Collecting Social Science Data
with Smartphone Apps and School Children
christopher.kullenberg@gu.se | @intensifier
This presentation: https://goo.gl/6mHbwW
Team
- Christopher Kullenberg (Gothenburg Uni.)
- Frauke Rohden (Gothenburg Uni.)
- Johan Järlehed (Gothenburg Uni.)
- Andreas Nord (Gothenburg Uni.)
- Helle Lykke Nielsen (Gothenburg Uni.)
- Tove Rosendal (Gothenburg Uni.)
- Gustav Westberg (Stockholm Uni.)
- Sara van Meerbergen (Stockholm Uni.)
- Fredrik Bronéus (VA)
- Lotta Tomasson (VA)
Funded by: Marianne and Marcus Wallenberg, Vetenskap och Allmänhet
Anslagstavlan (Bulletin Boards)
- Purpose of the study
- Data collection
- Lessons learned
Citizen Humanities? (CH)
- App-based CH?
- Methodological commonalities with science?
- Reflexive interpretation?
Data collection
46 school classes | ~1000 pupils | 2 week data collection
Data quality issues
- 349/1516 pictures discarded (23%)
- GPS errors
- Inaccurate classifications
Learning and reflexivity
- Analog bulletin boards and "digital natives"
- Teachers learning about technology
- The research process is itself part of the analysis
Lessons learned
- Create simpler protocols!
- Separate collection/classification!
- Increase on-site contextual knowledge creation!
Thank you for listening!
This presentation: https://goo.gl/6mHbwW
christopher.kullenberg@gu.se