scholarly journals The Lisbon post-its: how science-in-society issues were reflected in the last ECSITE meetings

2007 ◽  
Vol 06 (02) ◽  
pp. C06
Author(s):  
Paola Rodari ◽  
Matteo Merzagora
Keyword(s):  
Annual Conference ◽  
European Network ◽  
Science Museums ◽  
Museum Professionals ◽  
Science Centre ◽  
Science Centres ◽  
Science In Society

ECSITE is the European network of science centres and museums (www.ecsite.net). The ECSITE Annual Conference, attended every year by several hundreds of professionals in science museums and science centres (870 at the last edition), and the ECSITE director forum, where full members of the association discuss on focused topics, are excellent observation points. Looking at what goes on in these meetings allows to track what is high on the agenda of the science-centre community, how the focus of interest moves, what are the main concerns of museum professionals.

scholarly journals Science centres around the world see unrest for art and science in society

2009 ◽  
Vol 08 (02) ◽  
pp. C01
Author(s):  
Alessandra Drioli
Keyword(s):  
Science Museums ◽  
Art And Science ◽  
New Developments ◽  
Art Policy ◽  
Science Centre ◽  
The World ◽  
Science Centres ◽  
Science In Society

In present times it would not be appropriate to say art made a “debut” in science centres, as it has been a feature since the beginning of their history, and it appeared precisely in the ‘parent’ science centre, the Exploratorium. However, now it is time to check the progress. There is unrest for this issue, as in history-making times, and it is worthwhile to follow the new developments and hear the words of the coordinators of the artistic activities in science centres and, more in general, in science museums, and also of the artists involved in the process. The goal is to promote a debate on the final results of this phenomenon and on what will happen next. Also, emphasis should be put on the importance for each museum to define right from the start an ‘art policy’, even a complex one, but somehow structured, that may be employed at many levels according to the needs of the museum itself.

scholarly journals Hvad er spørgsmålet? - om at skabe et læringsrum i udstillingen

1970 ◽  
pp. 50
Author(s):  
Nana Quistgaard ◽  
Bruno Ingemann
Keyword(s):  
Learning Styles ◽  
Free Choice ◽  
Art Museums ◽  
Vast Amount ◽  
Student Reflection ◽  
Science Centre ◽  
Dialogic Approach ◽  
Science Centres ◽  
One Year

Data presented in this paper involves asking 15-16-year-old students questions during a visit to a science centre. The hypothesis was that it is possible to create curiosity and reflection at a science centre by stimulating and facilitating a dialogue. The background was the vast amount of studies showing that unstructured free-choice school trips result in little (if any) student reflection. We used a dialogic approach to prompt the students’ curiosity and reflection. Four students were chosen to participate in the study. One of the authors took on the role as facilitator and joined each of the four students on a visit to seven exhibits (pre-selected by the authors) and recorded the students’ interactions on video. During each visit, the facilitator made sure that the students understood how to use the exhibits so that technical/practical problems were not an issue. The researcher also conducted a brief interview adjacent to each exhibit in order to allow students to reflect upon their experiences. We also interviewed the four students one year later in order to find out how the dialogic approach had impacted these students over a longer term. We found that the approach facilitates curiosity and reflection, and that the stu- dents had a good recollection of the visit one year later and had used insights gained from the visit. Furthermore, it appeared that the four students had different learning styles but that the facilitator was able to embrace several different learning styles through the approach. The dialogic approach thus seems to constitute a fruitful guidance tool at science centres but possibly also at other types of museum, such as art museums. 

scholarly journals Naturvidenskabernes kanonisering. Forskere, erkendelser eller kulturarv

1970 ◽  
pp. 27
Author(s):  
Kristian Hvidtfelt Nielsen
Keyword(s):  
Social Skills ◽  
Public Sphere ◽  
Knowledge Production ◽  
Science Museums ◽  
The Public ◽  
Science Centres ◽  
Scientific Expertise ◽  
The Public Sphere ◽  
The Way

This paper concerns recent official attempts to place science in Denmark within the context of a cultural canon. Based on differentiation between Mode 1 and 2 knowledge production, the paper points out that such attempts are highly contextualised and contingent on their different modes of application. Consequently, they entangle scientific expertise with other social skills and qualifications. Like science museums and science centres, they are a means of dealing with science in the public agora, i.e. the public sphere in which negotiations, mediations, consultations and contestations regarding science increasingly take place. Analysing the ambiguities and uncertainties associated with the recent official placing of science within an overall cultural canon for Denmark, this paper concludes that even though the agora embodies antagonistic forms of interaction, it might also lead the way to producing socially robust knowledge about science.

scholarly journals An Evaluation-Driven Design Process for Exhibitions

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wolfgang Leister ◽  
Ingvar Tjøstheim ◽  
Göran Joryd ◽  
Michel de Brisis ◽  
Syver Lauritzsen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Design Process ◽  
Informal Education ◽  
Graphical Representation ◽  
Working Relationship ◽  
Efficient Design ◽  
Learning Game ◽  
Science Centre ◽  
Science Centres

Museums and Science Centres are informal education environments that intend to engage the visitors with their exhibits. We present an efficient design process that allows an improved working relationship between museum practitioners, exhibition designers, and visitors. We present the principles and a graphical representation based on the Engagement Profile from previous work. Elements of the design process are evaluated using a learning game at the science centre Engineerium. The evaluation is based on a study with over five hundred visitors to the science centre.

Urban Mediation and Mobility in Istanbul

Transfers ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 134-136
Author(s):  
Dorit Müller
Keyword(s):  
New Media ◽  
Media Studies ◽  
Human Interaction ◽  
Annual Conference ◽  
European Network ◽  
European Capital Of Culture ◽  
Ample Opportunity ◽  
Extensive Analysis ◽  
Broad Scope ◽  
Film And Media Studies

The European Network for Cinema and Media Studies (NECS) held its fifth annual conference “Urban Mediations” from June 24 to 27, 2010 in the European Capital of Culture 2010, Istanbul. A wide variety of scholars and researchers in the field of cinema, film, and media studies, but also archivists or film and media professionals were invited. The broad scope theme of “urban mediations” provided ample opportunity for extensive analysis and discussion of media and urbanity theories by the attendees. In more than 80 panels, with four talks each, various questions could be discussed. For example: How are city spaces represented and created in different media? What urban practices and aesthetics develop when using “media”? To what extent do new media forms influence future urban developments or make them possible in the first place? How does media shape city-human interaction?

scholarly journals Are museums places where science and society can really engage in a dialogue? A positive example related to the rubbish emergency in the Campania region

2008 ◽  
Vol 07 (01) ◽  
pp. C03
Author(s):  
Luigi Amodio
Keyword(s):  
Informal Learning ◽  
General Public ◽  
Science And Society ◽  
Italian Region ◽  
Health Crisis ◽  
Campania Region ◽  
Public Media ◽  
Formal And Informal Learning ◽  
Science Centre ◽  
Science Centres

Science musums and science centres are wonderful places to host, support and mediate the dialogue between science and society. In fact, they are a natural crossroad where scientists, general public, media and insitutions for formal and informal learning meet. During the recent political and health crisis concerning the rubbish treatment in the Italian region of Campania, the science centre "Città della Scienza" has promoted an unusual dialogue between citizens and scientists.

scholarly journals Masters (MSc) in Science Communication. Dublin City University

2009 ◽  
Vol 08 (01) ◽  
pp. C05 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brian Trench
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Science Communication ◽  
Natural Sciences ◽  
Physical Sciences ◽  
Broad View ◽  
Outreach Services ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Science Centres ◽  
And Performance ◽  
Science In Society

The Masters (MSc) in Science Communication at Dublin City University (Ireland)
draws on expertise from several disciplines in human and physical sciences.
The programme takes a broad view of communication that includes the various
kinds of interaction between institutions of science and of society, as well
as the diverse means of exchanging information and ideas. Nearly 200 students
from a wide variety of backgrounds have completed the programme since its
start in 1996, and they work in many different types of employment, from
information and outreach services, to science centres, to publishing and
journalism. Through the programme, and in the dissertation in particular,
students are encouraged to reflect critically on the place and performance
of science in society, and on relations between the cultures of natural sciences
and of humanities and social sciences.

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