CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts — The annual Cambridge Science Festival took place between April 12 – 21, 2019. It featured activity booths, demonstrations, live music, installations, and so much more. This year at the festival, our lab hosted a Stories in Science Gallery featuring printed quotes from contributors to our growing library of personal narratives in science.
This photo essay presents monochrome versions of photos from the festival and our gallery.
The festival featured booths, demonstrations, live music, and installations dotted across Cambridge and nearby cities. Above, attendees explore various scientific demonstrations at tables held at the Cambridge Rindge and Latin School gymnasium. (CSML Photo/Fanuel Muindi/Apr 13, 2019)Festival attendees engage with the “Kinetic Airflow Sculpture.” (CSML Photo Fanuel Muindi/Apr 13, 2019)Lost kids section located outside the main gymnasium of the Cambridge Rindge and Latin School . (CSML Photo/Fanuel Muindi/Apr 13, 2019)A young family takes a snack break outside the main gymnasium of the Cambridge Rindge and Latin School where additional activity tables were located. (CSML Photo/Fanuel Muindi/Apr 13, 2019)Attendees line up to explore the activity tables outside the carnival. (CSML Photo/Fanuel Muindi/Apr 13, 2019)Students engage with one of the tables at the carnival. (CSML Photo/Fanuel Muindi/Apr 13, 2019) Festival goers explore the “Stories in Science” exhibit in the nearby town of Somerville. (CSML Photo/Fanuel Muindi/Apr 14, 2019) Aliyah Weinstein from the organization ‘Letters to a Prescientist” discusses their flagship letter program with festival goersat the Stories in Science” exhibit in Somerville. (CSML Photo/Fanuel Muindi/Apr 14, 2019) Festival attendees stand behind the “Stories in Science exhibit challenge,” which invited participants to describe their journey in science with one word. (CSML Photo/Fanuel Muindi/Apr 13, 2019) One of the tables at the “Stories in Science” gallery invited participants to share their story in science with one word. Attendeses were also able to listen to audio recordings of stories in science from scientists. (CSML Photo/Fanuel Muindi/Apr 13, 2019) Poster boards from the “Stories in Science” gallery are on display during the Cambridge Science Festival. (CSML Photo/Fanuel Muindi/Apr 14, 2019)
Fanuel Muindi is a former neuroscientist turned civic science ethnographer. He is a professor of the practice in the Department of Communication Studies within the College of Arts, Media, and Design at Northeastern University, where he leads the Civic Science Media Lab. Dr. Muindi received his Bachelor’s degree in Biology and PhD in Organismal Biology from Morehouse College and Stanford University, respectively. He completed his postdoctoral training at MIT.
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