Tu 28.05.2019 (18:00 – 21:00)
Top Space: Schillerpromenade 4, 12049
For the second workshop and meetup in the Creativity and Neuroscience series we delve into creative methods to communicate our often specific stories and concepts.
The evening will consist of 2 parts:
1) Russel Hodge, science communicator will give a talk on:
“How to see a ghost, think like a molecule, and communicate science.”
2) Our social speed-meeting the neurosci-art community to encourage collaboration!
Location: >top, Schillerpromenade 4, 12049 Berlin, Germany
Time: 6-9pm
About Russ:
In over two decades as a science writer, Russ Hodge has witnessed “the good, the bad, and the completely ridiculous” sides of science and its practitioners. Besides being a diplomat trying to negotiate new boundaries between science, humor, and art, Russ is one of Europe’s most respected science communicators and teachers. In 1997 he was plucked from a peaceful existence as a writer and musician to launch the Office of Information and Public Affairs at EMBL, helping shape it into one of the most respected centers of public outreach for molecular biology in the world. He currently works as science writer at the Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine in Berlin. He has written thousands of articles, dozens of journalistic reports for institutes across Europe, and published 8 books on science. He is a co-author on 7 original scientific papers, has written highly successful international grants, and most recently written and illustrated a children’s book on evolution. Alongside humorous pieces on his blog, he is carrying out important work on the theory, practice and didactics of science communication.
His blog can be found at www.goodsciencewriting.wordpress.com.
The most crucial entries for EDGE concern his novel concept of “ghosts”: https://goodsciencewriting.wordpress.com/2018/03/25/a-dialog-on-ghosts-and-models-in-science/
and a more in-depth look at:
https://goodsciencewriting.wordpress.com/ghosts-models-and-meaning/
and be sure to check out his “Molecular biology cartoons” series:
https://goodsciencewriting.wordpress.com/category/molecular-biology-cartoons/
and his “Trump” series
https://goodsciencewriting.wordpress.com/category/trump/
About >top:
An association for the Promotion of Cultural Practice, >top has been operating in Berlin since June 2002. Our members are artists, researchers and activists, whose activities range from individual research to curating project space to international collaboration. Our infrastructure supports projects that pursue an interdisciplinary approach, support international exchange or deal with non-commercial attitudes. This includes, but is not limited to, a project space, a biolab, and a web server.
About EDGE:
We are international group of artist-scientists, a community, with a keen interest, and varied perspectives on the intersections between art and neuroscience.
Our summer multi-media exhibition is at the heart of what EDGE is, showing art from and about neuroscience held the last week of July. We aim to share the beauty of our nervous system and to bridge the divide between the lab and the outside world.