Sissa Medialab: meetingthrough media?

Paolo Budinich and Abdus Salam, 1960

ICTP, SISSA, Electra, ICGEB, Area science park, Third World Academy of Science, …

Immaginario Scientifico Science centre

First pre-print archive

Master in science communication

Margherita Hack, astrophysicist

Pros

Real scientists working with children (boys and girls)

Discovering nature (mini-scientists)

Many products, broad distribution

High quality: awards received

Cons

No participatory planning

No social inclusion as an explicit goal

No evaluation

Pros

Presenting scientific institutions in town

Real stories of real scientists

All children 8-11 (in Trieste) involved as a target

Bilingual

Cons

No real support from the Municipality

No control of impacts

No evaluation

The new project:A magazine created WITH the children

To discover the scientific institutions in town

CERTAINTIES

Children (10-14) as journalists

Many media involved (audio, video, etc.)

OPEN QUESTIONS

Where?Brokers?

Online and/or paper?Final exhibition?

Excluded?

Historical minorities:SlovenesSerbsGreeksJews(and more)

Recent immigration:ChinaAfrica

Other East countries

Ricreatori comunali di Trieste= 14 municipality centres for entertainment (lit.)

Coming soon!