On 10 May 2024, at 10:00 a.m., CoAstro was present at “Painel de Comunicações 7 – Instrumentos e iniciativas” – of the Congresso Anual de Comunicação de Ciência SciComPt.
This was the baptismal moment for ‘Con(s)ciência – a scientific condominium’. In fact, since its conception in 2018, CoAstro has been structured in two main stages: the participation of teachers in astrophysics research and the promotion of science education and science communication activities (for teachers, students and other members of the schoolcommunity). It is precisely this last stage that, from that day on, has been called ‘Con(s)ciência – a scientific condominium’.
However, the reason for attending SciComPT was different: to present a mapping study (pp. 99 to 103) of municipalities that, not by choice, but due to failures in democratising access to science, have less spontaneous engagmentwith science. In addition, the intervention model to be implemented in November and December 2024 in the first two municipalities was shared: Boticas and Ribeira de Pena.