Informal Learning And Scholarship In Science And Society: A Multi-Disciplinary Workshop On Scientific Creativity And Societal Responsibility

这次在亚利桑那州立大学举行的会议是一项早期活动，灵感来自即将到来的2016 - 2018年玛丽·雪莱的《弗兰肯斯坦——或现代普罗米修斯》的构思、写作和出版200周年纪念。这本书，以及随后制作的几十部电影，给研究人员和公民带来了两个世纪以来一直存在的问题，在今天仍然具有相关性。——我们是如何从一个玛丽·雪莱（Mary Shelley）可以在死动物身上观看公开演示的世界，变成了一个在教室里解剖动物不受欢迎，但通过国际合成生物学竞赛（iGEM）创造新生命形式却受到庆祝的世界？-文学、艺术和其他文化对科学和工程的描绘如何启发和影响STEM研究？-当代科学家和工程师需要采取哪些步骤才能以负责任的方式进行他们的创新活动？——普通公民在科学技术决策中扮演什么角色？-我们如何理解创造力和责任之间的广泛关系？这次会议汇集了美国和国际非正式科学教育工作者和研究科学、技术和社会（STS）相互作用各个方面的多学科学者。这个团队由自然和社会科学家、工程师、博物馆专业人员(波士顿科学博物馆（MOS）；明尼苏达科学博物馆（SMM），艺术家和人文学者将开始制定计划，制作展览，教育项目和示范，小说和非小说写作比赛，表演，以及探索科学教育，道德和艺术的课程。一个总体目标是建立一个过程，可以创建一个国家和全球合作者网络，以规划世界范围内的项目，并在200周年之后建立新的研究人员专业合作。这次研讨会是一个可能更大的倡议的第一步，对于公众参与当代科学和社会问题，以及刺激对这些问题的新的跨学科研究来说，都可能具有重要意义。

This conference at Arizona State University is an early-stage activity inspired by the upcoming 2016 - 2018 bicentennial of the conception, writing and publication of Mary Shelley's "Frankenstein - or The Modern Prometheus." That book, and the dozens of films produced subsequently, have provoked questions for researchers and citizens that have endured for two centuries and are relevant today. - How have we gone from a world in which Mary Shelley could watch public demonstrations of voltaic power on dead animals to one in which the dissection of animals in classrooms is frowned upon, but the creation of new life forms via an international synthetic biology competition (iGEM) is celebrated?- How do literary, artistic and other cultural portrayals of science and engineering inspire and inflect STEM research?- What steps do contemporary scientists and engineers need to take in order to proceed with their innovative activity in a responsible fashion?- What role do lay citizens have in making decisions about science and technology?- How can we understand the broad relationship between creativity and responsibility? The convening brings together a USA and international group of educators in informal science education and multi-disciplinary scholars who study various aspects of the interactions of science, technology and society (STS). This team of natural and social scientists, engineers, museum professionals (Museum of Science, Boston (MOS); Science Museum of Minnesota (SMM)), artists and humanities scholars will begin to formulate plans for producing exhibits, educational programs and demonstrations, fiction and nonfiction writing contests, performances, and curricula that explore science education, ethics and artistry. An overarching goal is to establish a process that could create a national and global network of collaborators to plan programs worldwide and establish new professional collaborations of researchers beyond the bicentennial.The workshop, a first step toward a possible larger initiative, could be significant both for the public's engagement with contemporary issues of science and society and for stimulating new inter-disciplinary research on such issues.