Narratives/Science

Dr Kat F Austen

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1. Narratives/Science
   Dr Kat F Austen
   

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2. Cultural Shift
   • Interdisciplinarity, intellectual
   engagement
   • Digital information dissemination
   • Increased access
   • Greater prevalence of visual media
   

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3. Narrative forms
   • Fiction / non-fiction
   • Language-based: Spoken/Written
   • Journalists, Bloggers / social media,
   Scientists
   • Visual
   • Art, dance, data visualisation
   • Mixed
   • Video (includes language), Theatre
   

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4. The forgotten villages
   • Level of abstraction dependent on what
   needs to be conveyed
   • Not everyone has the tools to
   appreciate all the communication
   means
   • Maintain subtlety
   

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5. Intellectual
   engagement
   • Events / pop-ups / festivals / comedy /
   arts
   • Science-related fiction / TV series that
   focus on interpersonal stories
   • Video competitions for fun home-made
   videos (whole spectrum)
   • Disseminate online
   • Culture shops in areas with need where
   hands-on processes happen, like an
   open hackspace eg: MadLab
   

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