Comments on: Roland Jackson: science and culture http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/+/http://discuss.bis.gov.uk/pas11/2011/01/19/roland-jackson-science-and-culture/ towards the report: "Public Attitudes to Science 2011" Mon, 01 Aug 2011 00:30:09 +0000 hourly 1 By: Public attitudes to science in the UK – the blog : Vetenskap & Allmänhet http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/+/http://discuss.bis.gov.uk/pas11/2011/01/19/roland-jackson-science-and-culture/#comment-55 Public attitudes to science in the UK – the blog : Vetenskap & Allmänhet Fri, 28 Jan 2011 08:05:54 +0000 http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/+/http://discuss.bis.gov.uk/pas11/?p=132#comment-55 [...] the most recent post Roland Jackson, Chief Executive of the British Science Association, shares his thoughts on science and [...] [...] the most recent post Roland Jackson, Chief Executive of the British Science Association, shares his thoughts on science and [...]

]]> By: marilynbooth http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/+/http://discuss.bis.gov.uk/pas11/2011/01/19/roland-jackson-science-and-culture/#comment-53 marilynbooth Fri, 21 Jan 2011 13:27:36 +0000 http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/+/http://discuss.bis.gov.uk/pas11/?p=132#comment-53 That sounds like an interesting programme, Jayesh. Thanks for pointing it out. That sounds like an interesting programme, Jayesh. Thanks for pointing it out.

]]> By: marilynbooth http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/+/http://discuss.bis.gov.uk/pas11/2011/01/19/roland-jackson-science-and-culture/#comment-52 marilynbooth Fri, 21 Jan 2011 13:27:02 +0000 http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/+/http://discuss.bis.gov.uk/pas11/?p=132#comment-52 Hello Bob The survey does have a few questions related to Trust. Like you, I'll be interested to see whether Climategate etc has had any impact on the results there as, in the past, scientists from universies have fared much better in terms of public perceptions of "trustworthiness" than their counterparts in business and Government for example. I asked Ipsos MORI about the Trust in Professions series. They have advised that this was not carried out in 2010, but noted they may conduct it again in the future to update trends going back to 1983. Best wishes Marilyn BIS, Science and Society Hello Bob

The survey does have a few questions related to Trust. Like you, I’ll be interested to see whether Climategate etc has had any impact on the results there as, in the past, scientists from universies have fared much better in terms of public perceptions of “trustworthiness” than their counterparts in business and Government for example.

I asked Ipsos MORI about the Trust in Professions series. They have advised that this was not carried out in 2010, but noted they may conduct it again in the future to update trends going back to 1983.

Best wishes

Marilyn
BIS, Science and Society

]]> By: Jayesh Navin Shah http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/+/http://discuss.bis.gov.uk/pas11/2011/01/19/roland-jackson-science-and-culture/#comment-51 Jayesh Navin Shah Fri, 21 Jan 2011 13:09:43 +0000 http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/+/http://discuss.bis.gov.uk/pas11/?p=132#comment-51 The BBC Four programme, "Beautiful Equations" (first shown before Christmas) was repeated last night and is currently available on the iPlayer (http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00wltbm). It gives an interesting take on the relationship between science and the arts. The BBC Four programme, “Beautiful Equations” (first shown before Christmas) was repeated last night and is currently available on the iPlayer (http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/+/http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00wltbm). It gives an interesting take on the relationship between science and the arts.

]]> By: Sciences are creative too « FrogHeart http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/+/http://discuss.bis.gov.uk/pas11/2011/01/19/roland-jackson-science-and-culture/#comment-50 Sciences are creative too « FrogHeart Thu, 20 Jan 2011 16:20:42 +0000 http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/+/http://discuss.bis.gov.uk/pas11/?p=132#comment-50 [...] and the notion that science is part of ‘culture’ in the way that the arts are. From the Science and Public Attitudes project page on the website, I have always been interested in what the Public Attitude Surveys tell us, and not [...] [...] and the notion that science is part of ‘culture’ in the way that the arts are. From the Science and Public Attitudes project page on the website, I have always been interested in what the Public Attitude Surveys tell us, and not [...]

]]> By: Hatto Fischer http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/+/http://discuss.bis.gov.uk/pas11/2011/01/19/roland-jackson-science-and-culture/#comment-48 Hatto Fischer Thu, 20 Jan 2011 12:09:22 +0000 http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/+/http://discuss.bis.gov.uk/pas11/?p=132#comment-48 Since involved very much in debates about cultural policy both at European level and within the context of European Capitals of Culture, I am very interested in your comments. Two possible observations could extend your remark. First of all, when last December in the region of Sonderborg which is competing against Aarhus for the title of ECoC in 2017, it was noticable that the major company Danfoss was interested in attracting young people towards technical studies. There has been a decline. For this purpose they built even a technical-science type of museum designed to show how much fun it is to enter research and science. At another level, culture is a factor to attract highly qualified people to a region short of these people in its labor force and what local universities seem unable to bring about. Aside from looking at culture as attracting people into science or of science, there is another relationship between science and culture. I was just now in Wroclaw, Poland. The city is also applying to become European Capital of Culture for 2016. Its university formerly of Breslau had such famous scientists as Niels Bohr so that a part of the concept for European Capital of Culture will be to tap into that rich cultural heritage. It is also of interest what relationships universities have to the institution of European Capitals of Culture. There is the University Network. Moreover, I would add one special aspect which is always discussed amongst writers and artists, namely when do they pick up scientific problems and continue them in their own way of experimentation. Already Duerer was most interested in listening to scientific debates in the wake of Galileo and there is no denying that science shapes our lives, hence artists have to deal with it. Thus it can be an interesting way to trace scientific discoveries as did Thomas Kuhn through what gives shape to a different meaning alone of the word 'energy'. So I think your suggestion is well taken not to exclude science when referring to both culture and creativity, but then the universal scientist was as well an artist and vice versa artists cannot do without clear scientific knowledge and research as all eco artists dealing with water and climate change have to be competent in both fields. Creativity is like Arthur Koestler a matter of discovering the stepping stones and then taking the risk to leap over to the next one. With warmest regards from Athens, Hatto Fischer Since involved very much in debates about cultural policy both at European level and within the context of European Capitals of Culture, I am very interested in your comments. Two possible observations could extend your remark. First of all, when last December in the region of Sonderborg which is competing against Aarhus for the title of ECoC in 2017, it was noticable that the major company Danfoss was interested in attracting young people towards technical studies. There has been a decline. For this purpose they built even a technical-science type of museum designed to show how much fun it is to enter research and science. At another level, culture is a factor to attract highly qualified people to a region short of these people in its labor force and what local universities seem unable to bring about.
Aside from looking at culture as attracting people into science or of science, there is another relationship between science and culture. I was just now in Wroclaw, Poland. The city is also applying to become European Capital of Culture for 2016. Its university formerly of Breslau had such famous scientists as Niels Bohr so that a part of the concept for European Capital of Culture will be to tap into that rich cultural heritage. It is also of interest what relationships universities have to the institution of European Capitals of Culture. There is the University Network. Moreover, I would add one special aspect which is always discussed amongst writers and artists, namely when do they pick up scientific problems and continue them in their own way of experimentation. Already Duerer was most interested in listening to scientific debates in the wake of Galileo and there is no denying that science shapes our lives, hence artists have to deal with it. Thus it can be an interesting way to trace scientific discoveries as did Thomas Kuhn through what gives shape to a different meaning alone of the word ‘energy’. So I think your suggestion is well taken not to exclude science when referring to both culture and creativity, but then the universal scientist was as well an artist and vice versa artists cannot do without clear scientific knowledge and research as all eco artists dealing with water and climate change have to be competent in both fields. Creativity is like Arthur Koestler a matter of discovering the stepping stones and then taking the risk to leap over to the next one. With warmest regards from Athens, Hatto Fischer

]]> By: Bob Ward http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/+/http://discuss.bis.gov.uk/pas11/2011/01/19/roland-jackson-science-and-culture/#comment-46 Bob Ward Wed, 19 Jan 2011 15:53:20 +0000 http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/+/http://discuss.bis.gov.uk/pas11/?p=132#comment-46 Will the Public Attitudes Survey include any survey results about trust in scientists? A survey in late 2009 showed that trust in climate scientists had been very severely damaged by the controversy surrounding the hacking of e-mails from the University of East Anglia, but nobody has followed up that issue since - is the damage still being felt, and has it affected trust in scientists as a whole? I notice that MORI appears to have abandoned its annual survey of trust in professions, in which scientists used to rate relatively highly. Will the Public Attitudes Survey include any survey results about trust in scientists? A survey in late 2009 showed that trust in climate scientists had been very severely damaged by the controversy surrounding the hacking of e-mails from the University of East Anglia, but nobody has followed up that issue since – is the damage still being felt, and has it affected trust in scientists as a whole? I notice that MORI appears to have abandoned its annual survey of trust in professions, in which scientists used to rate relatively highly.

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