Science and Religion in Argentina with Professor Reynaldo Rivera, Dr Arturo Fitz Herbert and Sol Barbera

In this episode James and Will welcome Professor Reynaldo Rivera,
Full Professor in the School of Communication and Design,
post-doctoral researcher Dr Arturo Fitz Herbert and researcher
Sol Barbera from Austral University (Argentina). Reynaldo, Arturo
and Sol discuss there work as project partners on the Science and
Religion: Exploring the Spectrum of Global Perspectives project,
which sees teams of researchers in 8 countries investigate the
relationship between science and religion using diverse
sociological, social psychological, historical and media/cultural
studies methods. Focusing on the Argentinian case, the Austral
team present findings from their qualitative and media studies
work, showing how the relationship between science and religion
is perceived and presented as operating in very different ways
depending on the social context (e.g. in professional science vs
in more public arenas). The Austral team also discuss their
efforts to identify scholars in the region (Latin America)
working on similar topics and pull together a network of such
scholars - the CRYS Network - to share research and best
practice, which has even included establishing their own
Spanish-language Science and Belief podcast!