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Science Out of the Box: Executive Summary

Author: Jen Benoit-Bryan, PhD, October 10, 2019

To gain a deeper understanding of the young-adult population in the United States, help fill gaps in the current research picture, and identify potential public engagement mechanisms, the National Academy of Sciences LabX team partnered with Slover Linett Audience Research Inc. to design and conduct a targeted audience research study. This national survey investigated the interests, behaviors, and perceptions of young adults, both in relation to science and more broadly, to determine how (if...

Promoting the Arts to Full Partner: Closing Plenary Session at a2ru About the Role of the Arts in Higher Ed

Author: Peter Linett, November 10, 2018

Peter Linett moderated the closing panel discussion at the 2018 conference of the Alliance for the Arts in Research Universities (a2ru) in Athens, Georgia. He was joined by Emil Kang of Carolina Performing Arts and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Saralyn Reece Hardy of the Spencer Museum of Art, University of Kansas; and Garth Ross of Yale University. From the program description: We know how to raise money for gleaming new arts buildings that shine a spotlight on the arts on...

The Subjectivity Paradox – A Cultural Look at Adult Science Engagement

Author: Peter Linett, April 23, 2018

Using examples from live storytelling and comedy events, podcasts, and Hollywood, Linett argues that science communicators and educators need to embrace subjective modes of expression and participation in order—paradoxically enough—to make the objectivity and rigor of science accessible to the public. “Framing science as warm-blooded, personal, and therefore necessarily idiosyncratic is what allows nonexperts to get closer to it, identify with and enjoy it, and let it become part of how they...

CultureTrack 2017: Santa Fe Panel Discussion

Author: Peter Linett, January 23, 2018

Culture Track 2017 is the latest wave of LaPlaca Cohen’s influential, ongoing exploration of the attitudes, motivators, and barriers of cultural participants.Our friends at LaPlaca Cohen asked Peter Linett to moderate a panel discussion by cultural leaders about this year’s findings and their implications for the field. Panelist included Robert A. Kret, Director, Georgia O’Keeffe Museum; James Lujan, Department Chair of Cinematic Arts & Technology, Institute of American...

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