The Constructing Scientific Communities Project explores citizen science in the 19th and 21st centuries. It brings together historical and literary research in the nineteenth century with contemporary scientific practice, looking at the ways in which patterns of popular communication and engagement in nineteenth-century science can offer models for current practice. The project is based at the Universities of Oxford and Leicester, in partnership with three significant scientific institutions ...
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The Conversationalist - 06 - 'The C19th Origins of the Anti-Vaccination Movement'
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You're invited to join our science-themed cocktail party, where experts on the history of science tell us stories, fun facts, and random anecdotes about the development of scientific knowledge from the 19th century to today.In this episode, we talk to Dr Sally Frampton and Dr Oskar Cox Jensen about 19th century anxieties related to vaccination and …
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The Conversationalist - 05 - 'The Wisdom of the Crowd' (Marcus du Sautoy)
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You're invited to join our science-themed cocktail party, where experts on the history of science tell us stories, fun facts, and random anecdotes about the development of scientific knowledge from the 19th century to today.In this episode, we talk to Professor Marcus du Sautoy about the wisdom of the crowd. Does crowdsourcing help us make better d…
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The Conversationalist - 04 - 'Domestic Science in the 19th Century'
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You're invited to join our science-themed cocktail party, where experts on the history of science tell us stories, fun facts, and random anecdotes about the development of scientific knowledge from the 19th century to today.In this episode, we talk to Dr Berris Charnley (University of Oxford) and Dr Donald Opitz (DePaul University) about domestic s…
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The Conversationalist - 03 - 'Volcanoes and Citizen Science at the Royal Society'
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You're invited to join our science-themed cocktail party, where experts on the history of science tell us stories, fun facts, and random anecdotes about the development of scientific knowledge from the 19th century to today!In this episode, we talk to Royal Society Librarian, Keith Moore, about how the Royal Society crowdsourced information about a…
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The Conversationalist - 02 - 'Crowdsourcing Historical Research'
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You're invited to join our science-themed cocktail party, where experts on the history of science tell us stories, fun facts, and random anecdotes about the development of scientific knowledge from the 19th century to today!In this episode, we talk about how historians can use crowdsourcing technology to support their research by looking at the Sci…
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The Conversationalist - 01 - 'Conversazione'
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You're invited to join our science-themed cocktail party, where experts on the history of science tell us stories, fun facts, and random anecdotes about the development of scientific knowledge from the 19th century to today!In this episode, we learn about the inspiration for this podcast series - 'conversazione' - public events in the Victorian per…
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