[ecrea] cfp - Visual Knowledge in Education and Science

Call for Papers
Visual Knowledge in Education and Science
Youth presents Congress 2018
October 25-27, 2018
Berlin, Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities

The education initiative Youth presents (Jugend präsentiert) is 
organizing a congress to explore the topic of “Visual Knowledge in 
Education and Science”. Set to take place in Berlin in October 2018 and 
realized in cooperation with the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences 
and Humanities, the congress aims to thoroughly examine and discuss the 
influence of visuality on teaching and knowledge communication. We 
strive to bring together state of the art research in the field of 
visual knowledge and insights from the practical experience of 
communication and teaching experts. Following this goal, we are inviting 
scientists, researchers and teachers as well as practitioners in 
adjacent fields to contribute and collaborate.

The sharing of knowledge was, for a long time, tightly bound to 
language: Knowledge was preserved in books or magazines and conveyed 
through speeches or lectures. Digitalization, however, has led to a 
strong and widespread surge in the communicative usage of pictures and 
visualizations, and thus created a new situation: Nowadays, texts are 
not only illustrated, complemented, or extended by visual elements; 
knowledge is also increasingly designed visually. As a result, visuality 
has become an important and, in many ways, guiding aspect of public as 
well as private communication – which, in turn, also changed our habits 
of perception.

The consequences of the ‘visual turn’ have only just begun to become 
palpable – and educational systems as well as businesses and 
organizations have to adapt to these developments. Being wary of 
oversimplifying content, academic teaching and educational didactics 
have traditionally tended to stick to text-based concepts of information 
sharing; but the increasing significance and momentum of visual 
communication is beginning to filter through: Schools, for instance, 
have recently begun to actively turn to visuality. This development is 
taking place in close connection with an overall switch towards 
competence-based lessons and an increased appreciation of the 
communicative value of face-to-face presentations. At the same time, 
research in the areas of teaching methodology and didactics has started 
to develop (and continuously refine) new tools and innovative methods of 
visual knowledge communication. Last but not least, the field of science 
popularization – using new formats such as explainer videos or Science 
Slams – has become a driving force for the development of visual 
information sharing.

Organized by the German education initiative Youth presents (Jugend 
präsentiert), the congress “Visual Knowledge in Education and Science” 
aims to be at the intersection of science, education and the public. 
Starting from a focus on face-to-face presentations as an efficient form 
of contemporary knowledge communication, we want to unfold a discussion 
on visual knowledge that brings together various perspectives.

Thus, we invite scientists, teachers and experts in media and 
communication (science) as well as representatives of public, 
educational or societal institutions to contribute and convene in order 
to tackle the challenges that the development of visual communication 
poses to education. International perspectives are more than welcome, 
and we are looking forward to experts from all over the world to share 
their insights and experiences.
 
Possible topics include:
›	the transformations of knowledge through competence-oriented teaching
›	perception, cognition, and knowledge in the visual era
›	dual coding: the relationship of textual and visual knowledge
›	evidence amplification through presentation media, performance, and 
visuality
›	knowledge design: graphic design in science communication
›	All bark and no bite? The limits and risks of visual knowledge
›	the rhetorics of visual knowledge
›	visual deixis: pointing, showing and understanding in written and 
visual communication
›	Popular and scientific? How TED talks and other formats change 
knowledge dissemination.
›	data, facts, pictures: visualizing STEM (science, technology, 
engineering, and mathematics)
›	validating and evaluating visual methods of knowledge dissemination
›	the challenges of digitalization in education
›	explainer videos, graphic recording, and other trends in teaching

Possible fields of scientific interest or practical experience (among 
others):
University and Research:
›	computer sciences
›	cultural studies
›	empirical education research
›	didactics / pedagogical psychology
›	film & literature studies
›	linguistics
›	media & communication studies
›	psychology
›	rhetoric
›	sociology
›	STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics)	Application 
and Practical Experience:
›	editing & publishing
›	education
›	film & video (TV, YouTube, etc.)
›	graphic design
›	(science) journalism
›	radio & podcasts
›	software development

Contributions and possible formats:
It is our goal to show the multitude of teaching methods in universities 
and schools. As a result, we aim at actively broadening the usual 
academic congress format – and welcome varied and creative types of 
contributions. We are looking forward to interesting and diverse forms 
of presentations and discussions, be it individual talks, open 
discussions, fishbowls or world cafés, group presentations, or workshops 
for researchers and teachers  right up to artistic installations and 
performances.
Please submit your proposal (300 words max.) until April 15th 2018 via 
e-mail to:
(olaf.kramer /at/ uni-tuebingen.de)
The final program will be selected by a committee in May 2018. German 
and English contributions are welcome.
Contributions can have the following forms:
›	talk (20/30 min)
›	workshop (30/60 min)
›	field report (20/30 min)
›	discussion (30/60 min)
›	other (please elaborate on the format)
Timeframes and presentation forms can be altered by the program committee.


Organization & Further Information

Youth presents – and science comes to life!
The ability to communicate knowledge in a clear, confident, and 
convincing way is a central skill in daily school life, university 
studies, and everyday work. The project Youth presents (Jugend 
präsentiert) was initiated by the Klaus Tschira Foundation (Klaus 
Tschira Stiftung) in cooperation with Science in Dialogue (Wissenschaft 
im Dialog) to enhance and foster the presentation skills of pupils, with 
a special focus on the natural scientific subjects. Since 2011, a team 
of researchers at the Department of Rhetoric at Tübingen University 
develops and refines concepts, materials and trainings for teachers and 
pupils. The project provides the theoretical background and practical 
guidelines for good presentations as well as didactic support for the 
training of presentation skills in school. Furthermore, Youth presents 
is a national German school competition, with over 1.200 participants in 
the last year.
Cooperation partners
Youth presents is funded by the Klaus Tschira Foundation (Klaus Tschira 
Stiftung, KTS). The KTS is among Europe’s largest non-profit foundations 
funded from private means. It is located in Heidelberg, with its head 
office in the Villa Bosch. The KTS promotes the advancement of the 
natural sciences, mathematics, and computer science, with the purpose of 
raising awareness and appreciation for these fields among the general 
public. The foundation’s commitment begins as early as the preschool 
level and is pursued in schools, universities, and research facilities. 
The KTS champions new methods of scientific knowledge transfer, 
supporting both the development of scientific research and the 
intelligible presentation of research findings.
Science in Dialogue (Wissenschaft im Dialog, WiD) acts as a project 
partner for Youth presents. Founded in 1999, WiD is a joint initiative 
of the major German science organizations. It is actively engaged in the 
exchange between society and scientific research in Germany, develops 
new formats of science communication, and organizes exhibitions, 
competitions and dialogue sessions on controversial topics of research. 
WiD has been acting as project bureau for Youth presents since 2012.
The Department of Rhetoric at Tübingen University is the only distinct 
scientific institute for rhetoric at a German university. Founded in 
1967 by German public intellectual Walter Jens, it is home to the 
Presentation Research Center since 2012. The Presentation Research 
Center is responsible for developing educational material and trainings, 
as well as evaluation and research with respect to the Youth presents 
project.
The congress will be realized in cooperation with the 2017|18 annual 
theme ‘language’ of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and 
Humanities (Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften, BBAW). 
The BBAW established the ‘Annual Theme’ program in 2007. It is committed 
to promoting the dialogue between the sciences and society. Its first 
goal is to inform the public about the Academy's research projects and 
encourage discussion. Secondly, it strives to bundle the activities of 
scientific and cultural institutions in Berlin and Brandenburg into one 
thematic complex. With its annual theme of 2017|18, the BBAW wants to 
open up diverse approaches on the subject of ‘language’ and provide 
insight into current research questions which discuss the linguistic 
constitution of our environment.




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