Duration
36h Th
Number of credits
Lecturer
Coordinator
Language(s) of instruction
French language
Organisation and examination
Teaching in the first semester, review in January
Schedule
Units courses prerequisite and corequisite
Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program
Learning unit contents
This course on Citizen science proceeds from a reflection on old and new experiments on the place citizens from inside the scientific activity to activism.
The course deals with several issues:
- a presentation of the controversy on the place of the public in the emergence of new forms of knowledge and actions between sciences and societies.
- an introduction on the emergence and the development of alternative practices to more conventional scientific activity (Community-based-Science); and more precisely on distributed monitoring practices (Community-based-Monitoring), as in the fields of noise and olfactive pollutions, biodiversity, or electromagnetic fields management).
Learning outcomes of the learning unit
Prerequisite knowledge and skills
There are no prerequisites
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Elaborations on the basis of scientific litteratures and professional and amateur practioners.
Mode of delivery (face to face, distance learning, hybrid learning)
This seminar rest on Face-to-face interaction.
According to the sanitary conditions, a part of the course may be given through distance learning.
Organisational adjustments related to the current health context
According to the sanitary conditions, a part or the whole of the course may be given through distance learning. The eCollaborate interface will be priviledged.
Recommended or required readings
Conrad, C. C., & Hilchey, K. G. (2011). A review of citizen science and community-based environmental monitoring: issues and opportunities. Environmental Monitoring and Assessement(176), 273-291.
Charvolin, F. (2010). La réussite du programme Feederwatch vue par les profanes : un compte-rendu critique. Des sciences citoyennes? : la question de l'amateur dans les sciences naturalistes. F. Charvolin, A. Micoud and L. K. Nyhart. La Tour-d'Aigues, France, Aube: 202-218.
Whatmore, S. J. and C. Landström (2011). "Flood apprentices: an exercise in making things public." Economy and Society 40(4): 582-610.
Assessment methods and criteria
Below you will find information on the evaluation methods planned for in-person and remote exams as well as those planned for hybrid sessions. Depending on how the health crisis evolves, the chosen method will be communicated to you no later than one month before the start of the exam session.
Any session :
- In-person
written exam
- Remote
written work
- If evaluation in "hybrid"
preferred remote
Additional information:
Written report. (2020 : post on the Professor's email adress, see your agenda MyULiege - Celcat)
Work placement(s)
Organizational remarks
Contacts
François Mélard - f.melard@uliege.be
Tél.: 063/230 901
Pierre Stassart - p.stassart@uliege.be
Tél.: 063/230 816