Living Science: Devising a Public Outreach Event @ Cambridge Postdoc Academy

Living Science: Devising a Public Outreach Event @ Cambridge Postdoc Academy

| 2 x 5-hour workshops

Public outreach for scientists: performing, presenting, devising.

For two Saturdays, Helene Scott-Fordsmand and I worked with a group of self-selected postdocs from the PDN Department to devise a public engagement event. Topics of *time* and *trust*, and science as a practice done by living people were explored through the generative exercises from applied theatre and creative writing. The result of the workshop was an original performance at the Cambridge Festival 2025.

“Living Science” @ Cambridge Festival
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The workshops were a part of theCultureLab project:

TheCultureLab @ Uni Cambridge PDN
Exploring and improving local research culture - with postdocs. Hosted by Prof. Bénédicte Sanson at the Physiology, Development and Neuroscience Department. Funded by Cambridge Action Research on Research Culture. Michaelmas Term 2024 4 x 1.5-hour sessions Session 1. Research Cultures // 13 November, 1pm Session 2. Scenes from science: Affect