Science & Theatre: Communicating Science and Technology with Performing Arts

Weitkamp and Almeida enter into the space where museums, universities and research centres operate, as well as the space of theatre practitioners, they explore the richness and plurality of this universe, combining theory and practice, as well as presenting context, knowledge gaps and new data.

Emma Weitkamp is Professor of Science Communication at the University of the West of England, Bristol, UK, where she co-Directs the Science Communication Unit. Her current research focuses on the actors involved in science communication, specifically intermediaries in the process including artists and NGOs; and narrative as an engagement tool.

Carla Almeida is a science communicator and researcher at the Museu da Vida, science museum of the Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (Fiocruz), in Brazil, where she teaches on the Diploma Course in Communication and Popularization of Science and on the Master’s in Communication of Science, Technology and Health.