Part-time Mediators | Sci560
Are you a conversationalist interested in the intersection of science, art, and research? Are you excited by the opportunity to interact with historians, scientists and designers in the city of Bengaluru? Do you want to create exciting experiences for visitors at Science Gallery Bengaluru?
Join our mediator team for Sci560!
Apply by: Wednesday, 11 December 2024
Programme Dates: 11 January 2025 – 31 July 2025
This is a paid opportunity and you will receive Rs. 1,000 for each working day. Please note that the training period will be unpaid. More details will be shared with the shortlisted participants.
Please write to us at mediators@bengaluru.sciencegallery.com if you have any queries.
Who is a mediator?
Mediators are the public face of Science Gallery Bengaluru exhibitions, and converse with visitors about the various concepts explored in our themed exhibition-seasons. They are often the first and only point of contact for visitors, and drive the experience of the exhibition by sharing insights, provoking questions and triggering debates. They also get behind the scene access to the various forces that shape an exhibition-season at Science Gallery Bengaluru!
Mediators do not teach or explain content but encourage curious engagement with it. Mediators also have a more general role in ensuring a warm, safe welcome and providing an outstanding experience for all our visitors.
Eligibility Criteria
To apply for the Part-time Mediator Programme, you should be:
Between 18 – 30 years of age at the time of applying.
Based in Bengaluru and able to come to Science Gallery Bengaluru in Sanjaynagar.
From any discipline or background. You could be studying, working, or pursuing anything else.
Familiar with or have an interest in exploring the history of Bengaluru, and the research and science done in the city Bengaluru.
Available to train and mediate on all weekends from 11 January 2025 and 16 February 2025.
Ability to speak Kannada is highly desirable.
As a mediator, you will:
Train with scholars and practitioners who are involved in research around the city of Bangalore.
Work with the Science Gallery Bengaluru team to curate and manage audience experience on the exhibition floor.
Support the SGB team in running the programmes at the gallery.
Programme Structure
This programme is divided into two parts:
TRAINING
Introduction to Science Gallery Bengaluru and the exhibition-season Sci560.
101 sessions that will cover fundamental concepts around the exhibition theme.
Training sessions with existing and former SGB mediators.
RESPONSIBILITIES
Attend all training sessions and actively participate in mediator practice sessions.
Read the Sci560 Mediator Handbook to further your understanding of the exhibits.
Mediate for the exhibition-season Sci560 on weekends.
Provide critical reflections on the exhibition and programmes—both from your own experience and from visitor feedback.
About the Exhibition
Bengaluru is India’s most recognized military-industrial-academic complex today. Sci560 is one way to question why that may be so.
Bengaluru is a rather distinct microcosm of India. Over time, we have known Bengaluru as India’s garden city, military city, industrial city, and today—as an IT city, hi-tech city, start-up city and at times, India’s own Silicon Valley. A dynamic twentieth century has shaped Bengaluru’s current status as the city of new science and engineering.
The confidence in Indian research-led industry today comes from accomplishments in information technology, biotechnology, and the space programme: little surprise then, that Bengaluru may well be the symbol of a New India. The city, however, has surprises to offer from a rich past in science and engineering, some of which has directly contributed to the three success stories that unfolded during the long twentieth century.
Sci560 explores some of the ideas, individuals, and institutions that make science in this city!
Timeline
Wednesday, 27 November: Open Call begins
Wednesday, 11 December: Open Call closes
Friday, 20 December: Announcement of shortlisted candidates
27 – 29 December: Interviews for shortlisted candidates
Thursday, 02 January: Final list announced
Saturday, 11 January: Mediator Programme begins
Contact Us
If you have any questions, or if any part of this application procedure is inaccessible to you, please write to us at mediators@bengaluru.sciencegallery.com, and we will assist you accordingly.