Discrimination is often difficult to grasp, both in everyday life and in research. By involving citizen scientists, we aim to broaden knowledge about discrimination.
Racist discrimination and stigmatization are difficult to grasp both in everyday life and in research, as they are often hidden behind naturalizations or justified with different rationales and intersectional categories. By involving people with different horizons of knowledge and experience in the analytical process, the citizen science project aims to deepen the sociological understanding of ethnoracial exclusion including the perspectives and interpretations of citizen scientists – thus expanding the interpretations of the academic researchers.
At the beginning of the project, participants are introduced to basics of the analysis of qualitative data. In interpretation workshops, participants then work together in small groups and analyse interview passages from a current research project (for more information see demico.univie.ac.at). They discuss their interpretations and collect important points in writing. Later on, there is also the opportunity to contribute to the publication and presentation of results. Experience with research is NOT a requirement, on the contrary: participants are (adult) persons WITHOUT trainingn in social sciences. The only criterion for participation is an interest in research on the subject of discrimination.
Austrian Science Fund (FWF): 10.55776/TCS150