Iskrić, Mitja V. (2026) Implementations and Examples of Citizen Science Projects and Network in Slovenia : The Central Role of Libraries. In: Citizen Science in Central and Eastern Europe. A Magyar Tudományos Akadémia Könyvtárának közleményei = Publicationes Bibliothecae Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae (54/129). MTA Könyvtár és Információs Központ, Budapest, pp. 77-84. ISBN 978-615-679-225-9
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Abstract
Citizen science has a well-established tradition in Slovenia. As early as the 1970s, researchers began systematically involving non-professional participants in research processes. One of the first ones was Dr. Marija Makarovič at the Slovene Ethnographic Museum, who engaged local communities in ethnological research. Another key figure was Dr. Zdravko Mlinar, who mobilised citizens as volunteer contributors in his sociological research on the town of Žiri. Despite this long-standing practice, citizen science remained fragmented. Various terms were used to describe public participation in research, including participatory, amateur, community, popular, and civic science. This terminological diversity reflected both disciplinary differences and the absence of a unifying framework. A significant conceptual turning point occurred in 2021, when Dr. Mlinar proposed the term "občanska znanost", which can be translated as residents’ science or municipality residents’ science. The term emphasises inclusivity, local engagement, and collective knowledge production beyond formal citizenship, aligning well with contemporary European understandings of citizen science.
| Item Type: | Book Section |
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| Subjects: | Z Bibliography. Library Science. Information Resources / könyvtártudomány > Z665 Library Science. Information Science / könyvtártudomány, információtudomány |
| Depositing User: | Tímea Király |
| Date Deposited: | 26 May 2026 07:46 |
| Last Modified: | 26 May 2026 07:46 |
| URI: | https://real-eod.mtak.hu/id/eprint/20767 |
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