Science journalism in Latin America: historical record of the First Interamerican Seminar held in the region in 1962

Massarani, Luisa

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Arena • Intercom, Rev. Bras. Ciênc. Comun. 44 (1) • Jan-Apr 2021 • https://doi.org/10.1590/1809-58442021113 copy

Science journalism in Latin America: historical record of the First Interamerican Seminar held in the region in 1962

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Abstract

In this article, we have the objective of retrieving the memory of the First Interamerican Seminar on Science Journalism held in Latin America, in Chile, in 1962. The seminar was the starting point for other events on the field in other Latin American countries, in a movement that culminated in the creation of the Ibero-American Association of Science Journalism and of national associations in the region. We will analyse in particular the characters and main discussions present at the event in this article target to the section Arena, which includes reflection texts with more formal freedom.

Keywords
Science journalism; science communication; science popularisation; history; José Reis; Latin America

Speaker	Institution	Country	Subject of the talk	Science or media?	Link to science communication
Ritchie Calder	University of Edinburgh	Great Britain	Objective and practice of popularizing science⁵ 5 The original wording used in the documentation was maintained. ⁶ 6 The lecture was later published in the magazine Ciência e Cultura, v. 16, n. 3, in 1964.	Science	Winner of the UNESCO Kalinga Award for Popularizing Science
Federico Rutllant⁷ 7 Available at: http://www.memoriachilena.gob.cl/602/w3-printer-92385.html. Accessed on: May 9, 2019.	Chilean National Astronomy Observatory	Chile	(not specified)	Science	(not identified)
Raul Luis Cardón	National Council for Scientific and Technical Research	Argentina	(not specified)	Science	(not identified)
Marcel Roche⁸ 8 With a scientific career, he played an important role in the Venezuelan science, being General Secretary of the Venezuelan Association for the Advancement of Science (ASOVAC), founder and director of the Venezuelan National Council for Scientific Research (CONICIT) and the academic journal Interciencia. Available at: https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcel_Roche. Accessed on: 9 May 2019.	Venezuelan Institute for Scientific Research	Venezuela	(not specified)	Science	Carried out science communication activities, including TV shows and films. Winner of the UNESCO Kalinga Award.
Crodowaldo Pavan⁹ 9 Pavan was a Brazilian geneticist who played a fundamental role in the construction of Brazilian genetics; he was president of the Brazilian Society for the Progress of Science (1981-1986) and director-president of FAPESP (1981-1984). For more information, see Perondini (2010).	University of São Paulo	Brazil	Development of Genetics in Brazil	Science	Pavan participated in the “sextaferinas” (Friday meetings), where culture and science issues were discussed, at the Biological Institute in the 1930s and early 1940s; in the 1980s, he was instrumental in the creation of the ‘Estação Ciência’, one of Brazil’s first interactive museums.¹⁰ 10 For more information, see Kreinz and Nunes (2010).
Enrique Pérez	Bogotá Botanical Garden and El Tiempo	Colombia	Journalistic science communication	Science	Science editorialist for the newspaper El Tiempo, director of the Botanical Garden of Bogotá and the Museum of Natural Sciences.
Jacobo Brailovsky¹¹ 11 Important player in the Argentine and Ibero-American science journalism. A physician, he was one of the founders and president of the Argentine Association of Science Journalism, one of the founders and vice president of the Ibero-American Association of Science Journalism, and was a permanent contributor to the newspaper La Nación. Available at: https://www.fundacionkonex.org/b1161-jacobo-brailovsky . Accessed on: 9 May 2019.	La Nación	Argentina	The mission of journalism in science communication	Media and Science	Important player in the Argentine and Ibero-American science journalism.
José Reis¹² 12 Massarani, Burlamaqui and Passos (2018).	Jornal da Manhã ¹³ 13 According to the documentation found in his archive, José Reis was linked to the Folha da Manhã. However, according to Grupo Folha, the newspaper had ceased to exist since January 1, 1960, and the company’s three titles (“Folha da Manhã”, “Folha da Tarde” and “Folha da Noite”) merged and became the Folha de S.Paulo newspaper. Available at: href="https://www1.folha.uol.com.br/institucional/historia_da_folha.shtml?fill=4">https://www1.folha.uol.com.br/institucional/historia_da_folha.shtml?fill=4. Accessed on: 10 May 2019.	Brazil	Objectives and policies in covering Science themes	Media and Science	Important stakeholder in the Brazilian and Ibero-American science journalism. Winner of the UNESCO Kalinga Award.
Hillier Krieghbaum¹⁴ 14 Available at: https://www.nytimes.com/1993/03/18/obituaries/hillier-krieghbaum-nyu-professor-90.html. Acessed on: May 9, 2019.	New York University	United States	Training science writers	Media	Linked to the journalism department
Alberto Hurtado	Peruvian University of Medical and Biological Sciences	Peru	Medical research in the heights	Science	(not identified)
John Foster	Colombia University	United States	Problems and opportunities in covering science topics	Media	Linked to the journalism department
Hugo de Almeida Leme¹⁵ 15 Brazilian Agronomist and politician. Available at: http://www.fgv.br/cpdoc/acervo/dicionarios/verbete-biografico/hugo-de-almeida-leme. Acesssed on: May 9, 2019.	Luiz de Queiroz School of Agriculture	Brazil	Agronomy in Brazil	Science	(not identified)
Román Arana-Iñiguez¹⁶ 16 Physician and researcher. Available at: http://historiasuniversitarias.edu.uy/biografia/arana-iniguez-roman/. Acessed on: May 9, 2019.	Hospital de Clínicas	Uruguay	(not specified)	Science	(not identified)
Alberto Giesecke	Geophysical Institute of Peru	Peru	(not specified)	Science	(not identified)
Earl Ubell	Herald Tribune	United States	How US newspapers publish science	Media	Science section Editor
Napoleón Vieira Altamira	El Diario de Hoy	El Salvador	(not specified)	Science	(not identified)

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[1] Luisa Massarani

Coordinator of the National Institute of Public Communication of Science and Technology, based at Casa de Oswaldo Cruz, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (Fiocruz). She is a professor at the Master in Science, Technology and Health Communication at the Casa de Oswaldo Cruz, at the Graduate Program in Teaching in Biosciences and Health at the Instituto Oswaldo Cruz/Fiocruz and at the Institute of Medical Biochemistry at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro. CNPq 1C Productivity Scholarship. Our State Scientist at Faperj.