La práctica divulgativa en un Café Científico: un estudio de caso etnográfico en Barcelona

Authors

  • Cristina Aliagas Marin Universitat Pompeu Fabra
  • Aliki Dragona Universitat Pompeu Fabra

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15847/obsOBS322009280

Keywords:

Scientific Coffee, Science popularization, Ethnography, Hyme’s Speaking Model

Abstract

Resumen El Café Científico constituye una alternativa de divulgación social de la ciencia que se está consolidando a escala mundial. Al ser una modalidad de divulgación de la ciencia de reciente aparición, constituye un género discursivo poco estudiado desde un punto de vista discursivo (Dallas 1999; Massari 2003; Arbeláez 2005). En vista de esto, en este trabajo presentamos un estudio de caso etnográfico sobre un Café Científico celebrado en Barcelona en el marco del programa de El año de la ciencia (Abril del 2007). Los resultados muestran tres elementos clave que condicionan el éxito o fracaso de la comunicación entre expertos y no-expertos generada en un Café Científico: a) la figura reguladora del moderador, b) la construcción de una atmósfera psicosocial de proximidad y c) las estrategias empleadas para lograr la participación del público no especializado. Palabras clave: Café Científico, Divulgación de la Ciencia, Etnografía, Modelo Speaking de Hymes Abstract The Scientific Coffee is an alternative way of popularizing science that has grown to currently become one of the most successful in the world. Since it is a modality of science popularization recently appeared, it is still a discursive genre that has not yet been studied in depth from a discursive point of view (Dallas 1999; Massari 2003; Arbeláez 2005). This is the reason why in this work we show an ethnographic case study about a Scientific Coffee held in Barcelona within the program of El año de la ciencia (April of 2007). The results demonstrate three key-elements that condition the success or the failure of the communicative process generated in a scientific coffee between experts and non-experts: a) the regulating figure of the moderator, b) the construction of a psycho-social atmosphere of proximity, and c) the employed strategies aiming to attain the participation of a non-specialized audience. Key words: Scientific Coffee, Science popularization, Ethnography, Hyme’s Speaking Model

Author Biographies

Cristina Aliagas Marin, Universitat Pompeu Fabra

Cristina Aliagas - PhD with a 4-year grant from the Spanish Ministry of Science and Culture at Universitat Pompeu Fabra

Aliki Dragona, Universitat Pompeu Fabra

Aliki Dragona - PhD. at Universtitat Pompeu Fabra.

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Published

2009-07-06

How to Cite

Aliagas Marin, C., & Dragona, A. (2009). La práctica divulgativa en un Café Científico: un estudio de caso etnográfico en Barcelona. Observatorio (OBS*), 3(2). https://doi.org/10.15847/obsOBS322009280

Issue

Vol. 3 No. 2 (2009)

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