Appointment with the new edition of the scientific festival which will feature INGV with a rich program of exhibitions, conferences and theatrical performances
From 20 October to 1 November theof Genoa renews the appointment for the dissemination of scientific culture. Among the most followed by the public at an international level, it has always been an opportunity for researchers to meet enthusiasts, schools and families.
The theme chosen for the 2022 edition is "Languages".
The participation of the National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology (INGV) will address the theme with the following activities:
from Thursday 20 October to Tuesday 1 November | Galata Museum of the Sea
weekdays 9.00 - 16.00; eves and holidays 10.00 - 19.00
-> Show
The Earth speaks to us. A landscape with its rocks shaped by time, an aurora borealis, a volcanic eruption, a sudden earthquake, what do they mean? An exhibition divided into several rooms and dedicated to the different languages that our planet uses to express itself.
The viewer will be guided in the interpretation of the various languages, through explanatory panels, images, instruments and sounds in a story to be discovered together with the scientists.
From Thursday 20 October to Tuesday 1 November | University Library of Genoa
weekdays 9.00 - 16.00; eves and holidays 10.00 - 19.00
-> Laboratory
How can a commonly used word make us discover interesting things about geosciences? How is it possible to memorize and discover the meaning of some scientific terms? Many words in common use have totally different meanings in geosciences and describe natural, anthropic and geophysical processes. In this playful-didactic laboratory, children are guided, through a SCALE-UP (Student Centered Active Learning Environment Upsidedown Pedagogy) approach, to discover commonly used words and their meaning in areas including seismology, geochemistry, geology, volcanology and marine sciences.
Friday 21st and Monday 24th October | Galata Museum of the Sea, Auditorium
hours and hours 10.00 11.00
-> Special event - Information and science are (not) a game.
Special event for secondary school. The aim of the laboratory is to convert scientific information relating to an event into compact and scientifically reliable news using a limited number of words. Participants will have to carefully evaluate the style and technical content of the language to be used and select the information. A discussion will follow in the workshop.
Sunday October 23 | Palazzo Ducale, Historical Archive of the Municipality
17.30 hours
-> Conference
Over the years, communication on earthquakes has changed radically, and with it the languages used by the researchers who feed and implement it. In this conference we will focus on some keywords that have accompanied this transition. They are SPEED (necessary during a seismic event), RELIABILITY (of data and published information), TRANSPARENCY (of processes and analyses), UNCERTAINTY (implicit in the communication of results).
Monday October 24 | Online
hours 12.00 - 13.00
-> Webinars
The monitoring of atmospheric pollution with magnetic methods consists in considering PM10 filters, leaves and lichens as receptors and collectors of magnetic atmospheric particulate matter. In this virtual visit, the researchers of the INGV paleomagnetism laboratory will present the main methodologies used in magnetic monitoring studies of atmospheric pollution, in particular the use of natural indicators, such as leaves and lichens. Finally, the more recent environmental applications in the Cultural Heritage sector and the innovative analyzes on the effects of the lockdown caused by the pandemic on atmospheric particulate matter in Rome.
Friday October 28 | Galata Museum of the Sea
12.00, 15.00 and 15.40
-> Special event
The street artists of the Ile Flottante theater group, a consolidated reality in the production of professional shows, will involve the public with shows that will have legends, nursery rhymes about earthquakes, volcanoes and natural hazards as lyrics.
Saturday 29 and Sunday 30 October | Piazzale delle Feste, Piazza Matteotti
11.40, 15.00 and 15.40
-> Special event
The street artists of the Ile Flottante theater group, a consolidated reality in the production of professional shows, will involve the public with shows that will have legends, nursery rhymes about earthquakes, volcanoes and natural hazards as lyrics.
Monday October 31st | Baltimore Garden Sea-ty
15.30 hours
-> Conversation
Scientific communication is a delicate balance between different needs and points of view, especially in fields, such as seismology, associated with potentially harmful consequences: on the one hand, the scientist, whose purpose is to inform correctly; on the other the citizen, who would like concise information and possibly devoid of technical terms. It is not easy to package a scientifically rigorous message, which is both understandable to a non-expert and respectful of data processing times, the uncertainties in the results and the need to review them in case of new evidence. We understand, together with two expert seismologists and popularizers, how to extricate ourselves from this jungle of information, data and news.
Image - Poster of the Science Festival 2022.