{"id":59294,"date":"2022-11-24T10:01:09","date_gmt":"2022-11-24T10:01:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/about\/info\/course-and-conference-office\/?post_type=vf_event&#038;p=59294"},"modified":"2024-10-01T10:16:52","modified_gmt":"2024-10-01T09:16:52","slug":"sns19-01","status":"publish","type":"vf_event","link":"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/about\/info\/course-and-conference-office\/events\/sns19-01\/","title":{"rendered":"Science as storytelling: from facts to fictions"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>20TH EMBL Science and Society conference <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"vf-tabs\"><ul class=\"vf-tabs__list\" data-vf-js-tabs=\"true\"><li class=\"vf-tabs__item\"><a class=\"vf-tabs__link\" href=\"#vf-tabs__section-53de8397-0f08-449c-b4a4-0fdca47249f2\" data-vf-js-location-nearest-activation-target=\"\">Overview<\/a><\/li><li class=\"vf-tabs__item\"><a class=\"vf-tabs__link\" href=\"#vf-tabs__section-311a4dae-4712-45c4-bb7c-83f569003b70\" data-vf-js-location-nearest-activation-target=\"\">Speakers<\/a><\/li><li class=\"vf-tabs__item\"><a class=\"vf-tabs__link\" href=\"#vf-tabs__section-88113a31-4a51-4c85-a47e-d124b3842495\" data-vf-js-location-nearest-activation-target=\"\">Programme<\/a><\/li><\/ul><div class=\"vf-tabs-content\" data-vf-js-tabs-content=\"true\">\n<section class=\"vf-tabs__section\" id=\"vf-tabs__section-53de8397-0f08-449c-b4a4-0fdca47249f2\"><h2 class=\"vf-u-sr-only\">Overview<\/h2>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Conference Overview<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>In this meeting we will explore the role of narrative in the communication of science. If scientists are prone to see \u2018storytelling\u2019 as having ambiguous connotations, the narrative format of communication is more or less taken for granted when science is being communicated to non-expert audiences. Narratives are ideal devices for facilitating comprehension, interest and engagement. Narratives are intrinsically persuasive, which offers science communicators their privileged means for captivating and influencing&nbsp;audiences.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Science communicators, whatever the medium they work with, texts, lectures, documentary films, museum exhibitions, etc., are the real masters of wrapping content borrowed from science into stimulating eye-opening narratives. In the postwar period, science communication evolved into a distinct professional&nbsp;field in its own right, encompassing a variety of communication expertise. The main actors are science journalists, science writers, and science educators, but also, increasingly professional scientists who feel motivated to reach out to help improve public understanding of science and to popularise it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Furthermore, what does narrative in contemporary fiction have to say about&nbsp;the human dimension of science? Are its practitioners villains or heroes, stereotypes or multidimensional characters? Has fictional portraying of science in divers media given rise to new narrative forms? What could be their role in science communication? Can a novel, film or play make science more approachable or facilitate understanding of ethical questions or arouse curiosity about scientific concepts?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Session Topics<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The place of narrative in science<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>How we do science, publish science and communicate science<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Science as a source of literary narratives<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Science as a source of narratives in entertainment media<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>For more information about previous meetings in this series please check&nbsp;<br>the&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.embl.de\/aboutus\/science_society\/conferences\/index.html\">Science and Society Website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"vf-tabs__section\" id=\"vf-tabs__section-311a4dae-4712-45c4-bb7c-83f569003b70\"><h2 class=\"vf-u-sr-only\">Speakers<\/h2>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">  Keynote Speakers <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"embl-grid\"><div><!--[vf\/content]-->\n<div class=\"vf-content\">\n\n<article class=\"vf-profile vf-profile--very-easy vf-profile--medium vf-profile--block | vf-u-margin__bottom--400\">\n\n    <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"115\" height=\"135\" src=\"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/about\/info\/course-and-conference-office\/wp-content\/uploads\/Carroll.jpg\" class=\"vf-profile__image\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" itemprop=\"image\" \/>\n    <h3 class=\"vf-profile__title\" style=\"text-align: center;\">\n                    Sean Carroll            <\/h3>\n    \n                <p class=\"vf-profile__text\" style=\"text-align: center;\">\n                University of Wisconsin-Madison            <\/p>\n                <p class=\"vf-profile__text\" style=\"text-align: center;\">\n                USA            <\/p>\n    \n    \n      \n\n    \n<\/article>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div><!--[vf\/content]-->\n<div class=\"vf-content\">\n\n<article class=\"vf-profile vf-profile--very-easy vf-profile--medium vf-profile--block | vf-u-margin__bottom--400\">\n\n    <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"115\" height=\"135\" src=\"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/about\/info\/course-and-conference-office\/wp-content\/uploads\/Harman.jpg\" class=\"vf-profile__image\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" itemprop=\"image\" \/>\n    <h3 class=\"vf-profile__title\" style=\"text-align: center;\">\n                    Oren Harman            <\/h3>\n    \n                <p class=\"vf-profile__text\" style=\"text-align: center;\">\n                Bar Ilan University            <\/p>\n                <p class=\"vf-profile__text\" style=\"text-align: center;\">\n                Israel            <\/p>\n    \n    \n      \n\n    \n<\/article>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div><!--[vf\/content]-->\n<div class=\"vf-content\">\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Speakers<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"embl-grid\"><div><!--[vf\/content]-->\n<div class=\"vf-content\">\n\n<article class=\"vf-profile vf-profile--very-easy vf-profile--medium vf-profile--block | vf-u-margin__bottom--400\">\n\n    <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"115\" height=\"135\" src=\"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/about\/info\/course-and-conference-office\/wp-content\/uploads\/Campos.jpg\" class=\"vf-profile__image\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" itemprop=\"image\" \/>\n    <h3 class=\"vf-profile__title\" style=\"text-align: center;\">\n                    Liliane Campos            <\/h3>\n    \n                <p class=\"vf-profile__text\" style=\"text-align: center;\">\n                Sorbonne Nouvelle \u2013 Paris 3            <\/p>\n                <p class=\"vf-profile__text\" style=\"text-align: center;\">\n                France            <\/p>\n    \n    \n      \n\n    \n<\/article>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div><!--[vf\/content]-->\n<div class=\"vf-content\">\n\n<article class=\"vf-profile vf-profile--very-easy vf-profile--medium vf-profile--block | vf-u-margin__bottom--400\">\n\n    <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"115\" height=\"135\" src=\"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/about\/info\/course-and-conference-office\/wp-content\/uploads\/Dahlstrom.jpg\" class=\"vf-profile__image\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" itemprop=\"image\" \/>\n    <h3 class=\"vf-profile__title\" style=\"text-align: center;\">\n                    Michael Dahlstrom            <\/h3>\n    \n                <p class=\"vf-profile__text\" style=\"text-align: center;\">\n                Iowa State University            <\/p>\n                <p class=\"vf-profile__text\" style=\"text-align: center;\">\n                 USA            <\/p>\n    \n    \n      \n\n    \n<\/article>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div><!--[vf\/content]-->\n<div class=\"vf-content\">\n\n<article class=\"vf-profile vf-profile--very-easy vf-profile--medium vf-profile--block | vf-u-margin__bottom--400\">\n\n    <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"115\" height=\"135\" src=\"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/about\/info\/course-and-conference-office\/wp-content\/uploads\/Kirby.jpg\" class=\"vf-profile__image\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" itemprop=\"image\" \/>\n    <h3 class=\"vf-profile__title\" style=\"text-align: center;\">\n                    David Kirby            <\/h3>\n    \n                <p class=\"vf-profile__text\" style=\"text-align: center;\">\n                California Polytechnic State University            <\/p>\n                <p class=\"vf-profile__text\" style=\"text-align: center;\">\n                USA            <\/p>\n    \n    \n      \n\n    \n<\/article>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"embl-grid\"><div><!--[vf\/content]-->\n<div class=\"vf-content\">\n\n<article class=\"vf-profile vf-profile--very-easy vf-profile--medium vf-profile--block | vf-u-margin__bottom--400\">\n\n    <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"115\" height=\"135\" src=\"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/about\/info\/course-and-conference-office\/wp-content\/uploads\/Kupferschmidt.jpg\" class=\"vf-profile__image\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" itemprop=\"image\" \/>\n    <h3 class=\"vf-profile__title\" style=\"text-align: center;\">\n                    Kai Kupferschmidt            <\/h3>\n    \n                <p class=\"vf-profile__text\" style=\"text-align: center;\">\n                Science Magazine\/ S\u00fcddeutsche Zeitung            <\/p>\n                <p class=\"vf-profile__text\" style=\"text-align: center;\">\n                Germany            <\/p>\n    \n    \n      \n\n    \n<\/article>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div><!--[vf\/content]-->\n<div class=\"vf-content\">\n\n<article class=\"vf-profile vf-profile--very-easy vf-profile--medium vf-profile--block | vf-u-margin__bottom--400\">\n\n    <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"115\" height=\"135\" 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Morgan            <\/h3>\n    \n                <p class=\"vf-profile__text\" style=\"text-align: center;\">\n                London School of Economics and Political Science            <\/p>\n                <p class=\"vf-profile__text\" style=\"text-align: center;\">\n                UK            <\/p>\n    \n    \n      \n\n    \n<\/article>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div><!--[vf\/content]-->\n<div class=\"vf-content\">\n\n<article class=\"vf-profile vf-profile--very-easy vf-profile--medium vf-profile--block | vf-u-margin__bottom--400\">\n\n    <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"115\" height=\"135\" src=\"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/about\/info\/course-and-conference-office\/wp-content\/uploads\/Rohn.jpg\" class=\"vf-profile__image\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" itemprop=\"image\" \/>\n    <h3 class=\"vf-profile__title\" style=\"text-align: center;\">\n                    Jennifer Rohn            <\/h3>\n    \n                <p class=\"vf-profile__text\" style=\"text-align: center;\">\n      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style=\"text-align: center;\">\n                Germany            <\/p>\n    \n    \n      \n\n    \n<\/article>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div><!--[vf\/content]-->\n<div class=\"vf-content\">\n\n<article class=\"vf-profile vf-profile--very-easy vf-profile--medium vf-profile--block | vf-u-margin__bottom--400\">\n\n    <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"115\" height=\"135\" src=\"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/about\/info\/course-and-conference-office\/wp-content\/uploads\/Rorth.jpg\" class=\"vf-profile__image\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" itemprop=\"image\" \/>\n    <h3 class=\"vf-profile__title\" style=\"text-align: center;\">\n                    Pernille R\u00f8rth            <\/h3>\n    \n                <p class=\"vf-profile__text\" style=\"text-align: center;\">\n                Novelist            <\/p>\n                <p class=\"vf-profile__text\" style=\"text-align: center;\">\n                UK            <\/p>\n    \n    \n      \n\n    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class=\"embl-grid\"><div><!--[vf\/content]-->\n<div class=\"vf-content\">\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div><!--[vf\/content]-->\n<div class=\"vf-content\">\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div><!--[vf\/content]-->\n<div class=\"vf-content\">\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"embl-grid\"><div><!--[vf\/content]-->\n<div class=\"vf-content\">\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div><!--[vf\/content]-->\n<div class=\"vf-content\">\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div><!--[vf\/content]-->\n<div class=\"vf-content\">\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Conference Organisers<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"embl-grid\"><div><!--[vf\/content]-->\n<div class=\"vf-content\">\n\n<article class=\"vf-profile vf-profile--very-easy vf-profile--medium vf-profile--block | vf-u-margin__bottom--400\">\n\n    <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"115\" height=\"130\" src=\"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/about\/info\/course-and-conference-office\/wp-content\/uploads\/hohmann_lea.jpg\" class=\"vf-profile__image\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" itemprop=\"image\" \/>\n    <h3 class=\"vf-profile__title\" style=\"text-align: center;\">\n                    Lea Hohmann            <\/h3>\n    \n                <p class=\"vf-profile__text\" style=\"text-align: center;\">\n                EMBL Heidelberg            <\/p>\n                <p class=\"vf-profile__text\" style=\"text-align: center;\">\n                Germany            <\/p>\n    \n    \n      \n\n    \n<\/article>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div><!--[vf\/content]-->\n<div class=\"vf-content\">\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div><!--[vf\/content]-->\n<div class=\"vf-content\">\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"vf-tabs__section\" id=\"vf-tabs__section-88113a31-4a51-4c85-a47e-d124b3842495\"><h2>Programme<\/h2>\n<p 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