SciComm workshop equips Palawan youth to tell impactful scientific stories

 

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Students and teachers gathered at Palawan State University last August 18 for the Science Communication Workshop as part of the Department of Science and Technology-MIMAROPA Regional Science, Technology, and Innovation Week.

The initiative aims to empower the next generation to translate complex research into accessible narratives using visual media and storytelling.

PalSU President Dr. Venzon L. Limpiada delivered the welcome remarks, setting an encouraging tone for the participants.

Dr. Aimee Lynn Barrion-Dupo, an entomologist, spider expert, and Professor 12 at the University of the Philippines Los Baños, delivered a lecture on human-centered science storytelling.

Dr. Barrion-Dupo emphasized the crucial distinction between simply communicating academic data and engaging in science communication, showing how humanizing complex concepts makes them relatable and easier to digest.

Meanwhile, advocacy filmmaker and communication lecturer Seymour Sanchez discussed practical ways for aspiring filmmakers to convey scientific topics to broader audiences through documentary filmmaking, exploring diverse cinematic styles and narrative structures tailored to their message.

Both resource speakers are members of the 10th Indie-Siyensya Board of Judges.

Following the interactive talks, DOST-Science Education Institute Supervising Science Research Specialist Juan Antonio Tuazon presented the details of the Indie-Siyensya Film Festival, the Philippines’ premier science filmmaking competition designed to promote a culture of science among youth and filmmakers through visual media.

The workshop has inspired the youth to become future science communicators through filmmaking and storytelling.

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