The “Story Lab” Workshop (UCL STS edition)
03 July 2024, 4:30 pm–6:30 pm

Being a scientist means producing scientific, objective, dispassionate knowledge. It also means being a human being with a particular story, particular human experiences, values, and perspectives. How are scientists to reconcile these two aspects?
This event is free.
Event Information
Open to
- All
Availability
- Yes
Cost
- Free
Organiser
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UCL Department of Science and Technology Studies
Location
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421 Nunn HallIoE20 Bedford wayLondonWC1H 0AL
The goal of this workshop is to explore the narrative space between science communication and science activism as two expressions of active citizenship. To that end, we will work some improv, and drama exercises to explore in an embodied what it means to be a practising researcher and how the experience of being a researcher maps onto researchers’ lives and activities as individuals and members of society more broadly. From that, we will reflectively discuss how the personal side of science might be important for the stories told in science outreach contexts.
The workshop will help you cast a creative glance at various intellectual activities in science and support participants in articulating their own stories on the humanistic value of scientific knowledge.
For whom
Climate scientists, natural scientists, and researchers from other academic disciplines are welcome. No previous creative experience is required.
About the Speaker
Anatolii Kozlov
Philosopher of science at UCL
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