally Shuttleworth, Professor Chris Lintott and Dr Berris Charnley will be discussing ‘People Powered Science: Citizen Science in the 19th and 21st Centuries” at a free event at the Royal Society on Thursday 21st May 2015. The audio recording of the event is now available here. Chris Lintott’s new video on amateur scientists. 12 March, 2015. Univer...
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Proposals | Constructing Scientific Communities
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Citizen Science in the 19th and 21st Centuries. The Constructing Scientific Communities project, part of the AHRC’s Science in Culture theme, is inviting proposals for citizen science or citizen humanities projects to be developed as part of the Zooniverse.org platform. In spring 2016. Proposals are welcome from researchers whose work would benefit from the active participation of hundreds or even thousands of volunteers. The Constructing Scientific Communities project examines citizen science in the 19.
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People Powered Science: Event at the Royal Society, 21st May 2015 | Constructing Scientific Communities
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Citizen Science in the 19th and 21st Centuries. People Powered Science: Event at the Royal Society, 21st May 2015. 12 March, 2015. 27 October, 2015. Professor Sally Shuttleworth, Professor Chris Lintott and Dr Berris Charnley will be discussing ‘People Powered Science: Citizen Science in the 19th and 21st Centuries” at a free event at the Royal Society on Thursday 21st May 2015. The audio recording of the event is now available here. Chris Lintott’s new video on amateur scientists. Enter your comment here.
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Call for Papers: Working with Nineteenth-Century Medical and Health Periodicals | Constructing Scientific Communities
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Citizen Science in the 19th and 21st Centuries. Call for Papers: Working with Nineteenth-Century Medical and Health Periodicals. 6 January, 2015. Working with Nineteenth-Century Medical and Health Periodicals. St Anne’s College, Oxford, Saturday 30 May 2015. The nineteenth century saw an explosion in the number of medical periodicals available to the interested reader. Publications such as the. The Asylum Journal,. Journal of Mental Science. A Thing of Beauty. Pingback: Working with Nineteenth-Century Me...
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December | 2014 | Constructing Scientific Communities
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Citizen Science in the 19th and 21st Centuries. Conversations on Nature at the University of Leicester Library. 4 December, 2014. 4 December, 2014. Perfectly captures such an event in progress. And large illustrated books such as John Gould’s. The Birds of Australia. With all but the most delicate and rare items available to browse. This combination of the visual and the tactile was central to the event’s success, as attendees eagerly leafed through the pages, discussing what they found. The event proved...
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Publications | Constructing Scientific Communities
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Citizen Science in the 19th and 21st Centuries. Embarrassing Bodies: The male doctor/female patient encounter. 22 July, 2016. Alison Moulds has written a piece for the. 8216;s Medical Humanities blog entitled Embarrassing Bodies: The male doctor/female patient encounter. To read the post, please click here. Alison Moulds on co-curating the Vaccination: Medicine and the Masses Exhibition. 22 July, 2016. The Ministry of Curiosity. The post, which is available here. 20 June, 2016. The exhibition, which has ...
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