Citizen science fiction / Jerome Winter.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Winter, Jerome, author.

Contributor:

Bloomsbury (Firm), publisher.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Science--Study and teaching.

Science.

Research--Citizen participation.

Research.

Science--Social aspects.

Science fiction in science education.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (223 pages) : illustrations

Distribution:

New York : Bloomsbury Publishing (US), 2021.

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, [2021]

Summary:

"Citizen Science Fiction argues that science-fiction literature and media can engage and empower individuals to become active and critical participants in citizen science such that they can collaborate meaningfully in the scientific and technological communities, institutions, and industries that deeply shape their everyday lives"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

MaddAddamite science: teaching citizen science through threshold concepts of gene culture

Educating the anthropocene: citizen science, science fiction, and climate-change resilience

Negotiating the art and rhetoric of artificial intelligence and citizen science through science fiction

Mappa mundi: incorporating neuro-literacy and the cognitive science of emotion in teaching composition

Contemplating the science-fiction cosmos: citizen science, astronomy, and mindfulness rhetoric and pedagogy.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-207) and index.

ISBN:

1-66698-711-5

1-7936-2148-9

OCLC:

1235903940