An exhibition which required visitors to participate and that showed ambivalence between technology and democracy won on Thursday night the first Mariano Gago Award Ecsite – European Network Centres and Science Museums, the creativity of cetagoria . The exhibition is called Ting and is in Norsk Teknisk Museum in Oslo, Norway, according to a statement from the network.
The exhibition is “a participatory experience, immersive, exploring the complex links between technology and democracy,” said Rosalia Vargas, president of Ecsite, quoted in the statement, which announced the award at the annual network conference taking place this week in Trento, Italy.
In this first edition, the Ecsite Mariano Gago awards contemplated only one category – creativity – but it is anticipated that other categories arise in future editions. The amount of the prize is 7,500 euros, from Ernest Solvay Foundation, managed by the King Baudouin Foundation (Belgium). The prize wants to encourage people and institutions that use innovation and creativity in science communication.
The Norwegian exhibition took advantage of the country’s constitution the bicentennial and the centennial of life of the museum itself, in 2014, to question visitors about the impact of new technologies, such as genetic analysis, 3D printers or drones, democracy. When viewing asking to people to vote on various issues
“We are particularly proud of this project which represents our philosophy:. Create and integrate a display model, combining the best of science centers with best traditional museums, “explained Jan Alfred Andersson, responsible for the Oslo Science Center, said in a statement the Ecsite. “We think it is important to bring interactive elements to a social and historical context, making the museum relevant to today’s youth.”
This year’s jury consists of Annemies Broekgaarden (Rijksmuseum, Netherlands), Carlos Coelho (company Ivity, Portugal), Dariusz Jemielniak (Kozminski University, Poland) and Jean-Louis Kerouanton (University of Nantes, France). The group praised the ambition and courage of the project to make the museum “a space for public discourse and where it advocates democratic values”.
The award’s name is a tribute to former Minister of Science and Physical Portuguese Mariano Gago (who died last April, cancer victim). Mariano Gago collaborated in recent years with the Ecsite. The network is nearly 400 museums and science centers spread over 50 countries, annually visited by about 40 million people, also said a statement from Live Science. – National Agency for Scientific and Technological Culture
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