Poetic Science: Evoking Wonder Through Transmedia Discovery of Science

摘要

This dissertation presents a transmedia approach to poetic science as a beneficial methodology for communicating popular science that bridges traditional divides between the humanities and sciences. Within this methodological approach, both arts-driven and conventional forms of scientific experimentation and communication exist alongside one-another to enhance, inform, and promote dialogue across disciplinary divides, and to provide multiple points of entry into a shared and diverse knowledge community. Though this discussion centers on scientific communication, these theories and practices can be extended to any field whereby both factual and fiction based storytelling contribute to greater understanding and engagement of the central themes. This theory is primarily informed by and related to particular media arts practices that, combined with this written document, encompass the larger project of this Media Arts + Practice dissertation. This document supports the practice based projects by describing them in more detail and outlining the theory that informed and emerged from them. This written form is best viewed as an extended artist statement and theoretical support for practice based research in media arts.