Comments on: On EarthSky: Science Needs Creative, Passionate Communicators http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/intersection/2010/08/10/on-earthsky-science-needs-creative-passionate-communicators/ Where science collides with life, slams into culture, crashes with politics, and gets totaled. Tue, 27 Sep 2011 17:28:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Rodney McDonell http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/intersection/2010/08/10/on-earthsky-science-needs-creative-passionate-communicators/#comment-66555 Rodney McDonell Tue, 10 Aug 2010 22:54:56 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/intersection/?p=11509#comment-66555 There is great work being done at the moment at the intersection of art and science. Art communicates. Science is knowledge. Through art science can communicate knowledge. There needs to be more to this. I believe with the technology we have these days, art in schools and universities should be pushing the boundaries and using technology ever more so. We need more cross discipline work that draws peoples attention via one stream and introduces them to another. I'm a volunteer at the Royal Institute of Australia (RiAus - http://www.riaus.org.au/science/home.jsp) aka Science Exchange, Adelaide, SA. They do some fantastic work in this regard, holding conferences, art exhibitions, technology demonstrations etc. I think that we need more places like these but we also need our schools and universities to be more dynamic as well. I feel as though there is a movement in this respect with the RiAus and other institutions but they are confined primarily to the arts crowd still. It's time to take it main stream. There is great work being done at the moment at the intersection of art and science. Art communicates. Science is knowledge. Through art science can communicate knowledge. There needs to be more to this. I believe with the technology we have these days, art in schools and universities should be pushing the boundaries and using technology ever more so. We need more cross discipline work that draws peoples attention via one stream and introduces them to another.

I’m a volunteer at the Royal Institute of Australia (RiAus – http://www.riaus.org.au/science/home.jsp) aka Science Exchange, Adelaide, SA. They do some fantastic work in this regard, holding conferences, art exhibitions, technology demonstrations etc. I think that we need more places like these but we also need our schools and universities to be more dynamic as well. I feel as though there is a movement in this respect with the RiAus and other institutions but they are confined primarily to the arts crowd still. It’s time to take it main stream.

]]> By: Rhacodactylus http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/intersection/2010/08/10/on-earthsky-science-needs-creative-passionate-communicators/#comment-66546 Rhacodactylus Tue, 10 Aug 2010 21:27:05 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/intersection/?p=11509#comment-66546 It's great to work things at that undergraduate/graduate sort of level, but it seems to me most people are exactly as scientifically literate as they want to be. I think the real key to making long lasting changes in the level of science literacy in our country is going to be getting at kids early. Some people are starting to get the idea, but Bill Nye is only one man. It’s great to work things at that undergraduate/graduate sort of level, but it seems to me most people are exactly as scientifically literate as they want to be. I think the real key to making long lasting changes in the level of science literacy in our country is going to be getting at kids early. Some people are starting to get the idea, but Bill Nye is only one man.

]]> By: Jess http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/intersection/2010/08/10/on-earthsky-science-needs-creative-passionate-communicators/#comment-66515 Jess Tue, 10 Aug 2010 14:29:02 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/intersection/?p=11509#comment-66515 Great interview! Great interview!

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