GEOTalk: Science-Society interactions in palaeontology - Insights from Russia and their potential applications for New Zealand
GEOTalks (GeoEducation & Outreach Talks) is webinar series hosted by the Geoeducation, Outreach and International Development (GeOID) Special Interest Group (SIG), to promote and celebrate people's public engagement mahi and share their passion, skills and ideas with likeminded GSNZ members and collaborators.
GEOTalk: Science-Society interactions in palaeontology - Insights from Russia and their potential applications for New Zealand
Palaeontology is one of the traditional 'showrooms' of science, attracting high levels of interest from the public and significant involvement of amateur community members in real science. From 2000-2010s, there was a real 'bloom' in public interest in paleontology in Russia, resulting in a significant uptake of basic palaeontological knowledge and its inclusion into formal educational practices.
We will discuss in which forms the interaction between science and society may be realised, and will look closely at several projects (both successful and not) in which our presenter was involved - to highlight approaches which may be potentially beneficial for New Zealand science.
Come and hear an overview of science-society interactions in palaeontology, based on the presenter's experience from his native country.
Speaker Bio:
Alexey Ippolitov is a PhD student at Te Herenga Waka Victoria University of Wellington, doing research on belemnites from the Southern Hemisphere. In 2010-2022 he was the active member of a group promoting palaeontological knowledge in Russia. Their activities included editorials about fossils in 'glossy' magazines, moderating several large web-portals, managing a local amateur fossil society in the Moscow region, and making a business around guided palaeontological tours.
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