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PhD Candidate of the 1st Cohort
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miira.hill@leuphana.de [2]
Subsequent Position
After she received the doctorate, Miira Hill worked in a post-doc position as a research assistant at the Institute of Sociology in the Research Training Group "Innovation Society Today. The reflexive creation of novelety" at the Technical University of Berlin.
Dissertation
Slamming Science. The New Art Of Old Public Science Communication
Lately more and more public science events have developed. In events like science slams scientists are asked to present their knowledge in new ways and speak to an audience of laymen. Such events claim to reach a huge audience even though they have scientific topics. They want to reach the public by means of emotional attachment and artistic demonstration. Through reflexive relations to different disciplines and genres (like poetry slam) new communicative strategies of science are developed. Recent developments of science exploring new public spheres are occurring all over the world. Since the 1980s in Germany and in many other countries there are several innovative events with the goal to translate scientific self-presentation into new settings and to enable the communication between laypeople and experts.
My project focused on actors who publicly stage their research and themselves in communication processes. One center of attention was the performative appearance of scientists on stage (self-presentation, interaction, space, and things), while the other part was more concerned with the justification of the action (legitimacy). I portrayed why and how communicative actions in science slams are developed in the complex and uncertain relationship between science and publics, and what is evaluated as legitimately scientific in this context. My qualitative analysis of websites, interviews, and videos showed how the genre of science slam demands young people to present scientific knowledge. Science slammers are expected to be outgoing, not afraid to compete, and hungry for attention outside of academia. In competitive presentations slammers are asked to give comprehensible, entertaining, emotional, and short presentations. I suggested that new approaches to communicate science in lecture-based events could be seen as an alternative way of legitimizing science.
Research interest:
- science and innovation studies
- science communication
- sociology of knowledge
- empirical research
- science and technology studies
- sociology of emotions
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Hill, M. (2015): “Embodiment of Science in Science Slams. A Case of
Informal Public Science Communication”. In: Studying Science
Communication. A panel of the EASST2014 Conference (September 17-19th,
2014, Torun, Poland). Organised by Sarah R Davies and Maja Horst.
Published in University of West England science communication
Postgraduate Papers (ed. Edited by Erik Stengler) ISBN:10 digit:
186043522X13 digit: 9781860435225 |
| Hill, M. (2015): „Science Slam und die
Darstellung von ‚Tatsachen‘- eine Vergessenheit der
Wissensproduktion?“ Proceedings of the INSIST Conference, Berlin,
Germany. Published in Social Science Open Access Repository der GESIS
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| Hill, M. (im
Erscheinen): „Die Versinnbildlichung von Gesellschaftswissenschaft
– Herausforderung Science Slam“. In: Öffentliche Wissenschaft und
gesellschaftlicher Wandel (Hrsg. Stefan Selke und Annette Treibel).
Springer VS |
| Hill,
M. (im Erscheinen): Science Slam und die
(Re)Präsentation von Wissenschaft. Neue Einsichten des Kommunikativen
Konstruktivismus über Wissenschaftskommunikation in der Popkultur.
In: Der Kommunikative Konstruktivismus bei der Arbeit
(Hrsg von Jo Reichertz und René Tuma). Juventa Verlag
2016 |
| Hill, M.; Wilke, R. (2016):
“Visual and aesthetic practices in science communication”. In:
Special Issue of Forum Qualitative Research “Visibilities. Multiple
Orders and Practices through Visual Discourse Analysis and Beyond”
(ed. Traue, Boris; Blanc, Mathias; Cambre,
Maria-Carolina). |
| "Die
Versinnbildlichung der Wissenschaft am Beispiel des Science
Slams". Talk at the Knowledge in Action workshop, 28.01.2016
at the TU Berlin. |
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| "Science Slam a New Popularized and Artistic
Way of Informal Science Communication. Challenges of Contemporary
Science Communication." Talk at the Annual Meeting der Society
for Social Studies of Science (4S). Denver, Colorado, 11-14 November,
2015. Conference Programm [3] |
| "How problems of contemporary science
communication concepts become visible in new public genres like the
science slam?" Talk at the International Conference on Science,
Research and Popular Culture, September 17-18, at the
Alpen-Adria-Universität Klagenfurt, Austria. |
| “Is your slam based on facts, or on gags and
slapstick?”– How problems o contemporary science communication
concepts become visible in new public genres like the science
slam. Talk at the workshop STS Approaches to
Science Communication, 25-26th June 2015 at the University of
Copenhagen. |
| "Perspektiven,
Erfahrungen und Potentiale: Wie viel Wissenschaft braucht die
Öffentlichkeit- wie viel Öffentlichkeit verträgt die
Wissenschaft?". Panel discussion [4]hosted by
the Schader Stiftung, 19.03.2015 in Darmstadt. |
| "Science Slam und Lecture Performance.
Zwei spannende Formate für
die Wissenschaftsforschung", Talk at the science
studies colloquium [5] at the Humboldt University
Berlin, Institut für Sozialwissenschaften, Lehrbereich
Wissenschaftsforschung, 24.11.2014 in Berlin. |
| "Wissenssoziologische Wissenschaftssoziologie
in Zeiten des kommunikativen Konstruktivismus". Talk at
the UNDER CONSTRUCTION [6] conference, 13-15 November
2014 in Berlin. |
| "Science Slam und die Darstellung von
'Tatsachen'- eine Vergessenheit der Wissensproduktion?". Talk at
the INSIST [7] conference, 22-23 Oktober 2014 in
Berlin. |
| "Science slam: a new
approach of popular science communication". Talk at theEASST
2014 conference [8], 17- 19th Sept. in Torun. |
| "Herausforderungen innovativer Wissenschafts-
(Re)Präsentation". Talk at the 6. Forum
Wissenschaftskommunikation [9], 11-13th Nov. in
Karlsruhe. |
| "Staging Science:
new approaches in science communication, popular and artistic science
performance. Talk at the Science in Public Confernence [10],
22-23th July 2013 in
Nottigham. |
| Deutsche
Gesellschaft für Soziologie (DGS), Sektion
"Wissenssoziologie" |
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| European Association for the Study of Science and
Technology (EASST) |
| Interdisciplinary Network for Studies Investigating
Science and Technology (INSIST) |
| Society for Social Studies of Science
(4S) |
| Network for the Public
Communication of Science and Technology
(PCST) |
| WS 2014/15 | "Bildkommunikation: Visualisierungen als
kommunikative Formen" (zusammen mit Eric Lettkemann und
René Wilke, MA-Seminar, 2 SWS, Institut für Soziologie, TU
Berlin) |
| WS 2008/09 | „Religion in Contemporary Society“(geleitet von
Hubert Knoblauch), Tutorium, 2 SWS, Institut für Soziologie, TU
Berlin |
| WS 2009/10 | „Emotions, Culture and Society“, 2 SWS, Institut
für Soziologie, TU Berlin |
| SS 2009 | „The Social Construction of Reality and
Other Constructions”, 2 SWS, Institut für Soziologie, TU
Berlin |
| since
07/2018 | Modul-Koordinatorin des Methoden-Moduls an der Leuphana
Universität in Lüneburg |
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| since
10/2015 | Post-Doc Stelle als wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin am
Institut für Soziologie im Graduiertenkolleg
„Innovationsgesellschaft heute. Die reflexive Herstellung des
Neuen“an der Technischen Universität
Berlin. |
| 2015 | Einreichung der
Dissertationsschrift und wissenschaftliche Aussprache zur Erlangung
des Dr. phil., TU Berlin, Fakultät VI, Gesamturteil: magna cum laude
(Gutachter: Prof. Dr. Hubert Knoblauch und Prof. Dr. Martin
Reinhart). Titel: Slamming Science. The New Art Of Old Public Science
Communication |
| 04/2012-09/2015 | Doktorandin im DFG geförderten Graduiertenkolleg
„Innovationsgesellschaft heute. Die reflexive Herstellung des
Neuen“, Institut für Soziologie, Technische Universität
Berlin |
| 2011 | Diploma Sociology (Minor Subject:
Technical Protection of the Environment, Institute of Sociology,
TU Berlin) Thesis: „Coaching Emotions. Zur sozialen Konstruktion von Emotionen und Gefühlsregeln in der betrieblichen Mitarbeiterberatung“ |
| 2008-2011 | Research and Teaching
Assistant, TU Berlin, Institute of Sociology,
Department General Sociology, Prof. Dr.
Knoblauch |
| 2008 | Semester Abroad, San
Francisco State University |
| 2006 | Pre-Degree Sociology,
Institute of Sociology, University
of Bielefeld |
| 2006 | Research
Assistant, University of Bielefeld, Institute für
Gesundheitswissenschaften, AG 8 Demographie und Gesundheit, Prof. Dr.
Ulrich |
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