This sounds like a very interesting conference. The organizers tell
me that they hope to do a podcast and will be posting reading lists
and excerpts from talks at http://www.curatingscience.com and
tweeting @curatingscience.
Karen
>Date: Thu, 31 Mar 2011 08:38:01 +0100
>From: Curating Science <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: Curating Science conference
>
>Dear all,
>
>We would like to draw your attention to our upcoming one-day
>conference, which we hope may be of interest to some of you.
>[Apologies for any cross-posting]
>
>Curating Science brings together curators and communicators from
>museums, galleries and new sites of engagement to explore the role
>of science in the exhibition.
>
>KINGSTON UNIVERSITY CURATING SCIENCE CONFERENCE
>Hosted by the Wellcome Trust
>Euston Road, London, NW1 2BE
>
>6 MAY 2011
>
>
>PROGRAMME (subject to change)
>10.00 - Registration
>
>10.15 Introduction
>Simon Ofield-Kerr, Dean, Faculty of Art and Design, Kingston University
>
>10.20 Intersections in Art, Science and Society
>Nicola Triscott, Director, The Arts Catalyst
>
>11.30 Strand 1: Exhibitions
>
>(11.30-12) Turning the Museum Inside Out: exploring the challenges of
>interfacing scientific research with public engagement at the Darwin Centre
>Louise Fitton, Senior Interpretation Developer, Natural History Museum
>
>(12-12.30) Good Conversations: exhibits to encourage dialogue and reflection
>Kat Nilsson, Contemporary Science Manager, Science Museum
>
>12.30-1pm Panel discussion
>Communicating science in the exhibition context
>
>1-2pm Lunch
>
>Strand 2: Emerging directions
>
>2:00 Introduction by Wellcome Collection curator (tbc)
>
>(2.15-2.45) Curating 'Lab Craft' : digital adventures in contemporary craft
>Max Fraser, Design Writer and Curator
>
>(2.45-3.15) Art-object/science-object: a narrative of curating
>Caterina Albano, Curator at Artakt and Fellow at CSM Innovation Centre
>
>(3.15-3.45) Curating Earth: art of a changing world
>Edith Devaney, Head of Summer Exhibition and Curator, Royal Academy
>
>(3.45-4.30pm) tbc
>
>(4.30-5.15pm) Discussion & close
>
>CONFERENCE WEBSITE http://www.curatingscience.com
>BOOK TICKETS http://curatingscience.eventbrite.com
>
>http://curatingscience.com/?cat=4 blog
--
Karen Reeds, PhD, FLS Visiting Scholar, History and Sociology of
Science, University of Pennsylvania
Princeton Research Forum http://www.princetonresearchforum.org/
Guest Curator, Come into a New World: Linnaeus & America Exhibition
American Swedish Historical Museum, Philadelphia, 2007
New Jersey State Museum, Trenton, NJ 2008
http://www.americanswedish.org/linnaeus.htm
Exhibition guide available from
http://www.dianepublishing.net/category_s/490.htm (p.4)
Guest Curator
"Call the Doctor! Call the Nurse!" History of Medicine in New Jersey, 1775-1975
The Cornelius Low House, the Middlesex County Museum, Piscataway NJ
http://www.co.middlesex.nj.us/culturalheritage/museum.asp
Exhibition on view: Tues-Fri, Sun, 1-4, May 2010--June 2011.
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