[game_edu] CALL FOR PAPERS - 4S Panel on Citizen Science

[Nick Lalone]

Hi all,

I know that some of us who do games-related research are working within the
realm of citizen science. It would be absolutely fantastic for some
perspective on citizen science <http://citizenscience.org/> from the realm
of games and games for education.

If you have the time or desire to come to 4S, please submit!

*CALL FOR PAPERS* - 4S Panel on Citizen Science
Boston; August 30 – September 2, 2017

http://www.4sonline.org/meeting

*Submission deadline:* March 1st, 2017
*Submission link:*  https://convention2.allacademic.com/one/ssss/4s17/

*Title*: Citizen Science: Beyond the Laboratory

*Convenors*
*Gabriel Mugar*, (Emerson College) gabriel at elab.emerson.edu
*Carsten Østerlund*, (Syracuse University) costerlu at syr.edu
*Andrea Wiggins*, (University of Maryland) wiggins at umd.edu
*Nick Lalone*, (Penn State University) nlalone at psu.edu

**Abstract**

Citizen science constitutes a rich and fast-evolving arena in the
production of scientific knowledge, raising questions that speak to the
core of STS scholarship. In its various forms, ranging from expert-driven
crowdsourced and participatory sensing models to citizen-driven social and
ecological justice initiatives, citizen science offers a rich empirical
setting. This track will expand the dialogue around this growing practice
of knowledge creation through traditional and cutting edge STS
perspectives. Building on STS scholarship exploring the sociomaterial
construction of scientific knowledge across settings and methods, we invite
researchers to unpack citizen science’s spoken and unspoken sensibilities.

Relevant themes include but are not limited to the following:

   - the entanglement and evolution of technologies and communities in
   citizen science;
   - the influences of policy, technology, and professional scientific
   communities on emergent practices of knowledge co-production;
   - the production of novices and experts, and how roles in citizen
   science are defined and negotiated,
   - tracing information flows between contributors and project leaders;
   - how stakeholders attempt to shape volunteer contribution to fit a
   particular need;
   - the (in)sensibilities of peer production;
   - how data quality is constructed and reconstructed; and
   - how both formal and informal data quality standards are embodied in
   practices, technologies, and social structures.


Beyond questions of building and deploying citizen science practice, we
also invite research that:

   - examine how stakeholders resist or repurpose existing models in order
   to meet their personal needs,
   - the role of traditional and local knowledge in citizen science, and
   - the impacts of scientific disciplines and scientific methods on the
   perceptions of citizen science practices and products.


**Submit a paper**

*Deadline *for the abstract submissions to open tracks is March 1st, 2017.

*Submission link*: https://convention2.allacademic.com/one/ssss/4s17/

Paper submissions should be in the form of abstracts of up to 250 words.
They should include the paper’s main arguments, methods, and contributions
to STS. You may choose to submit your paper abstract to an open panel, or
you can leave panel selection to the program organizers.  In addition to
designating one or more topical Research Areas using the drop-down menu,
please list up to five keywords to help the program organizers evaluate and
assign your paper.


Thank you for your time!

Nick LaLone
Penn State University
Information Science and Technology
ist.psu.edu
www.nicklalone.com
www.beforegamedesign.com
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