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Dialogue-Based Public Engagement with Nanotechnology

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 February 2011

Argiri Aggelopoulou ,
Victoria Kramer ,
J. Ryan Reynolds ,
Colin Townsend  and
Chris Toumey
Argiri Aggelopoulou
Affiliation:
aggeloup@mailbox.sc.edu, University of South Carolina, USC NanoCenter, 1212 Greene St., Columbia, SC, 29208, United States
Victoria Kramer
Affiliation:
kramerv@mailbox.sc.edu, University of South Carolina, Mass Communications, Columbia, SC, 29208, United States
J. Ryan Reynolds
Affiliation:
ReynolJR@mailbox.sc.edu, University of South Carolina, Sociology, Columbia, SC, 29208, United States
Colin Townsend
Affiliation:
ethnohead@hotmail.com, University of South Carolina, Anthropology, Columbia, SC, 29208, United States
Chris Toumey
Affiliation:
Toumey@sc.edu, University of South Carolina, USC NanoCenter, 1212 Greene St., Columbia, SC, 29208, United States, 803 777-2221
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Abstract

Theory and experience emphasize that science communications between experts and nonexperts should be dialogue, not monologue. This principle guides a program of public engagement with nanotechnology at the University of South Carolina. It enables the participants to express their values and concerns to experts, and to question them. It is intended that the knowledge and confidence generated by this program will enhance the participants' ability to have active and constructive roles in nanotech policy.

Keywords

nanoscalescanning tunneling microscopy (STM)scanning probe microscopy (SPM)
Type
Research Article
Information
MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 1105: Symposium OO – The Role of Lifelong Education in Nanoscience and Engineering , 2008 , 1105-OO01-03
Copyright
Copyright © Materials Research Society 2008

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