Massimiano Bucchi: Catalogue data in Spring Semester 2020 |
Name | Prof. Dr. Massimiano Bucchi |
Address | Charlotte Meisner Clausiusstrasse 59, RZ H 12 8092 Zürich SWITZERLAND |
Department | Humanities, Social and Political Sciences |
Relationship | Visiting Professor |
Number | Title | ECTS | Hours | Lecturers | |
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851-0109-00L | Public Images of Science | 3 credits | 2V | M. Bucchi | |
Abstract | The course will analize in a historical and sociological approach the public images of science and scientists and their major changes. | ||||
Objective | In particular, we will explore the following subjects: the role of the visual element in the communication of science and its public representation; the role of ‘visible scientists’, with particular consideration of Nobel Prize winners; events and affairs that have shaped the public perception of science and the relationship between science and society. | ||||
Content | The course will analize in a historical and sociological approach the public images of science and scientists and their major changes. In particular, we will explore the following subjects: the role of the visual element in the communication of science and its public representation; the role of ‘visible scientists’, with particular consideration of Nobel Prize winners; events and affairs that have shaped the public perception of science and the relationship between science and society. Various examples will be quoted and discussed, and will illustrate the Italian science and its relationship to society and to the various cultural fields (literature, visual arts, gastronomy), with particular reference to the period from the second half of the 19th century until the end of the 20th century. |