Results for: Terms


Announcing a new name for this Association

Posted on: July 14, 2023

A long-awaited step forward for this Association was announced in late May:  members voted in favor of a new name.  While the details of that name have yet to be finalized […]

Members to determine CSA’s new name
Category: Blog, CSA Blog, News, Terms

Posted on: May 10, 2023

Post by CSA’s Executive Director, Jennifer Shirk For CSA’s 10th year, we are celebrating and affirming the work and vision of this Association. A major milestone in this process will be […]

Screenshot of a presentation slide from the platform Mentimeter, showing a colorful word cloud of responses to the question: Enter three words that you think might describe the heart of this work. The largest response, in the center, is the word science, followed closely by the words collaboration, public, participatory, community, connection, collaborative, and data. The much larger range of words includes many things, including the phrases knowledge generation, ecoliteracy, belonging, place, reciprocity, inclusive, exploration, and stop centering academia.
Coming to Terms: Exploring language and practices
Category: Blog, CSA Blog, News, news, Terms

Posted on: December 30, 2022

Post by Jennifer Shirk, Executive Director, Citizen Science Association Throughout 2022, CSA has been leading a connected conversation about the wide array of traditions, practices, and terms that people in this […]

Coming to Terms

Posted on: May 5, 2022

The debate about terms for this field is complicated – but also over-simplified. It’s time to find a way forward.

One Association, many terms
Category: Blog, News, Terms, Uncategorized

Posted on: November 30, 2020

Blog post by Eva Lewandowski, CSA Board Member Citizen science. Community science. Volunteer monitoring. Public participation in scientific research. Crowdsourcing. The list goes on and on. There are so many terms […]