Communicating public engagement, public interest and participation

2018 ◽  
pp. 52-71
Author(s):  
Mohan J. Dutta
Keyword(s):  
Public Engagement ◽  
Public Interest

scholarly journals THE ROLE OF 3D DOCUMENTATION FOR RESTORATION INTERVENTIONS. THE CASE STUDY OF VALFLORES IN LOURES, PORTUGAL

2020 ◽  
Vol XLIV-M-1-2020 ◽  
pp. 381-388
Author(s):  
L. Mateus ◽  
V. Ferreira ◽  
J. Aguiar ◽  
P. Pacheco ◽  
J. Ferreira ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Public Engagement ◽  
Public Interest ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Structural Condition ◽  
Conservation History ◽  
3D Documentation ◽  
Condition State ◽  
Important Evidence

Abstract. The house and farm of Valflores, located near Lisbon, are an important evidence of the Portuguese Renaissance civil architecture from the first half of 16th century, built by Jorge de Barros, the overseer of the Portuguese king, D. João III, in Flanders. Its style has its roots in Italian villas. As was common at that time, the property was a villeggiatura site. In 1982 the house and the farm were listed as property of public interest. In 2000 the property was inserted in a Portuguese list of heritage at risk and in 2001 the property was in a state of pre-ruin. It was bought by the municipality in 2006. After 2007 a partnership between a Local Heritage Association (ADPAC), the Municipality of Loures and the Lisbon School of Architecture developed a series of initiatives for the safeguard and restoration of this Heritage. Several studies were performed, including multiple three-dimensional surveys on several occasions. Ultimately, these studies led to the development of a restoration project in 2016 for European funds application. At the present date, the restoration works are going on. The objective of this paper is the discussion of how three-dimensional documentation played a fundamental role on the several stages of this process, namely after 2007, permitting to gain insights about metrics, space and form distributions, deformations, structural condition, state of conservation, history, and allowing dissemination and public engagement.

Public Archaeology, Archaeology and the Public

2020 ◽  
pp. 17-33
Author(s):  
Jeannette Papadopoulos ◽  
Rosario Maria Anzalone
Keyword(s):  
Public Engagement ◽  
Public Interest ◽  
Public Archaeology ◽  
Archaeological Heritage ◽  
The Public ◽  
Mass Tourism ◽  
Public Property ◽  
Evolution Of Communication ◽  
New Challenges ◽  
Italian Constitution

Public archaeology is a flexible notion with several meanings: public engagement in protecting archaeological heritage, public interest in the results of research, and archaeology as a public service offered by qualified staff. Such a broad range of purposes and approaches involves various professionals and includes new disciplines supporting archaeology and advertising its achievements. Archaeology in Italy has always been public, since 1909 laws establish that underground and underwater finds are State property. The Italian Constitution also includes protection of landscape and cultural heritage among its fundamental principles. Nevertheless, public property of archaeological heritage seems no longer sufficient to make the communities feel as legitimate owner and involve them in archaeological enhancement projects. The increase of protection and promotion activities, the rise of mass tourism, and the evolution of communication strategies are forcing archaeology to face new challenges. In order to be roundly public, archaeology should not lose of sight its present-day public.

scholarly journals Interactions between emotional and cognitive engagement with science on YouTube

2021 ◽  
pp. 096366252199084
Author(s):  
Ilana Dubovi ◽  
Iris Tabak
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Public Engagement ◽  
Public Interest ◽  
Emotional Responses ◽  
Cognitive Engagement ◽  
Emotional Engagement ◽  
Behavioral Engagement ◽  
Science Content ◽  
Public Engagement With Science ◽  
Self Reports

This study aimed to map and characterize public engagement with science on YouTube. A two-part study was conducted. First, we collected and quantitatively analyzed trending videos on YouTube to evaluate the magnitude of public interaction with science content. Then, we assessed actual, rather than self-reports of, media interactions with science-related YouTube trending videos. We tested associations between behavioral engagement of viewing, liking, disliking or commenting, and emotional and cognitive engagement. Our findings affirm that science content attracts high public interest and that emotional and cognitive engagement with science on social media are distinct, but interrelated. We show that regardless of the valence of emotional engagement, emotion is linked to greater behavioral engagement of posting comments and to greater cognitive engagement of argumentative deliberation. Therefore, our findings suggest that social media interactions, which tend to evoke emotional responses, are a promising means of advancing person-to-person engagement with science.

scholarly journals Partisan Gerrymandering and Political Science

2020 ◽  
Vol 23 (1) ◽  
pp. 171-185
Author(s):  
Eric McGhee
Keyword(s):  
Political Science ◽  
Public Engagement ◽  
Public Interest ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Court Cases ◽  
High Profile ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Law ◽  
High Level ◽  
Scientific Questions

Recent years have seen a tremendous surge of public interest in partisan gerrymandering, including robust reform efforts and multiple high-profile court cases. Political scientists have played an important role in this debate, reaching an unusually high level of public engagement. Yet this public-facing period has to some extent obscured promising avenues for future research within the discipline. I review the history of political science and redistricting and describe how research on this topic has been shaped by the newfound interest. The goals of the law differ from those of political science, so research that focuses squarely on the former often misses opportunities to advance the latter. I lay out the contours of this difference and then suggest reframing the existing metrics of partisan gerrymandering to make them useful for more traditionally scientific questions. Finally, I offer some ideas about what those future questions might look like when reframed in this way.

Public Involvement in Japanese Transportation Decision Making

2003 ◽  
Vol 1858 (1) ◽  
pp. 89-94 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marcy Schwartz ◽  
Hiromitsu Yajima ◽  
Jonathan Bartsch ◽  
Jean Brittingham
Keyword(s):  
Public Engagement ◽  
Public Interest ◽  
Public Involvement ◽  
Major Change ◽  
The United States ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Government Agencies ◽  
Infrastructure Development ◽  
News Organizations ◽  
Public Interest Groups

The context for public involvement in Japan has undergone a major change in the last 10 years. Legislative mandates, actions by various public interest groups, initiatives by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, and Transport (MLIT) and a research group, and research by news organizations and academic institutions have begun to erode the longstanding reluctance of government agencies to seek public engagement in the development of major infrastructure projects. The factors driving these changes are explored, the recent development and delivery of a public involvement training course for MLIT staff in Japan by a team of Japanese and American consultants are described, observations and lessons learned by the trainers and the course participants concerning differences in conducting public involvement in the United States and Japan are discussed, and suggestions are made for steps for implementing public involvement as a routine part of infrastructure development in Japan.

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