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。这本书，以及随后制作的几十部电影，引发了研究人员和公民的问题，这些问题已经持续了两个世纪，今天仍然有意义。--在这个世界里，玛丽·雪莱可以观看公众展示动物身体身上的伏特能，但人们不赞成在教室里解剖动物，而是庆祝通过国际合成生物学竞赛(IGEM)创造新的生命形式。--文学、艺术和其他对科学和工程的文化描绘如何激励和影响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继续他们的创新活动？--普通人在科学和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规科学教育领域的教育工作者和研究科学、技术和社会(STS)相互作用的各个方面的多学科学者。这个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))、艺术家和人文学者组成的团队将开始制定计划，以制作展品、教育节目和演示、小说和非小说写作竞赛、表演和探索科学教育、伦理和艺术性的课程。一个总体目标是建立一个过程，可以创建一个全国和全球的合作者网络，在世界各地规划项目，并在两年期之后建立新的研究人员专业合作。研讨会是朝着可能的更大倡议迈出的第一步，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.