"Science Not Silence / Something has Contaminated the Science Knowledge"
date: label: date made
content: 2017
name: label: maker
content: Sarik, Kristofer
notes: label: Description
content: Protest sign from the March for Science, April 22, 2017 in Washington, D.C. The sign was made and used by the donor, Kristofer Sarik, a forensic scientist from Virginia.
label: Description
content: Two-sided sign constructed of two foamcore boards separated by a post made of 4-layers of foamcore. The graphic on the front side of sign depicts two stick figures in black on a blue painted background. Each figure is peering into a microscope and a speech balloon appears over each: Figure One: "What is IT?!?" -- Figure Two: "Oh no! Something has contaminated the science knowledge in our United States sample!" An enlarged microscopic field is depicted below Figure Two's microscope showing blue "cells" and red "cells." The blue cells are labeled with attributes of good scientific practice such as: Evidence Based Policy; Scientific Method; Peer Review Publishing. The red cells are labeled as the contaminants: Study Cherry Picking; Alternative Facts; Scientific Silencing; and Denial Of Overwhelming Evidence. The back of the sign is handpainted in black: "Science / NOT / Silence."
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Virginia, Woodbridge
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content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Kristofer Sarik
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2017.3088.01
label: catalog number
content: 2017.3088.01
label: nonaccession number
content: 2017.3088
objectType: label: Object Name
content: sign
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: polystyrene foam (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: paint (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall (sign only): 75 cm x 50.7 cm x 5 cm; 29 17/32 in x 19 31/32 in x 1 31/32 in
label: Measurements
content: overall (including post): 110.5 cm x 50 11/16 in x 5 in; 43 1/2 in x 128.778 cm x 12.7 cm