The First Pint of Science Festival in Asia

The Pint of Science Festival is the largest annual international science festival. So far the event has been held simultaneously in Europe, North and South America, Africa and Australia, but not in Asia. Pint of Science Thailand was held for the first time this year, in Thailand’s capital – Bangkok....

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Hlavní autoři: Robinson, M, Jatupornpimol, N, Sachaphimukh, S, Lönnkvist, M, Ruecker, A, Cheah, PY
Médium: Journal article
Vydáno: SAGE Publications 2017
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Shrnutí:The Pint of Science Festival is the largest annual international science festival. So far the event has been held simultaneously in Europe, North and South America, Africa and Australia, but not in Asia. Pint of Science Thailand was held for the first time this year, in Thailand’s capital – Bangkok. This article briefly discusses some of the successes, challenges and lessons learnt associated with running the first Pint of Science event in Asia, a culture very different to the Western-hemisphere cities who have currently hosted Pint of Science events