Citizen Science in the Humanities: Implementing the Collaborative History Model (CHM) in the classroom

The Collaborative History Model offers a new generic citizen science model within thehumanities, engaging citizens in the production and analysis of qualitative data. The modelconsists of three parts: 1. An elaborate co-designed learning module. 2. Data collection. 3.Research and digital processing of the data in a digital archive. During the autumn of 2021,we ran a test pilot with 14 high school classes (13 teachers and approximately 400 highschool students). The pilot demonstrated the potential for activating and engaging studentsin an academic topic, improving their scientific literacy, and collecting valuable new datafor research. The 131 life-story interviews will allow for researchers to makesignificant scientific contribution on an often-overlooked perspective, namely the livedexperiences of "ordinary" people.