Scientific Art - Reflecting on a Science City: a proposal for a Partnership in Public Engagement in the West Midlands Region.

科学艺术 - 反思科学城：西米德兰兹地区公众参与伙伴关系提案。

• 批准号: EP/I001395/1
• 负责人: Pamela Thomas
• 金额: $ 2.55万
• 依托单位: University of Warwick
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Research Grant
• 财政年份: 2010
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2010 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=EP%2FI001395%2F1
• 关键词: Scientific; Art; Reflecting; Science; City

We propose to implement and extend a Scientific Art competition to spark a meaningful and targeted public engagement process. The science and ethos underlying this bid is defined by the 'Birmingham Science City' (BSC) project, which was initiated by our current Prime Minister Gordon Brown MP when he designated 6 Science Cities in 2005. As a result, the Regional Development Agency, Advantage West Midlands (AWM), was in receipt of a large grant, which it chose to invest (since 2007) in the capital research infrastructure of the region within the two Russell-group research-intensive universities, Birmingham (UB) and Warwick (UW). The big-picture is the ambition to make the West Midlands region a major hub for science, technology and innovation on the world-stage with the cultural, educational and economic benefits to the people of the region that will follow. By combining AWM's funding with investment from the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF), it has been possible to invest across three major Themes: Advanced Materials (20M), Energy Futures (17M) and Translational Medicine (20M) in UB/UW. The PI is the Research Director of these projects for the two universities. Crucially, the appreciation by the public of the importance of Science in our every-day lives, is a major outcome of the wider BSC programme, which has the motto Ideas for Life . Public engagement activity is a key element of the overall Science City package; hence the willingness of BSC to partner with us in this proposal.The scientific research encapsulated by the three Themes is some of the most visually inspiring of all science. The 80 or so researchers who work directly within the Science City projects on these themes at UW and UB will be contacted and asked to submit entries to the SciArt competition. The scope of the call will cover photographs, graphical depictions of results of simulations or experiments, micrographs or even pages from notebooks. The criterion by which SciArt entries will be judged is: the images must be visually striking with artistic merit independent of their scientific interest, however the story behind the picture , the technical expertise and scientific merit will also be taken into consideration. shortlisted entries by Nick Barker and Ally Caldecote.The six winning images, produced as professional posters, will be exhibited , as part of the British Festival of Science, which is to be hosted in Birmingham in September 2010. Science City Research Fellows will contribute their time to staff the exhibition, explaining the science behind the images, and the impact of that science, to the members of the public who attend it. A composite poster will be constructed from the six images by a graphic designer and this will be mailed to 500 schools for Year 6 with an example lesson plan suggesting how it could be integrated into their regular classroom activities. We expect responses in the form of prose, poems, pictures, photographs, and possibly even experiments of their own .These responses will be judged in the SciArt schools competition with a prize ceremony hosted in prominent venue, to be decided in consultation with partner Birmingham City Council, in December. Most importantly, Teaching Fellows based in Chemistry and Physics will proactively engage with schools in Delivering the Science behind the images through their regular visits to school classes at all stages of the education process, and across the full range of socio-economic backgrounds and through working on curriculum-based material to be delivered both on-site and more widely via the web. Visits to UB/UW to experience experiments connected to the images will be hosted as a follow-up. The final output will be a calendar for 2011 featuring the 6 winning images and 6 winning school responses - the aim is to distribute this at no charge to participating schools and to sell it at a commercial rate to other interested parties.

我们建议实施并扩大科学艺术竞赛，以激发有意义且有针对性的公众参与过程。这一申办背后的科学和精神由“伯明翰科学城”(BSC) 项目定义，该项目由现任总理戈登·布朗议员发起，当时他于 2005 年指定了 6 个科学城。因此，区域发展局、 Advantage West Midlands (AWM) 收到了一大笔赠款，选择将其投资（自 2007 年起）用于该地区两所罗素集团研究密集型大学内的资本研究基础设施，伯明翰 (UB) 和沃里克 (UW)。总体目标是使西米德兰兹地区成为世界舞台上科学、技术和创新的主要中心，并为该地区人民带来文化、教育和经济利益。通过将 AWM 的资金与欧洲区域发展基金 (ERDF) 的投资相结合，可以对 UB/UW 的三个主要主题进行投资：先进材料 (20M)、能源期货 (1700 万) 和转化医学 (2000 万)。 PI 是两所大学这些项目的研究总监。至关重要的是，公众对科学在我们日常生活中的重要性的认识是更广泛的 BSC 计划的主要成果，该计划的座右铭是“生命的创意”。公众参与活动是整个科学城计划的一个关键要素；因此，BSC 愿意在这项提案中与我们合作。这三个主题所包含的科学研究是所有科学中最具视觉启发性的研究之一。我们将联系威斯康星大学和布法罗大学直接在科学城项目中就这些主题开展工作的 80 名左右研究人员，并要求他们向 SciArt 竞赛提交参赛作品。通话范围将涵盖照片、模拟或实验结果的图形描述、显微照片甚至笔记本页面。 SciArt 参赛作品的评审标准是：图像必须具有视觉冲击力，具有独立于其科学兴趣的艺术价值，但图片背后的故事、技术专长和科学价值也将被考虑在内。 Nick Barker 和 Ally Caldecote 的入围作品。六幅获奖作品将作为专业海报制作，作为将于 2010 年 9 月在伯明翰举办的英国科学节的一部分展出。科学城研究人员将贡献他们的作品是时候为展览配备工作人员，向参加展览的公众解释图像背后的科学以及该科学的影响。一名平面设计师将根据这六张图像制作一张合成海报，并将其邮寄给 500 所六年级学校，并附有一个示例课程计划，建议如何将其融入到他们的常规课堂活动中。我们期望以散文、诗歌、图片、照片的形式做出回应，甚至可能是他们自己的实验。这些回应将在科学艺术学校竞赛中进行评判，并在显眼的地点举行颁奖典礼，具体结果将与合作伙伴伯明翰协商决定市议会，十二月。最重要的是，化学和物理专业的教学人员将通过在教育过程的各个阶段定期访问学校课堂，跨越各种社会经济背景，并通过工作，积极与学校合作，传递图像背后的科学知识。基于课程的材料将在现场提供并通过网络更广泛地提供。作为后续活动，我们将参观布法罗大学/华盛顿大学，体验与图像相关的实验。最终输出将是 2011 年日历，其中包含 6 张获奖图像和 6 个获奖学校的回应 - 目的是免费将其分发给参与学校，并以商业价格出售给其他感兴趣的各方。