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Cuatru Cuartus de Scièntzia
Cuatru Cuartus de Scièntzia' arrives in Quartu!
A series of 4 multilingual meetings to explore the boundaries between science and art.
Three watchwords: inclusion, creativity, interdisciplinarity.
It begins on Thursday 24 August, 7 p.m., at the Nuraghe Diana, with "Yoga, Stars and Stars", an evening dedicated to
to listening and observation. The programme includes a group sound meditation session led by
a yoga teacher and sound massage, astronomical observations with the naked eye and through a telescope, stories and scientific anecdotes, by astrophilə and astrophysicə experts.
It continues on Friday 25 August, 8 p.m., at The Old Tipsy (via Eligio Porcu 33), with 'Beer & Science', the most bubbly popular event ever. Young scientists talk about their activities in an informal way while sipping a glass of beer together with the audience.
An astrophotography contest will also be launched for the first couple of events, open to anyone: photos must be shared on Instagram by tagging @ideas_1794 @thesardinian_cosmologist @the.baking.scientist @astrollica @ciak_si_physics and using the hashtags: #4CuartusDeScientzia #QuartuAstroContest #IDeAS2023 #scientziainbidda #scientziainsardu #contusecantus #birraescienza #QuartuEstate2023 #rethinklecitta.
The photos selected as winners will be printed and exhibited at the two closing events, which will take place in October.
On Saturday 14 October, at 11 a.m., it will be the turn of Scièntzia in Bidda (High School Edition): an open multilingual meeting to dismantle stereotypes about science and discuss together, as scientists and citizens, scientific culture as an engine to elaborate from below sustainable social models that respect cultural diversity.
We will talk about science, but also about discrimination, repopulation and self-determination.
Among the many participants will be Marica Branchesi (professor GSSI L'Aquila and member of the ministerial technical-scientific committee for the Einstein Telescope experiment) and Matteo Tuveri (scientific Sardinian expert and author of the book 'S'Universu a Bolu'). The event will be held live for an audience of students/high schools, but will be streamed live, giving the opportunity to interact live with a virtual audience of thousands of people.
It closes on Sunday 15 October, 7 p.m., at The Old Tipsy (via Eligio Porcu 33), with 'Contus e Cantus - s'Arti de sa Scièntzia', a multilingual (Sardinian, Italian, English) science popularisation show.
A short journey, between music and theatre, to discover frontier science, but also scientific Sardinian and the social impact of international science in Sardinia. Among the protagonists are the social divulgatorə Francesca Loi (@astrollica) and Riccardo Murgia (@thesardinian_cosmologist), and the science journalist Matteo Serra.
The initiative is realised with the contribution of: Municipality of Quartu Sant'Elena - Cuartu Sant'Aleni, Gran Sasso Science Institute (GSSI L'Aquila), National Institute of Nuclear Physics (INFN, Cagliari Section), National Institute of Astrophysics (INAF-OAC, Astronomical Observatory of Cagliari), Department of Physics University of Cagliari.