I hope to have more details on Sunday's Communicating Science in a Religious America panel later this week and there will also be several media reports forthcoming. The turnout was stunning with the room packed, people sitting on the floor and crowding the doors. As discussion and dialogue took place over the three hours, it was clear that the diversity of perspectives really helped generate a feeling of unity and strong community in the room. A staffer from the Royal Society UK even talked to me afterwards about organizing something similar at a future meeting in London.
A few bloggers who were in attendance have already weighed in.
See the report from Mary Miller of The Exploratorium and what fellow SciBling Bioephemera has to say:
My favorite event Sunday - indeed of the whole conference - was a symposium, "Communicating Science in a Religious America," organized by Scibling Matthew Nisbet at Framing Science. The entire 3-hour session was filled to capacity, with people peering in from the hall and sitting in the aisles. The quality of presentations was universally high - the focus here was on communication, and the presenters appear to know whereof they spoke, especially that humor helps the message go down.
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Hi,
do you know if there are any recordings available off the net ?
Posted by: negentropyeater | February 22, 2008 5:50 PM
Also, what are your reactions to Miller's proposal to re-utilise the word design in connection with evolutionary processes, "design is real, but it emerges from evolution".
http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/audio/2008/feb/19/james.randerson.aaas
Is this what you call "framing Science" ?
I've been posting a few thoughts over at Pharyngula, would be nice to hear your comments (Reclaiming Design ?).
Posted by: negentropyeater | February 22, 2008 6:00 PM