Crastina is a platform for the exchange of experience, knowledge and inspiration regarding both scientific peer-to-peer communication and science dissemination
- What? An international network of (mostly young) people who love to communicate science & tech.
- Why? We think science needs to be communicated with more passion and professionalism.
- Where? On our website with interviews & resources + on social media + on Skype and IRL.
- Who? A content group (the Crew), a think tank (the Academy), + lots of friends & contacts.
- When? Right now – as a matter of fact, we’ve just geared up.
”Virtual Poster” tomorrow’s format?
Vasco Elbrecht from Ruhr-Universität Bochum has created a ”Virtual Poster” format which combines “Richard Attenborough commentary” with animated illustrations.
”Type is Power!” – great animated summary
Ben Barrett-Forrest, graphic designer ”for forward thinkers” , has made a great YouTube video about the history of typography.
Reader’s guide for laymen too elaborate to follow?
Jennifer Raff, science blogger, recently wrote a guide for laymen on how to read and understand a scientific paper. Her purpose deserves a lot of credit but she has a very idealistic view of the behaviour of knowledge seekers outside of science.