Article
RedPOP: 25 years of a science communication network in Latin America
Registro en:
MASSARANI, Luisa Medeiros et al. RedPOP: 25 years of a science communication network in Latin America. JCOM: Journal of Science Communication, v. 14, n. 3, p. 1-9, 2015.
1824-2049
10.22323/2.14030406
Autor
Massarani, Luisa Medeiros
Aguirre, Claudia
Pedersoli, Constanza
Reynoso, Elaine
Lindegaard, Luz Marina
Resumen
The Red de Popularización de la Ciencia y la Tecnología en América latina
y el Caribe (RedPOP) (Latin American and Caribbean Network for the
Popularization of Science and Technology) was created 25 years ago as an
expression of a movement that started in the 1960s in favour of a scientific
education. The purpose of this movement was to incorporate science into
the general knowledge of the population by communicating science
through different media, products and spaces such as museums and
science centres. Since then, the movement has acquired considerable
strength in Latin America and RedPOP has been a key factor to the
development of this activity in the region, although several challenges still
have to be addressed.