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Citizen science in the social sciences and humanities: the power of interdisciplinarity [PDF]
AbstractCitizen science evolved through multiple disciplinary manifestations into a new field of study and a participatory method of enquiry. While most citizen science projects take place within problem-focused natural sciences, social sciences and humanities help understanding the human dimension and open a broad methodological spectrum for enriching
Manuel Portela+2 more
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LEARNERSOURCING IN HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES
This paper presents the results of learnersourcing in a multidisciplinary setting, where Linguistics students (Humanities) and students of Information Sciences (Social Sciences) engaged in a sentiment annotation task. The student evaluations of a task, the learnersourcing platform and student motivation are also presented.
Nives Mikelic Preradovic+2 more
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A Marketplace for the Social Sciences and Humanities
A Marketplace for the Social Sciences and Humanities One of the SSHOC project’s core objectives is to foster the transition from the current Social Sciences and Humanities landscape into a cloud-based infrastructure, that will operate according to the FAIR principles, offering access to research data and related services adapted to the needs of the SSH
Barbot, Laure+2 more
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Research in the Humanities and Social Sciences
The social sciences and the humanities taken together contain a heterogeneous range of research disciplines. Almost all existing methods of research can be found within these two domains. Data handling (collecting, processing, selecting, preserving) and publication methods differ greatly.
Hogenaar, Arjan+4 more
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For an inclusive history of the humanities and social sciences
The first issue of the Revue d’histoire des sciences humaines came out twenty years ago, in 1999. Why celebrate this young age? Twenty years is not much time in a human existence to make an assessment or draw up an inventory, even if the temporality of a periodical is different, with its changing staff and its zigzagging “line”.
Orain, Olivier, Feuerhahn, Wolf
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Internet, social sciences and humanities
Abstract The paper deals with the state of the social sciences after the boom of internet services in the Czech Republic in the 1990s. The results of our survey, based on 512 responses from the economics and history departments of major Czech public universities, show that internet services are considered a quality factor for academic ...
František Stellner, Marek Vokoun
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Effects of chronic browsing on life‐history traits of an irruptive large herbivore population
This study aimed to determine the relationship between diet quality, body mass, and size (hind foot length), and female reproduction and sought to identify the mechanism by which high density under severe food limitations is maintained. Our results demonstrated that sika deer introduced to Nakanoshima Island have maintained high densities through high ...
Koichi Kaji+9 more
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This study examines the demographic dynamics of two seabird populations on Tromelin Island, 15 years after the eradication of brown rats. The results indicate that these populations are in good health and are expected to continue growing until breeding sites are saturated in about a century.
Merlène Saunier+6 more
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The unpredictably eruptive dynamics of spruce budworm populations in eastern Canada
We examine historical population data for spruce budworm from several locations through the period 1930–1997, and use density‐dependent recruitment curves to test whether the pattern of population growth over time is more consistent with Royama's (1984; Ecological Monographs 54:429–462) linear R(t) model of harmonic oscillation at Green River New ...
Barry J. Cooke, Jacques Régnière
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Horizons for Social Sciences and Humanities
Until 2012 many gatherings have been organised discussing the future of Social Sciences and Humanities (SSH) in the European research landscape; Many wise words were spoken and good ideas had been launched before, but to connect them with specific work programmes and discuss them in an open and broad manner, was another matter.
Mayer, Katja+2 more
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