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academic freedom and science centres and museums

Science museums have become an important and increasingly visible element in the public effort to promote science education and science literacy in modern society. Science museums produce exhibitions and educational programs on a wide variety of topics of current interest in science and technology. Many of them relate to ideologically controversial issues (genetic engineering, cloning, evolution, climate change, among others). In this context, the session will focus on the degrees of freedom and limitations curators and of museum staff experience when dealing with such issues.

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