Public science

The participatory action research approach seeks to develop a critical framework for making systematic inquiry and analysis a public enterprise.

[3] Similar to public art, it includes aspects of collaboration, community support and involvement, and site specificity.

to help increase public awareness about the science and technology that runs invisibly underneath modern urban life.

[11] FETTU displayed large-scale images of astronomical objects with contextual information and supplementary materials and activities in non-traditional and mostly public locations such as parks, airports, art festivals, and shopping malls.

[12] One result from FETTU demonstrated a trend towards more non-self-selective audiences for science communications in these public spaces.