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2004-2005 Weekly Series of Brown Bag Lunch Conversations
Spring Semester
"Science's Audiences"
Interdisciplinary conversations intended to promote communication
between and among those in natural science and humanities/social
science. Our goal is to provide a forum to know about each other's
work, to discuss topics and methodological problems common to several
fields, and thus promote interdisciplinary projects on campus. Past
Brown Bag series have evolved through musings on metonymy and metaphor,
to the meaning of metrics, meaning, noise and information.
Brown Bag (BB) continues spring semester with our conversation
on: Science’s Audiences. Last semester participants wondered
about the differences between reflecting on and doing science.
Part of this semester’s conversations will attempt to address
that question with a little experiment in format. We have asked
three
research labs in the fields of developmental biology, bio-inorganic
chemistry and laser physics to host a session where BB participants
visit and are involved in some regular activity in a research
lab. These BB participants will then report on their experience
at the
following BB session. The lab visit will take place during a
regular timeslot for BB, Fridays 2:15-3:15 (give or take a bit)
and then
participants and anyone interested will meet the following week
at the Multicultural Center to discuss the participants' experience
with doing science. In addition to this new format, we
have a wonderfully diverse series of speakers, so please come
join us at our new time,
2:15pm, in the Multicultural Center, as participant or audience.
All are welcome to join us
for this series of discussions, Fridays, 2:15-3:30pm, at
the
Multicultural Center (229 Roberts Road).
Contact Sharon Burgmayer or Paula
Viterbo or Wil Franklin for
additional information.
**Note the new time for this semester!**
On Line
Forum for continuing discussion
Link to poster image
Archive of Prior Conversations
- Fall
2004: "Science's Audiences"
- Spring
2004: "Information, Meaning, and Noise: What's
the Difference?"
- Fall
2003: "What Counts?--Measuring Ourselves and
the World"
- Spring
2003: "The Science of Culture/The Culture of
Science"
- Fall
2002: "The Culture of Science"
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Sharon Burgmayer, "Bridges"
For an exhibit of Sharon's paintings see Transformation
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Introductory PowerPoint Presentation
Jan. 28
| Paul Grobstein (Biology)
| Thinking About Science: Evolving Stories
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Feb. 4
| Susan White (Chemistry)
| Why Teach Molecular Biology in Africa?
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Feb. 11
| Ted Wong (Biology)
| The Long Journey of a Simple Biological Model
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Feb. 18
| Hiroshi Iwasaki (Theater Program)
| Who's Watching? – Imaginary Dialogues
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Feb. 25
| Tom Deans (Haverford, Director of College Writing)
| Writing Across Contexts: Audience and Genre |
March 4
| Al Dorof (Public Affairs), Dorothy Wright (Science & Technology
Newsletter - science journalist),
Ruth Guyer (Haverford, General Studies - science journalist)
| Bridging the Two Cultures: Communicating Science to the
Media
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March 11
| SPRING BREAK
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March 18
| Lab visits
| Lab
visits
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March 25
| Reports and discussion of lab visits
| Reports
and discussion of lab lisits
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April 1
| Paul Grobstein (Biology), Elliott Shore (History),
Paula Viterbo (History of Science)
| Memory, History, and the Brain II. Whence Nostalgia and
the Constraints on Stories? |
April 8
| Scott Gilbert (Swarthmore, Biology)
| The Human Embryo and its Popular Audience: Fictions and
Fetuses
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April 15
| Laura Blankenship (Information Services)
| Blogging Science: How Science Gets Spun in the Blogosphere
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April 22
| Karen Greif (Biology)
| Science and Civic Policy |
April 29
| Anne Dalke (English and Feminist Studies), Al Albano (Physics),
Amy Bug (Swarthmore, Physics)
| What’s New in Gender and Science? |
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