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Ken Walker: Museum Victoria, Australia

BHL – Chicago Nov 2011. The purposes of the  Life and Literature Conference are t o investigate: Engagement Innovative Integration and Publishing models Digitized Legacy Biodiversity Scientific Literature and Biodiversity Databases. Ken Walker: Museum Victoria, Australia.

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Ken Walker: Museum Victoria, Australia

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  1. BHL – Chicago Nov 2011 The purposes of the Life and Literature Conferenceare to investigate:Engagement Innovative Integration and Publishing models Digitized Legacy Biodiversity Scientific Literature and Biodiversity Databases. Ken Walker: Museum Victoria, Australia

  2. BHL – Chicago Nov 2011 My current focus is to use the Digital medium: To transition Museum-based science into Information-based science. Targeted Audiences -Citizen Science and Biosecurity. My “Dream Scenario” is to tell you about the cornerstones of my approach using a series of quotes and images. Computers are bicycles for our mind. Steve Jobs, 1990 Ken Walker: Museum Victoria, Australia

  3. BHL – Chicago Nov 2011 Science is the practice of reductionism – breaking things down to simple ideas to explain the complex. Indeed, humans are hard-wired for reductionism! Imagine walking into a supermarket with everything disorganised. Where do you live? Country City/Town Street House Number Ken Walker: Museum Victoria, Australia

  4. BHL – Chicago Nov 2011 The practitioners of Science are forever trying to undress nature while our artistic impulse is to be wrapped in it. While these two approaches are probably diametrically opposite, they inform related strands of thinking in ways that promote energy and vision. It is this energy and vision that pushes us ahead. The greater part of human aspiration has been informed by individual intuitions and passions more so than it has through logic and pre-determined scientific endeavor. Ken Walker: Museum Victoria, Australia

  5. BHL – Chicago Nov 2011 Learn to Discover or Discover to Learn The traditional method to “do” science was to “Learn BEFORE you were ALLOWED to Discover”. Nowadays, many people want to “Discover to Learn”. We need to facilitate that pathway. Ken Walker: Museum Victoria, Australia

  6. BHL – Chicago Nov 2011 New knowledge is not science until it is made social.  The internet has provided a myrad of ways to make Science Social. It is a great way to join Science and Art: The practitioners of Science are forever trying to undress nature while our artistic impulse is to be wrapped in it.. Ken Walker: Museum Victoria, Australia

  7. BHL – Chicago Nov 2011 The New Einsteins Will Be Scientists Who Share -----Original Message-----From: Ryan Barry [mailto:Ryan.a.barry@hotmail.com] Sent: Friday, 4 November 2011 5:25 PMTo: Pest and Disease Image LibrarySubject: Asian longhorn beetle discovered in western Australia I am a mine worker in Mount Magnet, western Australia and I have found an Asian longhorn beetle at our camp site. I can forward pictures if you can give me an email address to send them to. Should I capture it? Fortunately, it was a native Australian beetle with similar markings! Ken Walker: Museum Victoria, Australia

  8. BHL – Chicago Nov 2011 Science is the practice of reductionism – breaking things down to simple ideas to explain the complex. The practitioners of Science are forever trying to undress nature while our artistic impulse is to be wrapped in it. Learn to Discover or Discover to Learn New knowledge is not science until it is made social.  The New Einsteins Will Be Scientists Who Share Ken Walker: Museum Victoria, Australia

  9. BHL – Chicago Nov 2011 If I had asked my customers what they wanted, they would have told me “a faster horse”. Henry Ford Focus on the outcome – a coherent product. Steve Jobs Good artists copy; Great artists steal. Picasso Food for thought ................ Thanks Ken Ken Walker: Museum Victoria, Australia

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