When I started it was called teaching or Guided Walks depending on whether one was inside or outside.
Interestingly, the term "twitcher" didn't exist then either. The people who chase after vagrant birds were called "tick hunters".
Noel
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It would be interesting to pin down when it actually started to be called Sci Comm. I have been doing this for nearly 30 years and it wasn't called that when I started, it was called 'Public Understanding of Science'. My guess would be around the time the Imperial College course started, which is about the earliest thing I can recall being badged 'science communication' with it really taking off post-Jenkin when things clearly moved on from the Bodmer paradigm.
Otherwise I would say that the first hands-on science centre in the UK was a landmark of major importance. There is a bit of debate about who was the first to open in around 1986, but the Ontario Science Centre Circus appeared at the Science Museum as a Launchpad precursor in 1982, and at the British Association Meeting in Norwich in 1984 Richard Gregory and Steve Pizzey showed the first home-grown UK hands on exhibits in a tent, making it the direct precursor of the Exploratory, At-Bristol, Inspire, The Observatory and the Discovery Dome, as well as an indirect stimulus for all the others
IAN
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Hi there,
We're asking and discussing with our #scicomm masters students this week what key moments in the history, politics and future of #scicomm might be...
We had the Bodmer report from Sam Illingworth - what would yours be...?
Feel free to tweet your moment @scicomsalford my key #scicommhistory moment is... (and the year) plus a weblink if there is one.
We'd would love to hear from diverse and unusual perspectives - thinking from the public and scientific perspective or somewhere in between...
We'll share the timeline back... and hopefully start a debate about it...
All best,
Erinma
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