Science ♥ society
Jurij Krpan
In this session, eight participants will appear in pairs on four subtopics of Designing Life phenomena:
Tissue Engineering: working with living materials
Humans/non-humans: understanding other living beings
Designing Humans...
Science ♥ society
Špela Petrič
Špela Petrič is a Ljubljana and Amsterdam based new media artist who has been trained in the natural sciences and holds a PhD in biology. Her artistic practice combines the natural sciences, wet biomedia practices, performance, and critically...
Equity & Inclusion
Barbara StreicherAmparo Leyman PinoAntonia CaolaSheena LaursenDavid JonesAlexia SonnoisVanessa MignanElizabeth RasekoalaBojan Markicevic
The diversity and inclusion working group has an ambitious goal: to create a framework that will support the efforts on more equitable science engagement. This pre-conference workshop is an opportunity for everyone from any level of expertise...
Strategy & vision
Robert FirmhoferFrederic BertleyStephen White
With major challenges around the globe including decreasing science literacy and increasing science denialism, we need to reimagine how to connect with the public in effective and engaging ways. A new science engagement model is empowering people...
Strategy & vision
Brad IrwinMichael John GormanClare Matterson CBEJohannes VogelPeter C. KjærgaardMaria Isabel Garcia
How should museums reinvent themselves in the face of a planetary crisis? The world is changing fast under the influence of human behaviour: the climate crisis and biodiversity loss are just some of the manifestations. These changes threaten the...
Strategy & vision
Michael John GormanJurij Krpan
From the transfusion of horse-blood into a human recipient, to the creation of “female sperm”, hosts of this year’s Ecsite conference, the Kapelica Gallery, have presented some of the most ground-breaking and controversial projects at the...
Science ♥ society
Gabor ZsigmondImre BardKristin AlfordRosalina BabourkovaImre BardLath CarlsonAndreas GundelweinIrini PapadimitriouMelanie SaverimuthuYumi Miyahara
We are increasingly tasked with offering reflection not only on where we have been, but on where we may be going, and there are considerable challenges along the road. In these times of radical uncertainty such as the climate crisis, the rise of...
Learning
Meie van LaarChristine ReichSheena Laursen
Family visits, group visits, educational visits. As a science centre or museum we want to facilitate a lot of different visitors at the same time. We want to increase the number of visitors to maximise the amount of people that come into contact...
Science ♥ society
Carmen FenollosaMatteo MerzagoraGène BertrandFrank KupperGrace D'Arcy
Science centres, citizen science activities, hybrid cultural spaces, design thinking and discussion games are all using co-creation practices. In recent years, the interest of the science engagement community in the world of participation and co-...
Learning
Sebastian MartinShivani SinghalMarina LeonardMareike WieseBeatriz ReyYihsuan LinRyan Jenkins
How can tinkering and making transform traditional learning models?
This extended session allows participants to engage with deconstruction and construction literally and metaphorically as we take apart and re-evaluate our ideas about the...
Science ♥ society
Nicolas Nova
The Kavli Foundation keynote lecture
Nicolas Nova is a multidisciplinary researcher working at the intersection of...
Collections
Welmoet DamsmaAnne LandDesiree VaccariniSara TougaardMichael Bradke
Traditionally, museum objects were only observed behind glass and without tactile interaction but today, engagement with real objects is often encouraged. In today’s digital world, museums have to define their added value and interaction with...