Unscientific Storytelling.
Of stories from science...
Unscientific Storytelling is an interwoven and fragmented commentary of a culture’s connections to science. The project works in two parts, one that broadly explores the role of imagination and inquiry in modern science education. The other connected inquiry probes the role and representation of 'forgotten' biographies of scientists and initiates a critique of public perceptions of modern science practice. Both inquiries use performance as a medium through which they pose their inquiry, conduct research and generate material.
This project evolved through a process of workshop and dialogue with schools, school-going children, scientists and the general public and was initiated during the astronomy festival, Kalpaneya Yatre 2010. This website archives the process of inquiry and of using performance for dialogue. We revisit the performance and process of Unscientific Storytelling, hoping to generate further dialogue on the role of modern day science philosophy, practice & politics in the public sphere.
Conceptually and collaboratively developed by Rajasee Ray & Gauri Sanghi, design graduates from Srishti who worked under the guidance of Deepak Srinivasan, faculty at Srishti School of Art Design and Technology, Unscientific Storytelling asks and builds on a fundamental question, “how has Indian modernist thinking influenced and institutionalized approaches to science pedagogy and practice?”
This project evolved through a process of workshop and dialogue with schools, school-going children, scientists and the general public and was initiated during the astronomy festival, Kalpaneya Yatre 2010. This website archives the process of inquiry and of using performance for dialogue. We revisit the performance and process of Unscientific Storytelling, hoping to generate further dialogue on the role of modern day science philosophy, practice & politics in the public sphere.
Conceptually and collaboratively developed by Rajasee Ray & Gauri Sanghi, design graduates from Srishti who worked under the guidance of Deepak Srinivasan, faculty at Srishti School of Art Design and Technology, Unscientific Storytelling asks and builds on a fundamental question, “how has Indian modernist thinking influenced and institutionalized approaches to science pedagogy and practice?”