Documentation of the Talks - Outlines and Summaries
ESF SCSS Exploratory Workshop:
Putting Science on the Air in Europe, 1920s to 1980s
Berlin (Germany), 3-5 May 2012
Is History of Science Prepared for Science on the Air?
Introduction
I. Histories of Radio and Television
- Changing structures in European radio broadcasting - Jürg Häusermann
- Media histories of Eastern Europe - Tomasz Goban-Klas
II. Historiographical trends in science communication
- The popularization of ideology and the ideology of popularization: Issues related to the History of Science - Kostas Gavroglu
- Linking the history of science popularization with the history of journalism! A research note. - Markus Lehmkuhl
Exploring the European Perspectives of Science on the Air
III. British vs. French models of science on the air
- The BBC, scientific intellectuals and the British public, 1930-1950 - Ralph Desmarais
- Horizon and the Origins of British Science Television - Timothy Boon
- Science and the media: Modern tools for a modern France, 1950-1975 - Andrée Bergeron
- Science in the air: Which questions with which methods? - Daniel Raichvarg
IV. German vs. Eastern European models of science on the air
- Popular science as a cultural dispositif - Arne Schirrmacher
- Science, Culture and Tradition in Polish Radio Broadcasting during the Interwar Period - Leszek Zasztowt
- From Science theatre to science on the air in Hungary - Gabor Pallo
V. Centre and Periphery – did it matter for mediatisation of science?
- Discourses of historical actors around the possibilities of using radio to enhance Portuguese people's literacy - Ana Paula Silva
- "Stay away! But come and see!" Scientific nationalism in "peripheral" countries in paleoanthropology and archaeology - Oliver Hochadel
- Late or early? Media adoption for science communication in the periphery - Faidra Papanelopoulou
VI. From independent amateur radio science to authoritarian propaganda
- Félix Rodríguez de la Fuente’s cross-platform broadcasting of nature in a context of social, political and cultural transformation in Spain, 1962-1980 - Carlos Tabernero
- The Soviet documentary film as a model for Eastern Europe - Barbara Wurm
- Screening science, producing the nation: Popular science programs on Israeli television - Merav Katz-Kimchi
Historical Lessons on Media and Science Understanding
VII. Media changes, changes of genre
- Science popularization in Spanish film and TV - Nestor Herran
VIII. Science understanding in context
- The Uses of Popular Science - Peter Bowler
- Science popularization as cultural hegemony: From dictatorship to democracy - Agustí Nieto-Galan
IX. Next Steps
Scientific Report to the ESF (download)