Author: Adriana Santos – Federal University of Uberlândia, Brazil

Co-authors:

  • Antonio Carlos Santos – Federal University of Uberlândia, Brazil
  • Mirna Tonus – Federal University of Uberlândia, Brazil

The text, which brings partial results from postdoctoral research, discusses the public communication of science, with emphasis on science dissemination initiatives and its interaction with academic production. Therefore, it studies the public communication of science (PCS) and the fact that the ideal model of PCS goes beyond the dissemination process, seeking an interaction of the public with the process of knowledge construction, as it develops an understanding of reality and daily problems in the most various social sectors. The study uses the dissemination of science in society by the Pint of Science event. Pint of Science is an international event aimed at interesting, entertaining and relevant debates about the latest scientific research in a public and accessible format. It was first organized in 2013 in England and spread to different countries. In 2018 it occurred in 400 cities around the world, and in that year, in Brazil, it occurred in 56 cities, involving various educational and research institutions, including the Federal University of Uberlândia, in Uberlândia, Minas Gerais. In Canada, the event took place in 15 cities and involved several institutions, including the University of Ottawa, the country’s capital. Therefore, it is an entrepreneurial event of scientific dissemination, which grows more and more, with activities aimed at bringing the production of academic knowledge closer to the social reality of the places/countries where it takes place, contributing to the national culture and integration among students, teachers, researchers and the community at large. Through the results disclosed by images, we will show that in both Brazil and Canada, in the analyzed editions of the event, the presentation forms resemble classes, without any engagement, and the public is still very restricted to other researchers and students and not necessarily to society in general.

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Presentation type: Visual presentation
Theme: Time

Author: Adriana Santos – Federal University of Uberlândia, Brazil

Co-authors:
Daniela Avila Malagolli – Federal University of Uberlândia
Adriana Cristina Omena dos Santos – Federal University of Uberlandia – University of Ottawa

The poster discusses the public policies of the popularization of science and the interrelationship between academic production and its dissemination. It studies, therefore, the public communication of the science (PCS) like one of the characteristics of creation and consolidation of the scientific culture of the countries. It considers that the ideal model of PCS goes beyond the process of scientific dissemination and seeks an interaction of the public with the process of knowledge construction since. The study used a descriptive research and documentary survey about events of great insertion and visibility that happen in Brazil: the Pint of Science and the National Salon of Scientific Divulgation, both with a proposal to approach the science of the population and to discuss the impacts of the science in the society. The pint of Science is an international event that aims to provide interesting, fun and relevant discussions on the latest scientific research in an accessible format for the public. It was first organized in 2013 in England and spread to different countries. It happened for the first time in Brazil in Brazil in 2015 through the University of São Paulo. The second edition took place in 2016 and in 2017 the Pint of Science took place in 100 cities involving 11 countries. In Brazil, it was present in 22 cities in more than 10 Brazilian states and involved several teaching and research. The National Salon is a Brazilian initiative whose main objective is to promote scientific dissemination, national culture and integration among students, teachers, researchers and the community in general. The activities carried out to seek to approximate the production of academic knowledge of the Brazilian social reality. It has been organized in 2009, 2010, 2013, 2015 and 2017. It involves different sectors and institutions of Society in the organization.

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Presentation type: Visual talk
Theme: Science
Area of interest: Influencing policies through science communication

Author: Adriana Santos – Federal University of Uberlândia, Brazil,

Co-authors:
Mirna Tonus – Universidade Federal de Uberlândia

The article has a proposal is to conduct a comparative study of scientific culture in Brazil and Canada, observing the uses of Science, Public Communication, and technology transference (innovation) at the University of Ottawa and Federal University of Uberlandia, aiming at approaching the interrelation between academic production and its media popularization to make science popular. Such proposal is based on the conception that universities and research institutes develop a significant quantity of scientific production, but no data shows if these productions overcome the universities borders, particularly through media and diverse actions of popular science. The problematic that supports the proposal is the fact that the institutions must have their communicational proposal in conformity with the public interest and also with the guidelines of Public Communication. In addition, it is specifically important for popular science and technology transference to be focused on science popularization. The study considers that the concept of Public Communication of Science (PCS) is little discussed among researchers and professionals in the field of communication. It understands that PCS must go beyond the process of scientific dissemination and be understood as an area of communication focused on the wide dissemination of science, technology, innovation and scientific knowledge in order to popularize knowledge and bring science closer to the citizen. The initial results indicate that the efforts of most institutions are limited to the simple use of specialized / scientific journalism as an unique feature to promote access and enable the right to information on science and technology.

Presentation type: Idea in progress
Theme: Science
Area of interest: Comparing science communication across cultures