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Diaries of the First World War: Citizen history on the Western Front Jim O’Donnell (Oxford University) and Luke Smith (Imperial War Museum)
The document discusses various citizen science projects, highlighting their scale and impact, such as Galaxy Zoo and Snapshot Serengeti, which involve thousands of volunteers in classifying galaxies and identifying wildlife. It emphasizes the collaborative effort in scientific research and historical understanding through platforms like Zooniverse. Additionally, it references significant data on TV viewing habits and the cognitive surplus utilized for collective intelligence projects.
Diaries of the First World War: Citizen history on the Western Front Jim O’Donnell (Oxford University) and Luke Smith (Imperial War Museum)
- 1. Diaries of theFirst World War Jim O’Donnell University of Oxford
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- 7. 400,000 volunteers classifications 200m Galaxy Zoo: helpastronomers classify galaxies galaxyzoo.org
- 8. 200 billion hoursa year Spent watching TV by US adults 100 million hours total to create Wikipedia Inspiration: David McCandless (Goggle Boxes, July 2010), Data: Clay Shirky (‘Cognitive Surplus’, 2010)
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- 10. Ali Swanson University ofMinnesota Credit: Stefan Swanepoel
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- 12. 23,000 volunteers classifications 9,500,000 Snapshot Serengeti: identifyand describe animals in Serengeti National Park snapshotserengeti.org
- 13. Luke Smith Imperial WarMuseum
- 23. Rise of theMachines
- 24. Whale FM –understanding whale calls
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- 27. Old Weather –Spanish flu
- 28. zooniverse.org/publications Galaxy Zoo GreenPeas: discovery of a class of compact extremely star-forming galaxies Cardamone et al., MNRAS 2009
- 29. zooniverse.org/publications Working together todo science (or understand history)
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