Experiencing Third Spaces in between University and Society: Transdisciplinary Learning Experiences in a Shopping Center
Basic data for this talk
Type of talk: scientific talk
Name der Vortragenden: Philipp, Thorsten; Marej, Katarina
Date of talk: 20/06/2023
Talk language: English
Information about the event
Name of the event: International Conference on Higher Education Advances (HEAd)
Event period: 19/06/2023 - 22/06/2023
Event location: Valencia
Event website: https://headconf.org/
Organised by: Universitat Politècnica de València
Abstract
What happens when a university leaves its campus and enter spaces that seem reserved for completely different functions and areas of life - such as shopping? What opportunities and potentials arise from such a shift for the dialog between science and society? Is this perhaps also a way for science communication to reach groups other than the education-oriented middle class? What skills do academics need to succeed in such a setting? These and similar questions formed the starting point of the Berlin project “Mall Anders - Open Learning Lab for Science and Society”. For seven months in 2021/22, the Berlin universities used a retail space in a shopping mall to test new ways of communicating science and co-producing knowledge in dialogues between the university, business, civil society, politics, and culture. The relocation of university life to a public shopping mall enabled broad public involvement in teaching and learning, high activating potential in overcoming the rifts between university and society and, more generally, new impulses for science communication, participatory research, and student-organized teaching.Keywords: science communication; transdisciplinary learning; transdisciplinary research; knowledge transfer
Speakers from the University of Münster
| Marej, Katarina | Professorship of Didactics of Social Sciences (Prof. Szukala) [ended] Professorship of Didactics of Social Sciences (Prof. Szukala) |