Science Festival
On Wednesday 13 July we will be hosting a mini Science Festival. The festival is running from 4pm - 8pm across a number of rooms in the Arts Centre at the University of Warwick (Studio Theatre, Butterworth Hall, Ensemble Room and Helen Martin Studio) and is free to attend. Families and children are welcome. Tickets are FREE and booking is essential.
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Attractions
We're going to have a range of fun activities for kids and curious adults. We'll be featuring:
- Tactile Universe
- Experimenting with exoplanets
- SUN
- Creativity with solar physics (including SunSpaceArt)
- Solar observing experiences
- Coding with Sophie
- Embroidering solar quakes
- A visit to the Warwick planetarium
Food and drinks
An ice cream van will be parked in front of the Arts Centre from 5pm and there will be a few food outlets open on campus, including the Benugo restaurant.
Cinema screening
For the cinematic buffs we are hosting a viewing of Arrival in the evening, along with an introductory talk from Dr Amy Chambers (Manchester Metropolitan University) who will talk all about how science, scientists and the idea of habitability are depicted on the silver screen. This event is open to both conference delegates and members of the public, tickets for this event are available via the Warwick Arts Centre here!
Images of science on screen can have direct influence over how people understand scientific ideas, practices and ethics. In turn science in entertainment media can affect policy decisions, attitudes to real world science, and future scientists who have consumed and been inspired by science-based fiction. There is a changing culture of how science is viewed in entertainment and how it genuinely enhances a story and makes it more entertaining. Accurate science can create restrictions, but the process of working around and creatively through these problems can potentially lead to new and exciting stories and act as inspiration for 'new' science too. This talk considers how science shapes the stories that are told through entertainment media and the ways in which science-based fictions in turn influence and shape science.
