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CITIZEN ACTIVISTS. In Sweden, activist (i.e. genealogical) societies are organising crowdsourcing activities themselves. Obstacles may consist of a lack of financial and technical resources and sometimes also the attitudes of the cultural heritage institutions. The cultural heritage institutions are seldom first on stage in these matters. An average “activist” has both the technical capacity (at home) and knowledge enough to take part in smaller crowdsourcing activities organised by citizen organisations. The lack of financial resources for organising these activities seems to be the main problem; sometimes also the attitudes of the cultural heritage institutions. If the cultural heritage institutions take an initiative, there are some very distinct requirements that were set up during the focus group: 1. Use social media to communicate and/or acquire new participants in citizen science projects, not fact sheets or folders distributed via the institutions reading rooms; what is pointed out here is a lack of effective and adequate communication channels that can be a hinder for starting good projects; 2. the planning of activities has to be made in cooperation with citizens research representatives, in order to incorporate their knowledge and experiences right from the beginning; no clumsiness is accepted; 3. the technical facilities planned to be used have to be in place from the very beginning and also easy to use (i.e. software, special equipment and/or distributed services of different kind); a solid project need a solid e-infrastructure in place right from start; 4. the results of the activities have to be open for all to use (“open source”); Best practice digital technology tools that can be used or that they personally use in their own work are: a) Computers, phones, music CD's, DVD's, informal talks that incorporate digital technologies, internet, specifically YouTube and Skype. Skype allows people to share knowledge, engage and contribute. b) Social media can be used to recruit and engage with various citizens from various socioeconomic backgrounds and ages, and offers an immediate way to contribute. The participants agreed that there is a plurality and democracy that can take place with the use of digital technology. It is a form of democracy which can lead to immediate changes and shifts. The internet can recruit and engage with many instantly.
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