sissa medialab: meeting through media?. paolo budinich and abdus salam, 1960
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Sissa Medialab: meetingthrough media?
Paolo Budinich and Abdus Salam, 1960
ICTP, SISSA, Electra, ICGEB, Area science park, Third World Academy of Science, …
Immaginario Scientifico Science centre
First pre-print archive
Master in science communication
Margherita Hack, astrophysicist
Pros
Real scientists working with children (boys and girls)
Discovering nature (mini-scientists)
Many products, broad distribution
High quality: awards received
Cons
No participatory planning
No social inclusion as an explicit goal
No evaluation
Pros
Presenting scientific institutions in town
Real stories of real scientists
All children 8-11 (in Trieste) involved as a target
Bilingual
Cons
No real support from the Municipality
No control of impacts
No evaluation
The new project:A magazine created WITH the children
To discover the scientific institutions in town
CERTAINTIES
Children (10-14) as journalists
Many media involved (audio, video, etc.)
OPEN QUESTIONS
Where?Brokers?
Online and/or paper?Final exhibition?
Excluded?
Historical minorities:SlovenesSerbsGreeksJews(and more)
Recent immigration:ChinaAfrica
Other East countries
Ricreatori comunali di Trieste= 14 municipality centres for entertainment (lit.)
Coming soon!