Workshop “Microplastic and Medusae – Expeditions into H₂O”

Pilot-Workshop as part of the international scientific conference EcoBIM (May 2018) – Topic: Plastic pollution of aquatic environments –, in partnership with the University of Bordeaux (FR), the Académie de Bordeaux (FR) and the following schools: Collège Léonard Lenoir, Lycée Condorcet (Bordeaux, FR), Lycée Grand Air (Arcachon, FR), Collège Victor Louis (Talence, FR). Presentations of the concept by Roman Kroke on the following conferences: Summer University “Sea Education”, organised by the European Scientific Institute for Marine Research – IUEM, Brest (August 2018); Chantier PhiloArt, UNESCO Headquarters, Paris (November 2018); international scientific conference MICRO 2018, Lazarote/Canary Islands (November 2018).

• DOWNLOAD the Potfolio of the project (concept, student artworks, …): PDF
• Interdisciplinary Approach : Science, Philosophy, Literature, Art
• For information about the microplastic-project led by Roman Kroke for students of the Berlin University of the Arts and the Technical University of Berlin see: INFO

Age group: 14 years – … (adaptable, also for adults)

Working materials (inter alia):

• Extracts from scientific articles about the current research done about the plastic pollution of aquatic environments
• Literary and philosophical sources about the concept of “sustainable development”, “civic engagement”, …: Gaston Bachelard, Bernadette Bensaude-Vincent, Abdenour Bidar, Jean-Philippe Pierron, Hartmut Rosa
• Scientific and metaphorical photos
• Objects donated by the research institutes which had been participating in the scientific conference EcoBIM