This session will explore tensions in public engagement with science and technology (PEST) by reflecting on the concepts and practical dimensions of public engagement in research and practice. We will examine these tensions through a combination...
Art has long been a part of science centres but it can be argued that much of this art is “safe” i.e. not critical of science or how it is done. Would a science centre risk showing art encouraging visitors to question who researches what, to...
Emerging countries are now buying brands, expertise and activities from Western cultural institutions to enrich their urban development plans. For European museums, these international projects represent opportunities to build cultural diplomacy...
We think science busking at its best is a non-judgmental and wholly open invitation to play and investigate the world around us. We also believe science busking can be a devastatingly effective and adaptable means of communicating with people....
Do you have a burning issue you want to discuss at the conference but you were not given the timeslot to do so? Do you feel there is an unanswered question in this programme for which you happen to have the answer? If so, this UnSession is for...
Networked media are bringing large-scale changes to the collecting, storing and delivering of information. The main trends do not so much reverse as complement and reposition the older ways and functions of the museum. The future of science...
The “green wave” promoted by President Obama, and the increasing public attention to environmental problems, find in science museums and science centres the natural places for public debate and the development of informal educational projects...
Through presentation and analysis of many activities implemented for the International Year of Biodiversity (IYB), the session will deliver an overview of best practices in communicating biodiversity issues to the public and will provide a basis...
This poster session will focus on the use of dialogue and of enquiry-based activities in science centres and museums. Several science centres and science museums will present posters with practical examples, thus providing an overview of such...
Different audiences visit science centres and science festivals, but prisoners are a category of people who have difficulties to approach science, because of the impossibility to visit museums and exhibitions. A lot has been said about the...
Participants will create an exhibition to display at the conference to demonstrate Fast Prototype learning. Participants will learn science and technology content and the process of Fast Prototyping. “Without a Parachute!” will show how museums...