Comments on: Experiments in science engagement – the exquisite corpse! http://2020science.org/2009/07/14/experiments-in-science-engagement-the-exquisit-corpse/ Providing a clear perspective on developing science and technology responsibly Thu, 29 Jul 2010 08:52:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Tim Jones’ Exquisite Corpse of Science – an update http://2020science.org/2009/07/14/experiments-in-science-engagement-the-exquisit-corpse/comment-page-1/#comment-36390 Tim Jones’ Exquisite Corpse of Science – an update Sun, 15 Nov 2009 12:49:27 +0000 http://2020science.org/?p=1932#comment-36390 [...] 15, 2009 Back in July I wrote a short blog about Tim Jones’ Exquisite Corpse of Science project – an innovative project to explore [...] [...] 15, 2009 Back in July I wrote a short blog about Tim Jones’ Exquisite Corpse of Science project – an innovative project to explore [...]

]]> By: Science’s exquisite corpse and other interesting science communication developments « FrogHeart http://2020science.org/2009/07/14/experiments-in-science-engagement-the-exquisit-corpse/comment-page-1/#comment-19013 Science’s exquisite corpse and other interesting science communication developments « FrogHeart Fri, 17 Jul 2009 18:59:25 +0000 http://2020science.org/?p=1932#comment-19013 [...] Andrew Maynard’s 2020 Science blog has been featuring an art/science exquisite corpse project by Tim Jones. Billed as an experiment in science engagement, Jones and his colleagues (at the Imperial College) have created videos of two  members of the public, a science communicator, and a scientist talking about a drawing they’ve each created that expresses what they each think is important abou science.  What you’ll see are the interviews, the pictures that the people drew, and an exquisite corpse of science, if you go here. [...] [...] Andrew Maynard’s 2020 Science blog has been featuring an art/science exquisite corpse project by Tim Jones. Billed as an experiment in science engagement, Jones and his colleagues (at the Imperial College) have created videos of two  members of the public, a science communicator, and a scientist talking about a drawing they’ve each created that expresses what they each think is important abou science.  What you’ll see are the interviews, the pictures that the people drew, and an exquisite corpse of science, if you go here. [...]

]]> By: Andréia Azevedo Soares http://2020science.org/2009/07/14/experiments-in-science-engagement-the-exquisit-corpse/comment-page-1/#comment-18858 Andréia Azevedo Soares Thu, 16 Jul 2009 05:41:19 +0000 http://2020science.org/?p=1932#comment-18858 Absolutely, Andrew. I couldn't find a better way to describe it: "the art of tapping into a person’s inner perceptions and really listening to them". Absolutely, Andrew. I couldn’t find a better way to describe it: “the art of tapping into a person’s inner perceptions and really listening to them”.

]]> By: Andrew Maynard http://2020science.org/2009/07/14/experiments-in-science-engagement-the-exquisit-corpse/comment-page-1/#comment-18802 Andrew Maynard Wed, 15 Jul 2009 18:45:09 +0000 http://2020science.org/?p=1932#comment-18802 Thanks Andréia, I'm constantly surprised at how sophisticated most people's grasp of what is important to them is - we tend to talk about things like science literacy and science communication, but the art of tapping into a person's inner perceptions and really listening to them is rarely mentioned. I think that's one thing that drew me to this technique. Thanks Andréia,

I’m constantly surprised at how sophisticated most people’s grasp of what is important to them is – we tend to talk about things like science literacy and science communication, but the art of tapping into a person’s inner perceptions and really listening to them is rarely mentioned. I think that’s one thing that drew me to this technique.

]]> By: The biggest science-art project in history? http://2020science.org/2009/07/14/experiments-in-science-engagement-the-exquisit-corpse/comment-page-1/#comment-18799 The biggest science-art project in history? Wed, 15 Jul 2009 18:27:38 +0000 http://2020science.org/?p=1932#comment-18799 [...] hyperbole there, but following up on the success of his Exquisite Corpse of Science project (see my previous post), Tim Jones is hatching an ambitious plan to create the world’s largest interconnected [...] [...] hyperbole there, but following up on the success of his Exquisite Corpse of Science project (see my previous post), Tim Jones is hatching an ambitious plan to create the world’s largest interconnected [...]

]]> By: The Exquisite Corpse of Science – Your Turn! – Zoonomian http://2020science.org/2009/07/14/experiments-in-science-engagement-the-exquisit-corpse/comment-page-1/#comment-18798 The Exquisite Corpse of Science – Your Turn! – Zoonomian Wed, 15 Jul 2009 17:49:23 +0000 http://2020science.org/?p=1932#comment-18798 [...] HISTORY.  The background posts are here and here, and Andrew Maynard discusses the project here at 2020science.org; read them to get up to speed. I’ve also attached the “Exquisite Corpse of [...] [...] HISTORY.  The background posts are here and here, and Andrew Maynard discusses the project here at 2020science.org; read them to get up to speed. I’ve also attached the “Exquisite Corpse of [...]

]]> By: Andréia Azevedo Soares http://2020science.org/2009/07/14/experiments-in-science-engagement-the-exquisit-corpse/comment-page-1/#comment-18793 Andréia Azevedo Soares Wed, 15 Jul 2009 17:09:53 +0000 http://2020science.org/?p=1932#comment-18793 I really enjoyed Tim Jones' (and colleagues) video. The amazing thing about communicating science is that, many times, you just need to encourage people themselves to convey *their* ideas. And then your mission, a difficult one, is to frame them elegantly. The beauty here, I believe, rests in the way those very ideas are embroidered one to another. Sewing ideas is to produce meaning. As humans, we are keen on gathering what is scattered, on pretending our intimate collection is a whole. But let me go back to the ideas of science. Since they are represented in words *and* drawings, we also get closer to the ways by which each interviewee grasps the world. As if we were probing their thoughts in progress. We don’t feel likely to judge their choices. We just grasp their differences or similarities and accept them as a whole. A whole heterogeneous. I really enjoyed Tim Jones’ (and colleagues) video. The amazing thing about communicating science is that, many times, you just need to encourage people themselves to convey *their* ideas. And then your mission, a difficult one, is to frame them elegantly.
The beauty here, I believe, rests in the way those very ideas are embroidered one to another. Sewing ideas is to produce meaning. As humans, we are keen on gathering what is scattered, on pretending our intimate collection is a whole.
But let me go back to the ideas of science. Since they are represented in words *and* drawings, we also get closer to the ways by which each interviewee grasps the world. As if we were probing their thoughts in progress. We don’t feel likely to judge their choices. We just grasp their differences or similarities and accept them as a whole. A whole heterogeneous.

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