Data from 'Science communication for social inclusion: exploring Science & Art approaches'

These data accompany the article ‘Science communication for social inclusion: exploring Science & Art approaches’ (Matias et al., 2020).The data is about the project 'Embodying memories', a project that explored innovative techniques to engage socially-vulnerable communities with science. It is a three phase programme: (1) Design, plan and collaboration; (2) Implementation; and (3) Evaluation. The relation between the data files and the phases of the project is in project_database_navigation.pdf. The programme included pre-session meetings between partners from science communication, art museum, municipality social workers and researchers. Afterwards pre-session meetings with the community took place. During the implementation and evaluation phases, eight sessions occurred between September and November 2018. A project public presentation took place on 30/11/2018. Table 1 includes the description of project’s sessions 1 to 8. Column 1 is the session number, theme, date, location, duration; column 2 is the activity and details are provided in column 3. (See Fig. 1, 2 and 3 of the corresponding article). Table 2 includes the indicators to evaluate the project, the qualitative methods used to collect evaluation data, and a brief description about method’s application. Table 3 includes the framework of project evaluation, including impact indicator, objective, data collection method, evidences that impact was attained/not attained and assessment result. Note that the assessment followed the rank: none, some, moderate, high, and very high. Datasheet 1 includes the general characteristics of participants. Column 1 is a random participant number; column 2 is age; column 3 is the number of years participants stayed at school, at young age; column 4 is the number of project sessions each participant attended, from a maximum of nine (including public presentation). Figure 1 presents main characteristics of the project local community. Below panel represents the number of participants in each age category (in blue) and the average schooling per age category (in orange). Figure 2 represents the timeline of interactions between the boundary spanner (BS) and the several partners, during the phase of project design, plan and collaboration. Figure 3 shows pictures of the four occasions where the fabric yarn network was used: (a) session 4, (b) session 5, (c) project public presentation, and (d) session 6. List of acronyms:IGC - Gulbenkian Institute of Science (acronym in Portuguese).FCG – Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation (acronym in Portuguese).BS – Boundary spanner (science communicator who inhabited the laboratory sphere, the museum sphere, and the community world).CLAIM - Local Support Centre for the Integration of Migrants (acronym in Portuguese). A complimentary description of the project is available at: Matias, A. 2019. "Engaging socially-vulnerable communities in science: exploring Science & Art approaches". MSc Thesis in Science Communication, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, 69 pp.