Cinema began in the midst of a wealth of technical innovations that, at the end of the 19th Century, modified contemporary society's life and perception of science and technology. In fact, film can be analyzed from different points of view: as a technological development which promptly and efficiently permeated the cultural milieu, as a source of science and technology images and representations, or as a popularization vehicle for science. Accordingly, we think that film constitutes an essential field of study for historians as well as for other professionals such as educators, journalists, filmmakers, scientists, engineers, museum curators and archivists. As in previous occasions, our School is addressed to students, postgraduates and specialists of all these professional backgrounds.

This Third Spring School will delve into:

1. Cinema as a technological development: its origins and first stages as a means for research, documentation, artistic unfolding and science popularization
2. The construction of a public image of science and technology in cinematographic fiction.
3. Scientific film as a pedagogical tool and as an agency for science popularization
4. Resources and proposals developed in our geographical area in the context of the connections between film theory and practice and the public perception of science and technology.

Thursday, April 14th, 2005
Morning session:
12-14: welcome and registration

Evening session:
17-19: “Cinema as a technological development. Visual Media, Pre-Cinema and early Photography”, by Thomas Weynants (Visual Media, Belgium)
19-20: Discussion

Friday, April 15th, 2005

Morning session:
8,30-11,30: Visit to the Llatzaret (quarantine station) of Maó
11,45-12: Coffee break
12-14: "Images of contemporary technoscience and representations of scientists in fiction film", by Peter Weingart (Bielefeld University, Germany)
14-14,45: Discussion
15: Lunch provided by the School

Evening session:
17-19: “Suggestions to popularize hard science”, by Alexis Martinet (Institut de Cinématographie Scientifique, Meudon, France)
19-20: Discussion

Saturday, April 16th, 2005

Morning session:
9,30-11,30: Round table with our area's representatives of museums, workshops and research projects. 11,30-12,30: Group discussion
14: Lunch provided by the School

Official language of the School: English
School location: Minorca Museum (Plaça Sant Francesc s/n, Maó, Minorca)

Registration Form

Third Spring School on History of Science
History of Science and Publicizing: Cinema
Maó, April 14th - 16th, 2005

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Bank transfer to Viatges Magón: La Caixa C/C 2100-1806-40-0200002809
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*Includes round trip air fare and a double room, half board, for two nights

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Spring School on History of Science
Societat Catalana d’Història de la Ciència i de la Tècnica. Institut d’Estudis Catalans
C/ del Carme, 47. 08001 BARCELONA
Tel. 933-248-581 Email: mcamps@iecat.net

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Spring School on History of Science
Viatges Magón
Avda J. Anselm Clavé, 28, 07703 Maó (Minorca)
Fax 971 351 146 Email: enriqueta@vmagon.es

Note: All other travel options should be directly booked with the travel agency

Full fee payment is due by March 4th, 2005. Limited space.

Scholarships are available for postgraduate students, research students and unemployed graduates (including registration, stay and travel expenses from Barcelona) Application, enclosing resume and support letter, must be sent by March 4th, 2005 to Pepe Pardo (Email: pppardo@bicat.csic.es)