Science by, with and for citizens: rethinking ‘citizen science’ after the 2011 Fukushima disaster
Publication Date
2020-12Journal Title
Palgrave Communications
ISSN
2662-9992
Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Volume
6
Issue
1
Language
en
Type
Article
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VoR
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Kenens, J., Van Oudheusden, M., Yoshizawa, G., & Van Hoyweghen, I. (2020). Science by, with and for citizens: rethinking ‘citizen science’ after the 2011 Fukushima disaster. Palgrave Communications, 6 (1) https://doi.org/10.1057/s41599-020-0434-3
Abstract
<jats:title>Abstract</jats:title><jats:p>This study illustrates how citizen-driven radiation monitoring has emerged in post-Fukushima Japan, where citizens generate their own radiation data and measurement devices to provide public with actionable data about their environments. Drawing on ethnographic fieldwork in and around Fukushima Prefecture, it highlights the multifaceted character of these bottom-up, citizen-led efforts, contrasting these initiatives with the emergence of “citizen participatory” science policy discourses in Japan. Recognizing the contested nature of citizenship in Japan and in the nuclear arena, the article considers how terms and definitions shape the participation of citizens and other stakeholders (local communities, public authorities, regulators, and professional scientists) in science and technology in culturally and historically specific ways. It builds on these observations to open up new spaces of expertise, which engage all stakeholders through social-scientific intervention.</jats:p>
Keywords
Article, /4014/523, /4014/4045, article
Sponsorship
European Commission Horizon 2020 (H2020) Marie Sk?odowska-Curie actions (836989)
Identifiers
s41599-020-0434-3, 434
External DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/s41599-020-0434-3
This record's URL: https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/334014
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