Fabrício, T.M.;
Pezzo, M.R.;
de Oliveira, A.J.A.;
(2022)
Exploring where science is made in an outdoor and digital museum in a Brazilian university.
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pp. 1-13.
10.14324/ RFA.06.1.10.
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Abstract
In conventional science museums, where collections are at the centre of activities, large financial contributions and staff are required, which results in their existence being unfeasible in many cases, especially in developing countries. We present an alternative proposal: a science centre called Knowledge Paths, which is, simultaneously, a virtual platform and an outdoor museum located on one of the campuses of the Federal University of São Carlos (UFSCar), Brazil. The project has a much lower cost than traditional institutions and presents itself as a possibility for mediation between different audiences and scientific knowledge. The approach used is supported by the theoretical framework from Educating Cities and science, technology, society (STS) education. The project proposes itineraries to be followed on campus, through signposts that, in addition to texts about great scientists and other thinkers, contain QR codes linking them to videos, other texts and supplementary materials related to the areas of knowledge associated with the marked places. The project also offers guided tours in which participants visit laboratories and other locations where science is made. The museum has two functioning itineraries: the Epistemological Trail, about history and the main characteristics of different areas of knowledge; and the Light Trail, which is aimed at children.
| Type: | Article |
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| Title: | Exploring where science is made in an outdoor and digital museum in a Brazilian university |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.14324/ RFA.06.1.10 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.14324/ RFA.06.1.10 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | © 2022, Tárcio Minto Fabrício, Mariana Rodrigues Pezzo and Adilson Jesus Aparecido de Oliveira. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Licence (CC BY) 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/, which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original authors and source are credited. |
| Keywords: | science museums, outdoor museum, virtual museum, knowledge dissemination, popularisation of science, STS education, Educating Cities, science education, public communication of science and technology, science engagement |
| URI: | https://discovery-pp.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10151809 |
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