Since the advent of film in the late nineteenth century, moving images have been integral to making and communicating science. A rich interdisciplinary literature has examined such representations of science in the cinema and on television and investigated how scientists have used moving images to conduct research and communicate knowledge. Responding to growing interest in science and the moving image, this online workshop uses the concept of ‘intermediality’ as a starting point to discuss new approaches and methodologies.
This workshop, which will take place on Zoom over three afternoons (GMT time) in November 2021, will bring together scholars from a wide range of disciplines who are working on exciting new research at the intersection between media and science. The event is hosted by the Department of History and Philosophy of Science at the University of Cambridge, and is generously supported by the Faculty of History’s G.M. Trevelyan Fund and the University’s Researcher Development Fund. It is organised by Anin Luo, Max Long and Miles Kempton.
For more information about this workshop, including brief abstracts of each paper, visit our dedicated website: https://sciencemovingimage.org/.
14.00-14.10 Introduction
14.10-15.45 Panel 1: Moving Images Between Art and Science
15.45-16.00 Break
16.00-17.30 Panel 2: Intermedial Animals
12.00-13.30 Panel 3: Media and the Mind
13.30-13.45 Break
13.45-15.15 Panel 4: Working and Learning with Scientific Films
15.15-15.30 Break
15.30-17.00 Panel 5: Recording Nature’s Movements
12.00-13.30 Panel 6: Visions of the Healthy Nation
13.30-13.45 Break
13.45-15.15 Panel 7: Materials, Instruments, Technologies
15.15-15.30 Break
15.30-17.00 Panel 8: Animating Science
17.15-17.30 Break
17.30-19.00 Keynote: Tim Boon