Esciential, the European Science Festival (http://esciential.festivalscienza.it/index.php?option=com_frontpage&Itemid=1). Discovery was the theme of the Genoa Science Festival in 2006 (www.festivalscienza.it), which has been hold in Genoa from October 26th to November 7th. Exhibitions, laboratories, shows and special events: a meeting between Science and education in a range of "hands-on" experiments in natural science, physics, chemistry, astronomy laboratories, and in exhibitions dedicated to energy, paleontology, and volcanoes, which has taken the public on a journey to the centre of the Earth. During that days the whole city, with its squares and historical palaces, from the harbour to the theatres, has been the stage for a rich programme of more than 350 events, being at a time a discovery itinerary through the most daring and fascinating state of the art scientific researches, revealing their close relation to anything surrounds us in our everyday life. The use of original languages, unusual in the description of scientific knowledge, has always been the Festival's peculiar trait: conferences, as well as show conferences, interdisciplinary meetings, round table meetings with international experts, interactive scientific exhibits, game based didactic workshops, arts and photo exhibitions, music performances, films and theatre shows. In these context, with more than 60.000 tickets sold (compared to 50,000 in 2005), marking a 20% increase, and 205,000 visits to the numerous events in the programme, it took part the European Project "Esciential IE", with exhitions, laboratories, workshop and science adventures from a number of science museums and research institutions involved in programmes for the public awareness of science. The Esciential IE Project has been one of the most successful event of the last edition of Genoa Science Festival, with more than 32.500 visitors in 13 days. Already in the second edition, in the year 2004, the network ESCIENTIAL, granted by the EU Commission (action line: SOCIETY-3.1 Public understanding and confidence), significantly enhanced the European dimension of the Festival, with the contribution of qualified EU organizations. The new project ESCIENTIAL I.E. improved the European spin-off of this event, contributing to the "integration of science in society at a European level", with the following tasks and features: 1. Expert and "apprentice" science "guides" coming from EU Museums, Science Centres and from the Science Festivals members of EUSCEA network participated to a series of social-cultural events aimed at the launching of the European Academy for Science Explainers (EASE). The main initiative inside EASE has been be the second edition of the International Workshop on Science Communication, called F2S4E2 (the First Festival School for Students as Science & Society Explainers of Excellence), hold in Genoa before the Science festival, from 18th October to 7th November 2006 2. The Esciential IE consortium brought in Genova, during the Science Festival, exhibits, laboratories, workshop and science adventure from their Institutions, to enrich the programme of the Festival. It is fundamental to underline that ESCIENTIAL I.E. project involved new EU member States, with the objective of sharing experiences and facing the intercultural differences and the different role of educational systems.
Al sito internet indicato si trovano le pagine corrispondenti all'evento ESCIENTIAL 2 e queste descrizioni che riporto in seguito, come "abstract" dell'evento: Dopo il grande successo di pubblico del 2004 ritorna al Festival della scienza il network Esciential - European science festival (progetto finanziato dall'UE - call "Science and society 13", Sesto programma quadro). Coordinato dall'Associazione Festival della Scienza, ha l'obiettivo di portare a Genova mostre, laboratori ed eventi a cura di diverse istituzioni europee impegnate nella comunicazione della scienza per il grande pubblico. E' possibile dunque visitare, per la prima volta in Italia, la mostra My Body ideata dal Parco di avventure scientifiche "Pass" di Framerie (Bruxelles), dove riscoprire il nostro corpo, i concetti di salute pubblica e le rappresentazioni dominanti della cultura medica attraverso singolari exhibit e installazioni artistiche. Altra novità per il Network Esciential è la partecipazione dell'Hisa Eksperimentov di Lubiana (Slovenia), con gli show scientifici Gasology e Baricentrology in cui il divertimento per grandi e bambini, a partire da semplici esperimenti e giochi scientifici, è assicurato. Il Museo della scienza di Vienna, anch'esso per la prima volta coinvolto nel network Esciential, parteciperà con un exhibit di microscopio elettronico a scansione, per fare scoprire al pubblico il fascino dell'universo dell'infinitamente piccolo. Partecipa al network Esciential anche la rete PANGEA capofilata dal Museo di storia naturale e del territorio dell'Università di Pisa con I dinosauri raccontano..., una mostra alla scoperta delle creature più affascinanti della storia del nostro pianeta completata da laboratori didattici per tutte le età. Una nuova esposizione del Tehniski Muzej Slovenije di Lubiana, già partner di Esciential nel 2004, avvicinerà i visitatori ai concetti della relatività ristretta, dal back ground storico dei contributi di Einstein fino alle più importanti e significative conseguenze delle sue teorie. L'Istituto Non Lineare di Nizza (CNRS), anch'esso partner veterano, ha realizzato nuovi exhibit e ha incrementato l'interattività della mostra La geometria del movimento. Il gruppo INForMando per la didattica e la divulgazione dell'INFM-CNR, infine, propone un percorso ricco di exhibit e di installazioni multimediali per comunicare al pubblico i concetti che stanno alla base del significato di energia e di le trasformazioni energetiche; per i più piccoli è allestito il laboratorio Strati di energia. Il network Esciential organizza anche quest'anno un workshop all'interno della Scuola Europea per Animatori Scientifici (EASE) che si terrà nelle giornate precedenti l'apertura del Festival della Scienza: un luogo di scambio, informazione e aggiornamento su esperienze e risultati di ricerche svolte dalle istituzioni europee attive nella comunicazione della scienza.
ESCIENTIAL II (European Science festival 2006)
Marco Bianucci;
2006
Abstract
Esciential, the European Science Festival (http://esciential.festivalscienza.it/index.php?option=com_frontpage&Itemid=1). Discovery was the theme of the Genoa Science Festival in 2006 (www.festivalscienza.it), which has been hold in Genoa from October 26th to November 7th. Exhibitions, laboratories, shows and special events: a meeting between Science and education in a range of "hands-on" experiments in natural science, physics, chemistry, astronomy laboratories, and in exhibitions dedicated to energy, paleontology, and volcanoes, which has taken the public on a journey to the centre of the Earth. During that days the whole city, with its squares and historical palaces, from the harbour to the theatres, has been the stage for a rich programme of more than 350 events, being at a time a discovery itinerary through the most daring and fascinating state of the art scientific researches, revealing their close relation to anything surrounds us in our everyday life. The use of original languages, unusual in the description of scientific knowledge, has always been the Festival's peculiar trait: conferences, as well as show conferences, interdisciplinary meetings, round table meetings with international experts, interactive scientific exhibits, game based didactic workshops, arts and photo exhibitions, music performances, films and theatre shows. In these context, with more than 60.000 tickets sold (compared to 50,000 in 2005), marking a 20% increase, and 205,000 visits to the numerous events in the programme, it took part the European Project "Esciential IE", with exhitions, laboratories, workshop and science adventures from a number of science museums and research institutions involved in programmes for the public awareness of science. The Esciential IE Project has been one of the most successful event of the last edition of Genoa Science Festival, with more than 32.500 visitors in 13 days. Already in the second edition, in the year 2004, the network ESCIENTIAL, granted by the EU Commission (action line: SOCIETY-3.1 Public understanding and confidence), significantly enhanced the European dimension of the Festival, with the contribution of qualified EU organizations. The new project ESCIENTIAL I.E. improved the European spin-off of this event, contributing to the "integration of science in society at a European level", with the following tasks and features: 1. Expert and "apprentice" science "guides" coming from EU Museums, Science Centres and from the Science Festivals members of EUSCEA network participated to a series of social-cultural events aimed at the launching of the European Academy for Science Explainers (EASE). The main initiative inside EASE has been be the second edition of the International Workshop on Science Communication, called F2S4E2 (the First Festival School for Students as Science & Society Explainers of Excellence), hold in Genoa before the Science festival, from 18th October to 7th November 2006 2. The Esciential IE consortium brought in Genova, during the Science Festival, exhibits, laboratories, workshop and science adventure from their Institutions, to enrich the programme of the Festival. It is fundamental to underline that ESCIENTIAL I.E. project involved new EU member States, with the objective of sharing experiences and facing the intercultural differences and the different role of educational systems.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
