Handwritten letters and photo albums linking geoscientists with school classes
Was something lost as society moved away from “traditional” media such as handwritten letters and photography and into the digital age? Some of the authors remember this age fondly, and we wanted to see if this fondness could be translated into a science dialogue project with school classes. We desi...
Published in: | Geoscience Communication |
---|---|
Main Authors: | , , , , , |
Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
Language: | English |
Published: |
Copernicus Publications
2023
|
Subjects: | |
Online Access: | https://hdl.handle.net/11250/3061208 https://doi.org/10.5194/gc-6-1-2023 |
id |
ftunivbergen:oai:bora.uib.no:11250/3061208 |
---|---|
record_format |
openpolar |
spelling |
ftunivbergen:oai:bora.uib.no:11250/3061208 2023-05-15T15:39:09+02:00 Handwritten letters and photo albums linking geoscientists with school classes Stiller-Reeve, Mathew Alexander Argentino, Claudio Waghorn, Kate Alyse Vadakkepuliyambatta, Sunil Kalenitchenko, Dimitri Panieri, Giuliana 2023 application/pdf https://hdl.handle.net/11250/3061208 https://doi.org/10.5194/gc-6-1-2023 eng eng Copernicus Publications Norges forskningsråd: 287869 Norges forskningsråd: 223259 urn:issn:2569-7102 https://hdl.handle.net/11250/3061208 https://doi.org/10.5194/gc-6-1-2023 cristin:2125978 Geoscience Communication. 2023, 6, 1-9. Navngivelse 4.0 Internasjonal http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.no Copyright Author(s) 2023 Geoscience Communication 1-9 6 Journal article Peer reviewed 2023 ftunivbergen https://doi.org/10.5194/gc-6-1-2023 2023-04-05T23:05:49Z Was something lost as society moved away from “traditional” media such as handwritten letters and photography and into the digital age? Some of the authors remember this age fondly, and we wanted to see if this fondness could be translated into a science dialogue project with school classes. We designed and carried out a communication process with four classes at different schools across Europe. During this process, each class would interact with a single scientist primarily via handwritten questions, letters, and a Polaroid photo album. The scientists would make this unique, one-of-a-kind album whilst on board a research expedition in the Barents Sea. We asked whether this process might show any benefits to the school students involved. To answer this, we asked the students to write up their thoughts on communicating with a scientist in this way. We analysed the texts and found that most students thought that the letters and Polaroid albums were a “beautiful experience”. Others commented on how important it is to actually put pen to paper and write since they (almost) only use digital media these days. Most importantly, the students learnt different elements of the science connected to the research expedition but also about the scientific process in general. And, equally important, some of the students were surprised and thankful that the scientists took the time to communicate with them in such a personal way. These results could possibly have been achieved using other media; however, the handwritten letters and Polaroids worked very well. They also seemed to conjure up some of the personal memories that we have about communication not so long ago. Maybe there is something to be said for slowing things down with our science communication projects and making them more personal and unique. This is something that snail mail and making photo albums forces us to do. publishedVersion Article in Journal/Newspaper Barents Sea University of Bergen: Bergen Open Research Archive (BORA-UiB) Barents Sea Geoscience Communication 6 1 1 9 |
institution |
Open Polar |
collection |
University of Bergen: Bergen Open Research Archive (BORA-UiB) |
op_collection_id |
ftunivbergen |
language |
English |
description |
Was something lost as society moved away from “traditional” media such as handwritten letters and photography and into the digital age? Some of the authors remember this age fondly, and we wanted to see if this fondness could be translated into a science dialogue project with school classes. We designed and carried out a communication process with four classes at different schools across Europe. During this process, each class would interact with a single scientist primarily via handwritten questions, letters, and a Polaroid photo album. The scientists would make this unique, one-of-a-kind album whilst on board a research expedition in the Barents Sea. We asked whether this process might show any benefits to the school students involved. To answer this, we asked the students to write up their thoughts on communicating with a scientist in this way. We analysed the texts and found that most students thought that the letters and Polaroid albums were a “beautiful experience”. Others commented on how important it is to actually put pen to paper and write since they (almost) only use digital media these days. Most importantly, the students learnt different elements of the science connected to the research expedition but also about the scientific process in general. And, equally important, some of the students were surprised and thankful that the scientists took the time to communicate with them in such a personal way. These results could possibly have been achieved using other media; however, the handwritten letters and Polaroids worked very well. They also seemed to conjure up some of the personal memories that we have about communication not so long ago. Maybe there is something to be said for slowing things down with our science communication projects and making them more personal and unique. This is something that snail mail and making photo albums forces us to do. publishedVersion |
format |
Article in Journal/Newspaper |
author |
Stiller-Reeve, Mathew Alexander Argentino, Claudio Waghorn, Kate Alyse Vadakkepuliyambatta, Sunil Kalenitchenko, Dimitri Panieri, Giuliana |
spellingShingle |
Stiller-Reeve, Mathew Alexander Argentino, Claudio Waghorn, Kate Alyse Vadakkepuliyambatta, Sunil Kalenitchenko, Dimitri Panieri, Giuliana Handwritten letters and photo albums linking geoscientists with school classes |
author_facet |
Stiller-Reeve, Mathew Alexander Argentino, Claudio Waghorn, Kate Alyse Vadakkepuliyambatta, Sunil Kalenitchenko, Dimitri Panieri, Giuliana |
author_sort |
Stiller-Reeve, Mathew Alexander |
title |
Handwritten letters and photo albums linking geoscientists with school classes |
title_short |
Handwritten letters and photo albums linking geoscientists with school classes |
title_full |
Handwritten letters and photo albums linking geoscientists with school classes |
title_fullStr |
Handwritten letters and photo albums linking geoscientists with school classes |
title_full_unstemmed |
Handwritten letters and photo albums linking geoscientists with school classes |
title_sort |
handwritten letters and photo albums linking geoscientists with school classes |
publisher |
Copernicus Publications |
publishDate |
2023 |
url |
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/3061208 https://doi.org/10.5194/gc-6-1-2023 |
geographic |
Barents Sea |
geographic_facet |
Barents Sea |
genre |
Barents Sea |
genre_facet |
Barents Sea |
op_source |
Geoscience Communication 1-9 6 |
op_relation |
Norges forskningsråd: 287869 Norges forskningsråd: 223259 urn:issn:2569-7102 https://hdl.handle.net/11250/3061208 https://doi.org/10.5194/gc-6-1-2023 cristin:2125978 Geoscience Communication. 2023, 6, 1-9. |
op_rights |
Navngivelse 4.0 Internasjonal http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.no Copyright Author(s) 2023 |
op_doi |
https://doi.org/10.5194/gc-6-1-2023 |
container_title |
Geoscience Communication |
container_volume |
6 |
container_issue |
1 |
container_start_page |
1 |
op_container_end_page |
9 |
_version_ |
1766370614059204608 |