%0 Journal Article
%T Science communication in Latin America: what is going on?
%A Luisa Massarani
%D 2014
%V 
%N Autumn 2014
%K hands on science centres
%K Latin America
%K PCST Conference
%K policy for science communication
%K science communication research
%K science journalism
%X In May 2014, Latin America was the stage for the 13th International Public Communication of Science and Technology Conference (PCST 2014). It was the first time that this important international conference had reached the region since its launch in 1989, and it provides a good opportunity to discuss science communication in Latin America. The region is huge and extraordinarily diverse. As such, this article is only the starting point of a conversation on the subject: here the author presents an overview of the field in the region, highlighting some of the landmarks and discussing some challenges faced.
%Z Abstracts, 13th International Public Communication of Science and Technology Conference, Salvador, May 2014, www.pcst-2014.org/images/abstract_13thpcst.pdf (accessed 6 August 2014). 
%Z SciDev.Net, www.scidev.net/global (accessed 7 August 2014). 

%Z The Brazilian Association of Science Centres and Museums, Museu da Vida and Casa da Ciência have conducted three surveys of Brazilian science museums since 2006. The 2014 survey, which has yet to be published, counted about 260. 

%Z See the Ministry of Education database that reports master’s and PhD dissertations, www.capes.gov.br (accessed 7 August 2014)

%Z See http://pt.slideshare.net/OPARC1/firenze-phd-slides?from=share_email

%I The Science Museum Group
%@ 2054-5770
%B eng
%U https://journal.sciencemuseum.ac.uk/article/science-communication-in-latin-america/
%J Science Museum Group Journal