TOWARDS A COOPERATION BETWEEN THE ARTS, SPACE SCIENCE RESEARCH AND THE EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY - PRELIMINARY FINDINGS OF THE ESA TOPICAL TEAM ARTS SCIENCE (ETTAS)

摘要

The arts offer alternative insights into reality - which is explored by science in general, and broadened by the activitiesconducted by the European Space Agency (ESA) and other space agencies. Similar to the way the membersof ESA are ambassadors for spaceflight and science, artists and cultural professionals are ambassadors for humanexpression, experimentation, and exploration. In June 2011, the ESA Topical Team Arts & Science (ETTAS), helda three-day workshop at the European Astronaut Centre in Cologne, Germany. During this workshop, topics andideas were discussed to develop cooperations between the arts, sciences and ESA to foster and expand the humanand cultural aspects of space exploration, and at the same time offer a means of communication that aims to reachaudiences beyond the scope of traditional space-related channels. The preliminary findings and consensus of theteam was that establishing and sustaining a transdisciplinary professional community consisting of ESA representatives,scientists and artists would fuel knowledge transfer, and mutual inspiration. [Imhof et.al. 2012] Potentialways to provide a sustainable cooperation within and between the various groups were discussed and will be presented.A number of measures and mechanisms in order to initiate and conduct such an initiative and a more indepthview regarding organizational measures, procedures and consequences, as well as a proposition on how toproceed are included in the preliminary findings. Overall, the involvement and cooperation between the Arts, SpaceScience Research and ESA will enhance in the citizens of the ESA member states the sense of public ownership ofESA results, and participation in ESA's research.