Colleagues I have just drafted this editorial to appear in Leonardo Journal. I would welcome comments and thoughts Roger Malina In Praise of Hybridity: Celebrating the 100th anniversary of the birth of Frank J Malina v3 My father was a hybrid. He achieved success in the 1940s as a scientist in the nascent field …
Colleagues Here is draft article I am finalising Comments welcome Roger Malina A History of the Leonardo Journal on the 100th anniversary of the birth of it’s founder Frank J Malina Author(s): Roger Malina and Pamela Grant-Ryan Abstract- The development of the journal Leonardo is traced from its beginnings as an idea …
colleagues as i sit here at my desk on a sunday spring afternoon I am convinced this is right ! Creativity in the Wild: Improving Creative Reasoning through Immersion in Natural Settings Abstract Adults and children are spending more time interacting with media and technology and less time participating in activities in nature. This life-style …
posel_svetla_epozvanka (2) EXHIBITION IN CELEBRATION OF THE 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF HIS BIRTH The exhibition opening will be held at 3.45pm on Monday 6th May 2013 as part of the Liberation Festival 2013 – a celebrationof the 68th anniversary of our city’s liberation by American troops and the end of World War II in Europe The exhibition opening …
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Colleagues I have been in discussion with Grace Richards who has an interesting web site Oh, The Humanities! Why STEM Shouldn’t Take Precedence Over the Arts http://www.onlinedegreeprograms.com/blog/2013/oh-the-humanities-why-stem-shouldnt-take-precedence-over-the-arts/ She raises the important issue that STEM to STEAM ideas only can be realised if the Arts and Humanities can truly collaborate with the Sciences and Engineering on …
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Colleagues on the space art news list all our countries are currently undergoing budget upheavals- and these are also affecting the space art creative community. In the USA the federal government is re organising the way it funds education in Science Technology Engineering and Math – if you are in the us and interested the …
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Colleagues There is an article in this weeks NATURE MAGAZINE on emerging careers in artscience practice- \its good to see our work coming to the attention of the scientific community ! Interdisciplinarity: Artistic merit Scientists are becoming increasingly open to artistic collaborations, which offer career benefits including improved productivity as a result of …
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Colleagues As you may know there is an international movement to inject the arts and humanities into what is called STEM – or science technology engineering and math= injecting STEAM into STEM There is a heated discussion at the moment in the blogosphere on the Adminsitration’s plas to re organise federal funding of STEM education- …
Colleagues Well I have been in Texas for just over a year- and to my delight I have discovered that there is a large community of researchers and artists here that are collaborating on a variety of projects and initiatives that connect the arts sciences and technology. But as is often the case this community …
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Colleagues For those of you in the USA, you will be aware of a very heated discussion underway on what is called STEM education ( Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) Apparently in the new US budget that is being proposed all federal activities of this kind would be consolidated into one program under the …