Tuesday, January 3, 2017

Re: [Yasmin_discussions] YASMIN discussion: how does STEAM improve the way that science and engineering is taught ?

I've been reading all of the excellent posts on this thread. Let's get to the question:

How does STEAM improve the way that science and engineering are taught ?

That is a big one. Any scientist or engineer who happens to have a side interest in
the arts, may indeed find discussions of art appropriate for their classes. But these
folks are rare, I am afraid, based on my experience with my science/engineering
colleagues.

A good start is inviting the scientist into the arts playground and put aside the focus on
technology. So, if you are an artist, ask a scientist how they interpret your work through
their way of seeing things. If you run a museum, invite the scientist to give a talk or
make comment on how the objects and space can be viewed from the sciences. With more
of this sort of activity, I hope that science and engineering can see value in the arts. Right
now, it barely moves the needle for most scientists teaching science. For those of us who
love the arts and the connections with science, we need to recognize that we are preaching
to the choir.

I've just posted something along these lines of Visiting Scientist here:

https://medium.com/creative-automata/scientists-knocking-at-cultures-door-c5ac8dad94c0#.5461imurf


-paul

Paul Fishwick, PhD
Distinguished University Chair of Arts, Technology, and Emerging Communication
Professor of Computer Science
Director, Creative Automata Laboratory
The University of Texas at Dallas
Arts & Technology
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Richardson, TX 75080-3021
Home: utdallas.edu/atec/fishwick
Blog 1: creative-automata.com
Blog 2: modelingforeveryone.com
LinkedIn: metaphorz
Twitter: @PaulFishwick


> On Jan 3, 2017, at 3:11 AM, Annick2 <anikburo@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Dear Yasminers,
>
> On behalf of Leonardo/Olats, I wish you all a wonderful year 2017.
> Regarding this discussion, I think you will be interested by this series of podcasts that I recorded with the artists and some of the scientists envolved in the FEAT project.
>
> FEAT stands for Future Emerging Art and Technology and it consists of having artists in residence in the science-technology european consortia FET / Future and Emerging Technology.
>
> I found very nurturing the way they discuss art-science relations, where the art lies and models of residencies and collaborations.
>
> Each of them is a bit long (around 30 minutes) but truly worth it. And I guess you could also use them, or some of them, in your teaching programmes.
>
> Enjoy !
>
> http://olats.org/feat/podcasts.php
>
>
> FEAT is a project Co-funded by the European Union
> Project website : http://featart.eu/
>
> Best
> Annick
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