Citizen enhanced open
science in the cultural
heritage sector
A collection of practices
in Belgium
Mariana Ziku and Katerina Zourou.
March 17, 2021
Open Cultural Data in Citizen Science - Roundtable
Open Cultural Data in Citizen Science - Roundtable
Citizen
enhanced
open
science
citizen
science
contributing
to:
=
Open datasets
Open Cultural Data in Citizen Science - Roundtable
Scope: a review of practices
citizen science+ cultural heritage+ role of universities
● How can universities act as incubators of the next
generation open science citizens?
● How to connect user engagement generated through
civic participation with the open science cycle?
● How to move beyond an image of citizens as mere
data collectors (e.g. crowdsourcing) in a more actively
engaged process throughout stages of scholar
research?
Open Cultural Data in Citizen Science - Roundtable
Methodology
8 Belgian practices
(today’s presentation)
in Europe
Open Cultural Data in Citizen Science - Roundtable
The O1
methodology
Open Cultural Data in Citizen Science - Roundtable
Today’s talk: focus on
Openness scope
Citizen science in the cultural
heritage sector
8 indicative initiatives in Belgium /
with Belgian partnerships
Open Cultural Data in Citizen Science - Roundtable
Initiative 1
Open Cultural Data in Citizen Science - Roundtable
Initiative 2
Memories workshops on
photographic heritage and
crowdsourcing annotation
Collection day series for citizens
sharing stories of migration and
travels
Initiative 3
Open Cultural Data in Citizen Science - Roundtable
Initiative 4
Social platform offering tools
for participatory approaches in
European cultural heritage
Innovative approach to
aggregation and user experience
for Chinese CH in Europe
Initiative 5
Open Cultural Data in Citizen Science - Roundtable
Initiative 6
Europeana XX: Education and
technology partners enriching
Europeana
Open platform of crowdsourcing
campaigns for collections’ metadata
fix and enrichment
Initiative 7
Open Cultural Data in Citizen Science - Roundtable
Initiative 8
Citizen Science app for street
art documentation on the
Spotteron platform
Getuigenissen: Digitalisation and
transcription project of criminal court
interrogations in 18th-19th c. Belgium
Open Cultural Data in Citizen Science - Roundtable
Civic engagement
in Citizen Science
projects
Bonney et al. (2009) categorisation
REACH
Europeana
Migration
50’s in Europe
Kaleidoscope
PAGODE
Europeana XX
Type of Civic
Engagement
Open Cultural Data in Citizen Science - Roundtable
CrowdHeritage
Spotteron Artspots
Getuigenissen
Status
Report
Open metrics
Open-source soft/hardware
Open access results
General policy of content, active/archived
some/all eligible data
Data Exchange Agreement (Europeana CCo)
Number of references, edits, views
free/libre, “minimal computing”?
machine actionable data for research
Open data
Open access
Open metadata
Open Cultural Data in Citizen Science - Roundtable
Openness scope of Citizen Science projects
Open file formats Suitable for long term preservation
good
poor
partly
Open documentation Datasheets for Datasets
Open datasets through e.g. a data dump, repository, API
REACH
Europeana
Migration
50’s in Europe
Kaleidoscope
PAGODE
Europeana XX
open-access
policy
Openness
Checklist
policy data
ownership
FAIR data
principles
Metrics
Open Cultural Data in Citizen Science - Roundtable
CrowdHeritage
Spotteron Artspots
Getuigenissen
No/not clear
Yes/clear
Partly
Data
Sovereignty
Quality
Assurance
QA forms including
domain knowledge
Open Science
Principles oriented for
data and for people
the CARE principles
Data Standards
and Protocols
Open Cultural Data in Citizen Science - Roundtable
Synthesis:
Open Data Governance / Open Science
in Citizen Science projects
Ethics
Standards Quality
Formalising a citizen
science data standard
the PPSR Core
Next steps
Open Cultural Data in Citizen Science - Roundtable
◂ Release of the full study in July 2021 (open access)
◂ Further research on FAIR principles as applied in
citizen science projects in the cultural heritage sector
Thank you!
Open Cultural Data in Citizen Science - Roundtable
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Citizen enhanced open science in the cultural heritage sector

  • 1.
    Citizen enhanced open sciencein the cultural heritage sector A collection of practices in Belgium Mariana Ziku and Katerina Zourou. March 17, 2021 Open Cultural Data in Citizen Science - Roundtable
  • 2.
    Open Cultural Datain Citizen Science - Roundtable Citizen enhanced open science citizen science contributing to: = Open datasets
  • 3.
    Open Cultural Datain Citizen Science - Roundtable Scope: a review of practices citizen science+ cultural heritage+ role of universities ● How can universities act as incubators of the next generation open science citizens? ● How to connect user engagement generated through civic participation with the open science cycle? ● How to move beyond an image of citizens as mere data collectors (e.g. crowdsourcing) in a more actively engaged process throughout stages of scholar research?
  • 4.
    Open Cultural Datain Citizen Science - Roundtable Methodology 8 Belgian practices (today’s presentation) in Europe
  • 5.
    Open Cultural Datain Citizen Science - Roundtable The O1 methodology
  • 6.
    Open Cultural Datain Citizen Science - Roundtable Today’s talk: focus on Openness scope
  • 7.
    Citizen science inthe cultural heritage sector 8 indicative initiatives in Belgium / with Belgian partnerships Open Cultural Data in Citizen Science - Roundtable
  • 8.
    Initiative 1 Open CulturalData in Citizen Science - Roundtable Initiative 2 Memories workshops on photographic heritage and crowdsourcing annotation Collection day series for citizens sharing stories of migration and travels
  • 9.
    Initiative 3 Open CulturalData in Citizen Science - Roundtable Initiative 4 Social platform offering tools for participatory approaches in European cultural heritage Innovative approach to aggregation and user experience for Chinese CH in Europe
  • 10.
    Initiative 5 Open CulturalData in Citizen Science - Roundtable Initiative 6 Europeana XX: Education and technology partners enriching Europeana Open platform of crowdsourcing campaigns for collections’ metadata fix and enrichment
  • 11.
    Initiative 7 Open CulturalData in Citizen Science - Roundtable Initiative 8 Citizen Science app for street art documentation on the Spotteron platform Getuigenissen: Digitalisation and transcription project of criminal court interrogations in 18th-19th c. Belgium
  • 12.
    Open Cultural Datain Citizen Science - Roundtable Civic engagement in Citizen Science projects Bonney et al. (2009) categorisation
  • 13.
    REACH Europeana Migration 50’s in Europe Kaleidoscope PAGODE EuropeanaXX Type of Civic Engagement Open Cultural Data in Citizen Science - Roundtable CrowdHeritage Spotteron Artspots Getuigenissen
  • 14.
    Status Report Open metrics Open-source soft/hardware Openaccess results General policy of content, active/archived some/all eligible data Data Exchange Agreement (Europeana CCo) Number of references, edits, views free/libre, “minimal computing”? machine actionable data for research Open data Open access Open metadata Open Cultural Data in Citizen Science - Roundtable Openness scope of Citizen Science projects Open file formats Suitable for long term preservation good poor partly Open documentation Datasheets for Datasets Open datasets through e.g. a data dump, repository, API
  • 15.
    REACH Europeana Migration 50’s in Europe Kaleidoscope PAGODE EuropeanaXX open-access policy Openness Checklist policy data ownership FAIR data principles Metrics Open Cultural Data in Citizen Science - Roundtable CrowdHeritage Spotteron Artspots Getuigenissen No/not clear Yes/clear Partly
  • 16.
    Data Sovereignty Quality Assurance QA forms including domainknowledge Open Science Principles oriented for data and for people the CARE principles Data Standards and Protocols Open Cultural Data in Citizen Science - Roundtable Synthesis: Open Data Governance / Open Science in Citizen Science projects Ethics Standards Quality Formalising a citizen science data standard the PPSR Core
  • 17.
    Next steps Open CulturalData in Citizen Science - Roundtable ◂ Release of the full study in July 2021 (open access) ◂ Further research on FAIR principles as applied in citizen science projects in the cultural heritage sector
  • 18.
    Thank you! Open CulturalData in Citizen Science - Roundtable https://www.citizenheritage.eu/results/ https://web2learn.eu/ @web2learn_eu