The International Day of Scientific Culture (IDSC) aims to highlight the importance of scientific culture in today's world and celebrate activities and institutions that provide spaces for people to make science a relevant part of their lives.
Many institutions and individuals around the world contribute to strengthening scientific culture through public communication of science, but more needs to be done. Therefore, in 2020, a group of institutions launched the initiative of the IDSC.
In this context and to highlight the importance of scientific culture, in 2020 seven organizations from Mexico and Costa Rica proposed the establishment of the IDSC. That year and the three that followed, these and other institutions have participated in the celebration of this Day on 28 September (commemorating the date of the first broadcast of Carl Sagan's television series "Cosmos"), through conferences, round tables, workshops, publications, social networks and other activities.
In 2023, 156 organizations from 25 countries on four continents, including seven international organizations, carried out 427 activities aimed at different audiences as part of the fourth International Day for Scientific Culture. You can watch a short video report on the celebration of the ICDD in 2023 at the following link: https://youtu.be/vW016QK9D0k?si=bPFC1fD3PfXOgliB
HOW TO CELEBRATE THE IDSC 2024
Carry out activities
Institutions, as well as individuals, can celebrate the DICC through the realization of one or more activities consistent with their respective missions and functions, which are aimed at:
- Disseminating the concept of scientific culture,
- Highlighting its importance in today's world,
- Promoting the integration of science as part of citizen culture
- Highlighting the need for citizens in general (including politicians, educators, social and business leaders, etc.) to be scientifically educated.
Activities can be organized the institution individually, by institutions working together within a country, or institutions working together across countries. We invite you to register them in the following form in order to be part of the international catalogue: https://forms.gle/xJ3kKM2xFkWS3TdE9
The target audiences can be very diverse:
- By age: Children, teenagers, adults.
- By professional activity: Teachers, researchers and technologists, politicians and public officials, professionals from various disciplines (biologists, mathematicians, sociologists, educators, chemists, biotechnologists, etc).
- By areas of interest: People in a street situation, people with disabilities, domestic workers, housewives, parents, etc.
- By level of schooling: Students of different educational levels, illiterate population, etc.
TO REGISTER YOUR ACTIVITY
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Disseminate
Disseminate the celebration of the IDSC through media accessible to each organization: websites, social networks, radio or television, audio or video channels via Internet, newsletters, etc.
Do not forget to check the resources.
Record and publish testimonials
Participating educators and science communicators can, if they wish, record one or more short videos (from 30 to 60 seconds) with their cell phones or tablets, answering to one or both of the following questions:
- Why is scientific culture important?
- What do you do in your daily life to enjoy science and to take advantage of it?
Post your video on your personal web site or social media (Facebook, Instagram or YouTube channel) between the night of Tuesday, September 27, and early Wednesday 28, accompanying the video with the hashtag #DíaCulturaCientífica, #ScienceCulturaDay, #DICC2024 o #IDSC2024, as well as tagging the official celebration profiles:
Share materials
If you produce materials about the IDSC in languages other than Spanish and English, you can share them by sending them to the mail: dicc@somedicyt.org.mx to make them available to other institutions and individuals.
Report what you did
You are encouraged to publish notes and videos about the activities and results of your institution.
Participating institutions are encouraged to record information about their activities and the public served.