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Book Synopsis•The first book to bring the field of science communication into conversation with queer theory. •Includes ‘practice spotlights’ by practitioners that highlight specific science communication initiatives relevant to queer people and queer topics.
Table of ContentsIntroduction - Tara Roberson and Lindy A. Orthia Part 1: Negotiating Queer Identities with Science, Technology, and Medicine 1. Where to ‘Keep’ the Queer: Contestations and Anxieties in Clinical Communications - Aritra Chatterjee Practice Spotlight: Gender and Sex in Research Communications - Sophia Frentz 2. The Question of Queer Complexity: Science Communication and Queer Activism - V de Kauwe and Emily Standen 3. Queer Interests in Technology and Innovation Discourse - Tara Roberson Practice Spotlight: All We Need Is … The Endosymbiotic Love Calendar - Annalaura Alifuoco, Natalie E.R. Beveridge, Yasmine Kumordzi, and Hwa Young Jung Practice Spotlight: GENDERS: Shaping and Breaking the Binary, an Exhibition at Science Gallery London - Helen Kaplinsky and Jessie Krish Teaching Notes for Part 1 Part 2: Representations of Queerness in Public Science Communication 4. Queering Science Museums, Science Centres, and Other Public Science Institutions - Eleanor S. Armstrong and Simon J. Lock Practice Spotlight: Queer by Nature: The LGBTQ+ Natural History Tour - Josh Davis Practice Spotlight: Science Queers: Overacted Representation in Science Communication - Òscar Aznar-Alemany Practice Spotlight: Science is a Drag! Online Events - Carla Suciu, Brynley Pearlstone, and Sam Langford 5. Queer Characters in Science-themed Fiction - Lindy A. Orthia and Leo P. Visser Practice Spotlight: Using #QueerInSTEM and Related Hashtags to Promote Your Science Communication - Luis Lopez and Alberto I. Roca Practice Spotlight: Queer Science Blogs: Public Communication Before the Age of Social Media - Ron Buckmire and Alberto I. Roca Teaching Notes for Part 2 Part 3: Queer People in Science Communication Communities 6. Malayang Paglaladlad para sa Mapagpalayang Paglalahad: Coming Out and Queering Science Communication in Contested Spaces - John Noel Viaña, Mario Carlo Severo, Miguel Barretto-Garcia, Paul James Magtaan, Jason Tan Liwag, Roemel Jeusep Bueno, Christer de Silva, and Shaira Panela Practice Spotlight: Queer Scientists PH: Visibility Towards Community Building and Empowerment - Jason Tan Liwag, Jay S. Fidelino, Rey Audie S. Escosio, Almira B. Ocampo, and Nikki Santos-Ocampo Practice Spotlight: 500 Queer Scientists at the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras - Alice Motion and Hervé Sauquet 7. Including Queerness and Improving Belonging of Intersectional Queer Identities in Science Communication Communities - Katherine Canfield Practice Spotlight: Rainbow Spectrums: Embracing Our Queer Disabled Family in Science Communication - V de Kauwe and Kai Fisher 8. Have Rainbow, Will Collect Data: How Citizen and Community Science Engages Queer Volunteers - Todd A. Harwell Teaching Notes for Part 3 Part 4: Queering Institutional Science Communication Agendas 9. Science OUTreach: A Queer Approach to Science Communication Practice - Alice Motion and Lee Wallace Practice Spotlight: Queer Communicators in Environmental, Climate Change, and Sustainability Conversations - Franzisca Weder Practice Spotlight: How LGBTIQA+ Representation in Organization Leadership Impacts Inclusivity and Visibility - Sarah Durcan and Andrea Bandelli Practice Spotlight: Outer Edge: Queer(y)ing STEM Collections – A Community Workshop - Eleanor S. Armstrong and Sophie Gerber 10. The Possibilities of Queer in Science Communication Teaching and Pedagogies - Simon J. Lock and Eleanor S. Armstrong 11. Queering Science Communication Theory Beyond Deficit and Dialogue Binaries - Lindy A. Orthia and V de Kauwe Teaching Notes for Part 4 Conclusions - Tara Roberson and Lindy A. Orthia
