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Effective strategies to promote the relevance of the urban subsurface

Kinderen aan het experimenteren zetten via concept cartoons

Concept cartoons (Naylor & Keogh, 1999, 2012; Naylor et al., 2007) worden vaak gebruikt om leerlingdenkbeelden te diagnosticeren en leerlingen aan het redeneren te krijgen met begrippen. Concept cartoons kunnen leerlingen ook aanzetten tot het bedenken van experimenten om het verschijnsel in de cartoon nader te onderzoeken en vervolgens de resultaten te gebruiken bij redeneren over dat verschijnsel. In zes lessen met drie concept cartoons onderzochten we in hoeverre basisschoolleerlingen zonder eerdere ervaring met praktisch werk in de wetenschap- en technieklessen in staat zijn experimenten te bedenken waarbij zij de resultaten gebruiken om hun argumenten te onderbouwen. Welke problemen doen zich daarbij voor? Het onderzoek werd uitgevoerd in een klas met 29 leerlingen van groep 7 in Amsterdam. Het onderwijsproces en de opbrengst werden gedocumenteerd door middel van video- en audio-opnames, observatieverslagen, individuele werkbladen en groepswerkbladen van de leerlingen. Het kost de leerlingen weinig moeite om experimenten te bedenken om het verschijnsel in de cartoon nader te onderzoeken, maar de onderzoeksvaardigheden die leerlingen daarbij nodig hebben ontbreken in meer of mindere mate. Bij de uitvoering worden de oorspronkelijke onderzoeksvraag van de kinderen zelf en het oorspronkelijke ontwerp van het experiment nogal eens vergeten, en leveren de experimenten andere kennis op dan bedoeld in de oorspronkelijke onderzoeksvraag. De cartoons bleken ook duidelijk te verschillen in hun potentie om productief onderzoek te genereren. De docent kan het gebruik van concept cartoons in de lessen op een hoger niveau brengen door zorgvuldig te overwegen wanneer welke cartoon te gebruiken en hoe de cartoon in te zetten om welke vaardigheden te ontwikkelen, maar ook door de discussie, het proces van het ontwerpen van de experimenten, het documenteren van resultaten in logboek of werkblad en het gebruiken van bewijsmateriaal in redeneringen te begeleiden en daarin leerlijnen uit te zetten.

A vivid portrait of a versatile Amsterdam Zuidoost

Developing a research approach from Amsterdam Zuidoost. We are committed to using our presence in the area to contributea) continuing promoting interest in, and acquiring knowledge of, Zuidoost; b) respecting and embracing its versatility and c) eliminating barriers in its layout.In all three elements, we adopt the metaphor of a guided tour that provides a physical and mental map to share. We relate such a map to anexisting tradition of what we like to call ‘translators’ of the area, people suchas guide Jenny van Dalen, or architect Peter Dautzenberg. These are peoplewho recognised the beauty of places such as the Bijlmer before others, andwho taught many to appreciate (and conserve) them. In this sense, theirwork has contributed to a revalorisation of Bijlmer heritage and to a morewidespread awareness of its value.However, there are also concerns that this revalorisation could result inexcessively lucrative operations that may be detrimental to the currentresidents of Zuidoost. The renovation of the Amsterdamse Poort and thetransformation of the emblematic ‘Zandkasteel’ (Sand Castle) building intoluxury apartments has been met with mixed feelings, as these works couldaffect accessibility and increase prices throughout the area. More than ever,especially in relation to point ‘b’ above, concerted efforts need to be made toensure that investments will improve collective public spaces and will buildon an inclusive and diverse cultural and historical awareness.More specifically, The Bijlmer has now acquired legitimacy and cannot simplybe demolished. Its history is also linked to the many newcomers that broughtnew rhythms to the city of Amsterdam.We are convinced that Zuidoost’s sustainable plans and metropolitanambitions will only succeed if they also include, reflect upon and safeguard this versatility.In cooperation with Carla Hoffschulte

IknowWhatThisIs.

This publication gives an account of the Public Annotation of Cultural Heritage research project (PACE) conducted at the Crossmedialab. The project was carried out between 1 January 2008 and 31 December 2009, and was funded by the Ministry of Education, Culture, and Science. Three members of the Dutch Association of Science Centres (Vereniging Science Centra) actively participated in the execution of the project: the Utrecht University Museum, the National Museum of Natural History (Naturalis), and Museon. In addition, two more knowledge institutes participated: Novay and the Utrecht University of Applied Sciences. BMC Consultancy and Manage¬ment also took part in the project. This broad consortium has enabled us to base the project on both knowledge and experience from a practical and scientific perspective. The purpose of the PACE project was to examine the ways in which social tagging could be deployed as a tool to enrich collections, improve their acces¬sibility and to increase visitor group involvement. The museums’ guiding question for the project was: ‘When is it useful to deploy social tagging as a tool for the benefit of museums and what kind of effect can be expected from such deployment?’ For the Crossmedialab the PACE project presented a unique opportunity to conduct concrete research into the highly interesting phenomenon of social tagging with parties and experts in the field.

From grey to green infrastructure in a changing climate

Communities worldwide are critically re-examining their seasonal cultures and calendars. As cultural frameworks, seasons have long patterned community life and provided repertoires for living by annual rhythms. In a chaotic world, the seasons - winter, the monsoon and so on - can feel like stable cultural landmarks for reckoning time and orienting our communities. Seasons are rooted in our pasts and reproduced in our present. They act as schemes for synchronising community activities and professional practices, and as symbol systems for interpreting what happens in the world. But on closer inspection, seasons can be unstable and unreliable. Their meanings can change over time. Seasonal cultures evolve with environments and communities’ worldviews, values, technologies and practices, affecting how people perceive seasonal patterns and behave accordingly. Calendars are contested, especially now. Communities today find themselves in a moment of accelerated and intersecting changes - from climate to social, political, and technological - that are destabilizing seasonal cultures. How they reorient themselves to shifting patterns may affect whether seasonal rhythms serve as resources, or lead people down maladaptive pathways. A focus on seasonal cultures builds on multi-disciplinary work. The social sciences, from anthropology to sociology, have long studied how seasons order people’s sense of time, social life, relationship to the environment, and politics. In the humanities, seasons play an important role in literature, art, archaeology and history. This book advances scholarship in these fields, and enriches it with extrascientific insights from practice, to open up exiting new directions in climate adaptation. Critically questions traditional, often-static notions of seasons; re-interpreting them as more flexible, cultural frameworks adapting to changes to our societies and environments.