Thread by @spf_in

We are ready for an #inclusive deliberation: Towards a #PolicyFramework for #Indian #SciComm in partnership with @scicommsci.🥳
Will be discussing #Ecosystem & #Training, #Diversity & #Inclusivity for #Indian #Scicomm.

Day 2 discussion commences in a few minutes!!
#PFI_SciComm

This live-tweet thread is curated by @AnamZille, @yaskap94 & @ChampakSuchitha on behalf of @spf_in & @scicommsci. 👩‍💻👩‍💻👩‍💻

🗣️🗣️Yesterday we discussed #funding and #infrastructure, #multidisciplinary #scicomm #research. Here’s the live tweet thread:

https://twitter.com/scicommsci/status/1285178497829179393

@ChagunBasha setting the stage with #deliberations linking with yesterday to come up with a comprehensive #framework for #Indian #scicomm

Next one hour over to #Ecosystem & #Training for #scicomm. @vanshika_writes sets the stage for the theme through her personal #mentorship experience.

👉Need to formalize a mentor-mentee relationship.
👉Informal mentor-mentee relationships the thing of future
👉How to maintain the status quo between mentors and mentees

@KaushikLab shares thoughts:
🗣️SciComm not only research publicity but communicating to society
🗣️Build funding platforms to get scientists and not the institutes specifically
🗣️Funding amounts if smaller we can bypass this
🗣️Place trust upon scientists making the practice easy

@TVVen explaining
👉Dissemination in an interesting and appealing manner: science centers, radio shows
👉But it assumes that the audience is a receiver
👉 #Citizen #science for facilitating participation
👉View only on dissemination could possibly lead to short-sighted policy

On #mentor-mentee #relationship: @priyanka_D6

@SiddhrthKnkaria emphasizes:
👉Need for #dissemination based #scicomm.
👉Need to focus on #curiosity-based #scicomm.
👉Mixed-methods approach

@kpmadhu2000 points out necessities:
🗣️Without content we cannot create anything, irrespective of the level of degree, one needs to have adequate knowledge
🗣️Follow up necessary after any workshop or certification or training.

@kpmadhu2000 shares pointers to move forward

#scicomm #lagg probable reason: #teaching in #schools may be coming from a deficit model by @reeteka

@Divs_astrowise points out: more and more people availing #online courses, could be a good way of #bringing people together for and from different levels of training

@cm_manasvi shares her experience on sparking #knowledge and #interest:

👉arch #universities instead of #teaching #language courses,
👉have #scicomm works in form of books, texts.

@skalipatnapu putting forward comments

@nazia says, if #scicomm cannot be included in the #school #syllabus, including #communication skills .
Talk in terms of more communication, with #scicomm being brought on at a later stage.

@DebarshiniC
📝#Communication and #scicomm go together
📝Understanding scientific concepts lead to communicate better.
📝Communication #skill is not instilled in the #Indian education system
📝Mechanism to formalize #collaboration between experts for ingraining at an earlier

On #multidisciplinary #scomm @SarahHyder

@SomdattaKarak shares wisdom for #scicommers
👨‍💻Jobs keep evolving and the role keeps changing.
👩‍💻Our #scicomm evolves and our roles need to change.
👨‍💻We need to grow and evolve with the sector, in terms of skills, knowledge, and not go obsolete.

@Ar_SH highlights:
Current basic #science #courses do not cover any form of communication. Doing science is not a complete package, integrating #scicomm in formal #education is important. It may not train everyone but definitely #sensitize people about importance! 👥🥳

"Besides serendipity sheer hard work is also important" @SiddhrthKnkaria

@priyanka_D6 shares her experience on #scicomm training:
#training did not help with the #language aspect. Pick up the vernacular or dialect which can help a student or person grasp the concepts better.

@TVVen "Understand the culture and folklore to connect and relate with audiences better" 🫂🫂🫂

@DebarshiniC adds to @TVVen: keeping the audience in focus is always important. If the audience does not relate with the communication experience, then all the effort goes to waste.

👥The discussion has shifted gears to #Diversity and #Inclusivity!! 🫂📷🎥✍️

On point @priyanka_D6

❓❓Question: How do we build #trust in #scicomm? @SiddhrthKnkaria

❓❓Question: How to maximize reach - rural and urban areas? @vanshika_writes

@SomdattaKarak - One person cannot take forward multiple #vernaculars and #cross-cultural agendas. Reaching out to the leaders of the community can help.

@tejeswini_padma - Experimenting in the incorporation of science in community dialogue can help. 👏

@kollegala adds a point - We need to account for belief systems

💡An idea from @cm_manasvi

@kollegala adds - "Different platforms address different audiences"

@priyanka_D6 speaks out a possible solution:
✍️#crowdfunding sources in terms of #knowledge from target audiences, we shift from 'communicating with' rather than 'communicating to' which makes the #practice more #effective

@SiddhrthKnkaria discussing the #socio-#cultural-#economic structure of #scicomm via #Science #Capital

@tejeswini_padma
👉Exemplifying her experience in working with wax structures to understand facial muscles. Half the face was made as a goddess and rest were muscular.
👉Turned into a cultural gathering of science in a fascinating manner!

@kollegala on socio-cultural aspects
👉important to know these.
👉Exemplifies his personal experience, teaching Kannada students, tribal children, about the brain.
👉Using 'mastiksha' did not incite a response, but when the local term was used for the brain, it strikes a chord.

❓How do we democratize science and access to knowledge?

@Joitree Chakraborty: Creating #characters, #icons and other #interesting things #resonating with the #cultural contexts.

@ipsawonders talking about her personal experience of
#storytelling through means of #performance #arts, which really moved the audiences.

❓❓@ChagunBasha: What are the possible policy interventions? #Insightful #ideas for inclusion issues?

@kollegala pointing out the need of the hour for #policy:

@ChagunBasha: Brings his personal experience - An #afternoon #program for 1-2 hours proves a #hit even in a remote village.
"Models exist but need to be strengthened." 💪💪💪

@Chavi says - "You can put 10 excellent implementers together even then things can go haywire, while someone having an understanding of putting things objectively as per requirements or aims can excel the results."

@SomdattaKarak shares a policy intervention -

@Divs_astrowise agrees with @SomdattaKarak and shares: "Many times it becomes a competition among institutes instead of collaborating in terms of science communication."

@cm_manasvi adds: #scicommers should continuously #deliberate and #meet!

adds.. there is a need to have a #scicomm #convention

@vanshika_writes gives closing remarks!

@threadreaderapp can we have an unroll!