[1] Evette, by way of contrAST, does not think of science in terms of subjects.
[2] Optical illusion is called 'impossible triangle' (see Evette's interview)
[3] Evette also talks about the 'flow' of a show.
[BL1] Techniquest aiming to represent a cross section of its community in its staff. Have similar requests gone out for 'Asian' workers or 'Female' staff?
[BL2]Techniquest has a 'motivational' effect on its staff as well as on members of the public.
[BL3]Legitimacy: Does one have to be a scientist in order to teach science?
[BL4]Personal vision and idiosyncrasy play a role in determining what gets produced at Techniquest.
[BL5]An admission that science is not a neutral? To engage with science is to accept social responsibility.
[BL6] A belief in the power of action and doing is central to TQ's philosophy.
[BL7]One of the aims of Techniquest is to make people 'see' the 'invisible' science in the world around them,
[BL8]Derek frequently uses the word 'involved'. Does he mean galvanize? Remember TQ's vision:
"to establish the critical role of science within popular culture by providing people with direct
access to scientific phenomena, principles, applications and issues"
[BL9] Techniquest regularly discriminates by age. They occasionally discrimination by learning ability. They rarely (or never) openly discrimination by race or gender. They do not openly discriminate by class, but they do run various 'outreach' programs for hospitals and disadvantaged groups.
[BL10]By background I assume he means class
[BL11]What kind of learning is going on here? Is Dockside Community Schools 'improvement' in behavior due to a new found love of science or, alternatively has the school merely learnt the terms of engagement with TQ?
[BL12]'theming' is an important method via which science is made meaningful at Techniquest.
[BL13]The exhibits in the hall do not change very often - this allows members of the public to develop a long term relationship with the exhibits. They can revisit an exhibit over week, months or years and get to 'know' it. One of the things that I discovered in my initial familiarization period is that the exhibit hall gets 'better' over time. I think that Heath might have also commented on this.
[BL14]Derek is clearly separating the science from the communication of the science.
[BL15]The desire to create the 'wow' factor is common across education, exhibits and public programs. However, the what are the differences to the way that the 'wow' is produced in a show (where there is large, captive and seated, audience) and on the exhibit hall (where people wander in small groups)?
[BL16]The commercial imperative determines what will be produced, even in the education program.