FECO Portugal. Darwin 2009: Evolution Odyssey

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1 - Theme: Darwin 2009: Evolution Odyssey. To commemorate the 200th anniversary of Charles Darwin and the 150 years of the publication of “The Origin of Species”, the scientific department of the X Jornadas de Biologia Aplicada decided to organize a cartoons exhibition to be held at the Universidade do Minho.
Darwin’s legacy in Science and to Humanity is of great importance, particularly his evolutionary theories.

2 – All cartoonists, professional or amateur, are invited to contribute to this event with their work, rediscovering Darwin and the subject of evolution. The cartoons must be without words or with text in Portuguese.

3 – The deadline to submit the cartoons is the 6th March 2009.

4 – The cartoons will be selected by a jury of: 2 members of the X Jornadas de Biologia Aplicada committee, a professional cartoonist, a plastic artist and a journalist.

5 –The cartoons will be exposed from the 22nd to the 25th April, in the context of the X Jornadas de Biologia Aplicada, in Universidade do Minho (Braga), and afterwards in other places of Braga.

6 –All cartoons must be originally created by the participant, although they may have been published before.

7-The concept of the cartoon is entirely up to the artist. The only requirement is that it follows the theme of the exposition.

8- The cartoons must be submitted in digital format to xjornadas.cientifico@gmail.com

9- The cartoons’ size must be between the format A4 and A3.

10- Only one work for author will be selected.

11- Author’s information must be sent together with the cartoon as well as any other info that author considers relevant (cartoonґs title, references, website/blog, etc).

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