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In this section you will find useful documents and information on science engagement in general, and Ecsite activities in particular. Browse through articles, toolkits, reports, websites...

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Resources

Practical guide or toolkit
Spokes resource
A quick start guide in RRI for science engagement organisations
December 2016 - Inspiring real-life examples that will help you to understand what RRI looks like in practice, and how the approach can help you to develop or improve your own activities. Developed in 2016 as part of the RRI Tools project.
Category:
Education & learning
Keywords:
RRI, inspiring practices, museums, science centres, Responsible Research and Innovation, RRI Tools
Book or article
Meeting of the Children's Board of Museu de les Ciències Príncep Felipe, Valencia, Spain
Children’s Boards: a tool of social transformation
December 2016 - Feature article by José Antonio Gordillo Martorell published in Spokes #26, January 2017
An experience in participative museum governance | Estimated reading time: 13 minutes
Category:
Education & learning
Keywords:
Children's board, Participation, Museu de les Ciències Príncep Felipe, Ciutat de les Arts i les Ciències, Valencia, Francesco Tonucci, management, inclusion, governance, Spokes
Book or article
Bento Lab founders Philipp Boeing and Bethan Wolfenden
Biohacking basics
December 2016 - Interviews published in Spokes #26, January 2017
What is biohacking actually? A bioentrepreneur, a biohacker and a bioartist share their practice | Estimated reading time: 17 minutes (3-7 min per interview)
Category:
Topics in science
Keywords:
biohacking, biohacker, bioart, DIY biology, sparks, Spokes
Book or article
Credit Patricia Wall/The New York Times
Spokes resource
Book review: 'Walk Through Walls: A Memoir' by Marina Abramović
December 2016 - "I found her book intensely inspiring - not only for the immediate connection between art and science, but also because throughout her work Marina Abramović has explored, like no other artist, issues of public participation". Read this book review by Andrea Bandelli.
Category:
Education & learning
Keywords:
book review, Marina Abramović, Participation, art&science, #sciart
Material for workshops and exhibitions
Spokes resource
Sparks Handbook for participatory activities
December 2016 - Guidelines for each of the organisations hosting the Sparks Exhibition "Beyond the Lab: The DIY science revolution" - with a wider scope: discover Responsible Research and Innovation in action and get a deep insight on how to run innovative participatory activities. Developed in 2016 as part of the Sparks project.
Category:
Education & learning
Keywords:
Participation, dialogue, sparks, science cafés, #rri, Responsible Research and Innovation, healthcare, medicine
Material for workshops and exhibitions
Spokes resource
Activity: Roll the RRI Dice
December 2016 - Two dice & scripts describe how to create playful situations during an RRI (Responsible Reasearch and Innovation) training or workshop. Developed as part of the RRI Tools project (2014-2016).
Category:
Education & learning
Keywords:
play, dice, #rri, Responsible Research and Innovation, game, activity, RRI Tools
Material for workshops and exhibitions
Spokes resource
Cards for fostering RRI conversations
December 2016 - A set of cards that presents different questions, statements & ideas that will foster conversations about different aspects of Research and Innovation (RRI). Developed as part of the RRI Tools project (2014-2016).
Category:
Education & learning
Keywords:
game, cards, #rri, dialogue, Responsible Research and Innovation, RRI Tools
Report
Cover of Money Matters
Spokes resource
Money Matters: The Economic Value of Museums
November 2016 - With this publication NEMO, the Network of European Museum Organisations, follows up on its conference of the same name held in November 2016. The articles introduce and discuss spill-over effects, innovative business models and cooperation strategies for museums and their economies.
Keywords:
museum, economy, good reads, impact
Material for workshops and exhibitions
Spokes resource
Seeing Nano novel visualisation tools: Nano-Profiler
November 2016 - The Seeing Nano visualisation tools for Enhanced Nanotechnology Awareness to provide the public with the ability to ‘see at the nanoscale’ and understanding and awareness of nanotechnologies. What nanotype are you? Are you curious or cautious? Are you a supporter or skeptic? Download this nano-profiler to help the user realise your feelings on nano.
Category:
Education & learning
Keywords:
#nanotechnology
Book or article
Figure 1. The science capital holdall - a way of visualising the concept of science capital © Enterprising Science
Science capital
November 2016 - Feature article by Amy Seakins - Heather King published in Spokes #25, December 2016
What is it, what is it not, and why might it be useful for informal science learning? | Estimated reading time: 15 minutes
Category:
Education & learning
Keywords:
science capital, scientific literacy, inclusion, Spokes
Book or article
Your worst nightmare
November 2016 - Interviews published in Spokes #24, November 2016
We asked 10 brave individuals from our field to share their scariest professional nightmares with you | Estimated reading time: 16 minutes (1-2 min per interview)
Category:
Topics in science
Keywords:
personal story, nightmare, professional risks, Spokes
Book or article
‘Reversed’ science café in Bonn, Germany, as part of the Sparks project © WILA Bonn
Science Cafés: beyond buzzwordification
November 2016 - Feature article by Bálint Balázs published in Spokes #24, November 2016
Did a grassroot movement turn into a buzzword for public engagement? | Estimated reading time: 15 minutes
Category:
Education & learning
Keywords:
science café, public engagement, trends, policy, dialogue, Participation, Spokes

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