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

These data accompany the article ‘Science communication for social inclusion: exploring Science &amp; 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.<br><br> <b>Table 1</b> 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). <b>Table 2</b> includes the indicators to evaluate the project, the qualitative methods used to collect evaluation data, and a brief description about method’s application. <b>Table 3</b> 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. <b>Datasheet 1</b> 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). <b>Figure 1</b> 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). <b>Figure 2</b> represents the timeline of interactions between the boundary spanner (BS) and the several partners, during the phase of project design, plan and collaboration. <b>Figure 3</b> 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. <b><br></b><b>List of acronyms:</b>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).<br> A complimentary description of the project is available at: Matias, A. 2019. "Engaging socially-vulnerable communities in science: exploring Science &amp; Art approaches". MSc Thesis in Science Communication, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, 69 pp.