[ecrea] 7th European Spring School of History of Science and Popularization - Science on TV - FIRST CALL

*7th** European Spring School on History of Science and Popularization**
**Science on** Television***

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*Mahon** (Minorca), 16-18 May 2013*

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*FIRST CALL***

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Institute for Minorcan Studies (IME)

Catalan Society for the History of Science and Technology (SCHCT)

Centre for the History of Science (CEHIC) - Autonomous University of
Barcelona

Institució Milà i Fontanals (Spanish National Research Council/CSIC)





 *Which roles do **Television and Science** play in our daily lives?*

*Do they shape our perceptions, values, concerns and expectations?*

*It is time to take a closer look at them…*

*… from a historical point of view!*



Mass media and science are two sets of discourses and practices that play a
key role in the construction of contemporary societies. They are best
understood as forms of everyday interaction between people, collectives and
institutions. They are also crucial sources of representation and
interpretation of values, concerns and expectations of human communities.
And they are key spaces where the symbolic framework as well as the spatial
and temporal organization of life is articulated.


*The 7th European Spring School of History of Science and Popularization:
Science on Television*

is an invitation to explore and experience television as a major
constituent of the social and cultural processes of production, circulation
and management of scientific, medical and technological knowledge. Directly
related to current debates on science popularization in the fields of
science studies and history of science, as well as in media and
communication studies, this *Spring* *School* aims to contribute to the
analysis of television as a particular space where the complex relationship
between science and its publics, between experts and non-experts, unfolds.



The portrayal of science, medicine and technology on television has become
particularly complex as information, advertising, entertainment, education
and even criticism or social commentary increasingly mingle in program
design and planning. At the same time, people’s everyday patterns of
appropriation of television significantly affect ways of communicating,
consuming, working, studying, collaborating and solving problems. As a
result, communication practices related to television and science content,
from the processes of production to domestic and daily consumption habits,
can be understood as non-formal learning activities and spaces. And
therefore, the public perception of scientific, medical and technological
knowledge is arguably very much influenced by television, whether through
news programs, documentaries and/or fiction pieces.

 This *Spring* *School* will be structured in three working sessions that
attempt to cover a host of analytical perspectives through the contribution
of scholars as well as television professionals. In short, theory meets
practice.





The following topics will be addressed:



   1. *From news to fiction: television formats representing science,
   medicine and technology*.

Speakers:

-          *Josep M. Comelles* (Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Tarragona,
Spain)

-          *David Dugan* (Windfallfilms, London, UK)



   1. *Science documentaries: history and evolution of a genre*.

Speakers:

-          *Tim Boon* (Science Museum, London, UK)

-          *Joan Übeda* (Mediapro, Barcelona, Spain)



   1. *Science as accessible home entertainment: television commercial
   approaches and their impact on contemporary societies*.

Speakers:

-          *Suzanne de Cheveigné* (Centre Norbert Elias, l’École des Hautes
Études en Sciences Sociales, Université de la Mediterranée, Marseille,
France)

-          *Ana Montserrat* (Televisión Española, Barcelona, Spain)





The *Spring* *School* is open for scholars, researchers, professionals and
students. Its main goal is to encourage debate and interaction among the
attending public and the invited specialists. Each session will have two
parts: 'workshop / lecture' and 'film forum', where points of view of
scholars and television professionals will be contrasted and discussed. In
addition, participants’ contribution will be encouraged through direct
responses to the lecturers’ papers and/or the submission of a short video.
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*DETAILS FOR REGISTRATION, GRANTS AND VIDEO SUBMISSIONS WILL BE CIRCULATED
IN DECEMBER 2012*


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*All sessions will be conducted in English*.

*When and where*: 16-18 May 2013 at Institute for Minorcan Studies
(Institut Menorquí d’Estudis/IME); Camí des Castell, 28; Mahon (Minorca)



*FURTHER INFORMATION*:

http://schct.iec.cat/school13/spring13_index.htm

(springschool /at/ iec.cat)



Organizing committee:

Carlos Tabernero, Centre for the History of Science (CEHIC):
(carlos.tabernero /at/ uab.cat)

Oliver Hochadel, Institució Milà i Fontanals (CSIC):
(oliver.hochadel /at/ imf.csic.es)

Clara Florensa, Centre for the History of Science (CEHIC):
(clara.florensa /at/ uab.cat)

Josep M. Vidal, Institut Menorquí d’Estudis (IME):(info.ime /at/ cime.es)






Institut Menorquí d’Estudis. Camí des Castell, 28. 07702 Maó (Menorca,
Spain)

(info.ime /at/ cime.es)      +34 971351500www.ime.cat




Insitut d’Estudis Catalans - Societat Catalana d’Història de la Ciència i
de la Tècnica

Carrer del Carme, 47. 08001 Barcelona (Spain)

(schct /at/ iec.cat)      +34 933248581    schct.iec.cat




Centre d’Història de la Ciència

Facultat de Ciències - Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona

08193 Bellaterra (Barcelona, Spain)

(cehic /at/ uab.cat)      +34 935811308www.cehic.es
www.facebook.com/CEHIC.UAB

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