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This project began when I was approached by the Science Communication
Group at Imperial College in London to take part in a research project
funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Board, somewhat dryly
titled, "Multimedia Representations of Science". The academic
study of how science has been, is, and might in the future be represented
- a field called simply, "Science Communication" - is
a relatively new, interdisciplinary research area. It embraces history
of science, sociology, philosophy, linguistics and a host of other
established disciplines. Imperial College started the first post-graduate
course in the subject about ten years ago and were interested to
work with me, as a digital media artist, to see how their work might
now be extended to take advantage of the opportunities afforded
by the Internet.
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