Creative communication – using poetry and games to generate dialogue between scientists and non‐scientists

AbstractScience communication is often perceived as an opportunity for scientists to broadcast their expertise and knowledge to a general public, so that this lay audience might better understand a specific field of study. However, in order for science to be made more accessible, science communication initiatives need to move away from this one ‐way discourse aimed at an unrealistically homogenous public. Instead science communicators need to consider how best to engage multiple audiences in a two‐way communication that can both inform research governance and lead to the co‐creation of new knowledge. In this article, I discuss how po etry and tabletop games provide two media through which scientists can engage non‐scientists in meaningful dialogue, helping to address a scientist’s social responsibility and diversify science in the process.

Source: FEBS Letters - July 28, 2020 Category: Biochemistry Authors: Sam Illingworth Tags: THE SCIENTISTS ’ FORUM Source Type: research