Between Wonder and Evidence: The International Festival of Scientific and Educational Film

Activity

Invited talk at the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science, Berlin, within the

Description

The International Festival of Scientific and Educational Film was held at the University of Padua in collaboration with the Venice Film Festival between 1956 and 1975. In this meeting, Aberdeen-based film and visual culture scholar Silvia Casini, asks how the format of the festival spatialized knowledge along the two axes of wonder and evidence to challenge or reinforce epistemic boundaries between disciplines, expertise, institutions, and audiences.

Period	19 Dec 2024
Held at	Max Planck Institute for the History of Science, Germany
Degree of Recognition	International