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Science Museum, scientific popularization, and information: reflections on ideology and memory

The growing interest in the science/technology interrelation and its implications in daily life of various social segments lead to an increase in initiatives to promote access of the general public to science products. This paper intends to examine the ideological issues that characterize the actions of scientific popularization of science museums through exhibits. The importance of the practices of processing scientific information and its consequences for formation of social memory are emphasized.

Science Museum; Scientific Divulgation; Information; Ideology; Memory; Heritage


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