Author: Katharina Tyran

You need a poster for Saturday but a) don’t have the time or b) lack of ideas or maybe c) don’t have the skills? No problem. We may find some slogans for download and print in DIN A4 here.

 

 

Press statement

Two days prior to the Vienna March for Science on April 22, 2017 – one of 500 marches worldwide on this day – the organization team presented a prognosis on the number of participants, the program and speakers.

“Together for science”: Hundreds of people may follow this call of the Vienna March for Science – as one of over 500 marches worldwide on that day – on next Saturday into the Viennese City center. “Since middle of march, we registered around 150.000 contacts in social media and on our homepage. Additionally, we expect delegations from the federal provinces and from the General Assembly of the European Geosciences Union, which will start a day later in Vienna with 12.000 participants”, said Head of the organization team, Oliver Lehmann. With a strong support of almost all Austrian universities, research institutions, with the universities of applied sciences and teacher training colleges, with the Austrian students representative council as well as science-affine networks, the March swiftly became together with it’s goals a topic of public awareness. Continue reading “„Vienna March for Science ready for demonstration“”

“Science is thrilling and fun, you just need the right attitude”, Thomas Hofmann and Mathias Harzhauser argue and emphasize in their recently published book “Haie, Goethe und die Gurken”, showing a weird, unconventional, interdisciplinary and authentic potpourri of Vienna in 15 walks through the city. Continue reading “Thomas Hofmann & Mathias Harzhauser: Two weird scientists”

Visitors of the Science March Vienna will have the opportunity not only to march for science but also to help fighting Leukemia: There will be a booth in front of the Naturhistorisches Museum  between 16:00 and  17:00 open for all persons, who want to become stem cell donors and register for the Stammzellspender-Datei of Vienna Medical University. Only a signature on the consent form and a buccal (cheek) swab are necessary, if a person wants to become a stem cell donor and maybe save someone’s life. Age and weight limits are: 18 – 45 years; Ladies: 55 – 100 kg; Gentlemen: 60 – 110 kg. Continue reading “Want to become a stem cell donor?”

The Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary foundation will be part of Vienna Science March on April 22 and present a unique art installation: Ernesto Neto’s “Jiboia” will march through Vienna’s City center with us.

The Jiboia – boa constrictor in Portuguese – is a special kind of art work: an open-form, multi-performer, snake-like wearable net, which first performed during the Global Climate March in Vienna in 2015. Ernesto Neto’s idea is uniting people, as everyone participating in this art installation and wearing the net becomes part of the Jiboia, regardless of his or her background. Neto’s timely work is a manifestation of the idea that even the seemingly insignificant actions of one can affect the whole. Neto envisions art as an an opportunity to immerse the senses, and an ephemeral journey towards self-enlightenment, in this sense we invite everyone to be part of it!

Fotos: TBA21

How can we get a crowd of people interested in marching for science? A long-since scientifically proven way of solving problems is, of course, to create a formula. Science March Vienna’s chosen method is called “Formula 2+1”, and it was invented by Helga Nowotny who was the first to sign up as a supporter of the march:

Every scientist attending the March should invite two people who are not involved in academia to join them. “With this we symbolize how strong science is rooted in everyday life”, says Nowotny.

Dear scientist, make up your mind who will you bring along on Saturday to  join you!