Inspired by the Cosmos

Strategies for Public Engagement in Nonpolicy Contexts

Datos Bibliográficos

ID6219650
AutoresDanielle Devasto (0000-0003-2687-426X, University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI, USA, autor de correspondencia), Jean Creighton (University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI, USA)
Año2018
Volumen40
Número6
Páginas808-818
Fecha de publicación2018-12-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaScience Communication (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1075-5470 • E-ISSN: 1552-8545
EditorialSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/1075547018792572
OpenAlexW2885910070
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas4
Referencias citadas17

Public engagement scholarship has explored science-policy settings at length. This work is being complemented by growing scholarly attention to engagement outside of policy spaces. As this expanding focus indicates, these spaces, where publics engage science with lower stakes and less confrontation, should be taken seriously. We explore what engagement in such contexts can look like, offering insights from one site, the planetarium. When coupled with a commitment to fostering public-science conversations, engagement strategies like dialogue, storytelling, analogy, and fostering agency can be instrumental for publics to be heard, which can enrich the efforts of nonpolicy venues. In turn, studying nonpolicy contexts can broaden our understanding of engagement

Analogy · Epistemology · Narrative · Pedagogy · Political science · Politics · Public engagement · Public relations · Publics · Scholarship · Science communication · Science education · Social science · Sociology · Storytelling · Animal and Plant Science Education · Climate Change Communication and Perception · Sustainability and Climate Change Governance