EASA Expert Group: Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics in Arts and Culture (STEMAC)

The Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) with Arts (STEMA) (Fenyvesi et al., 2016; Burnard et al., 2017; Psycharis, 2018; Houghton et al., 2022; Lavicza et al., 2022) introduces students and educators to an attractive approach with increased learning output in classroom. STEAM removes limitations and replaces them with wonder, critique, inquiry, inquiry, innovation, and method of training students in the arts, humanities and social sciences with skills suitable for the 21st century workforce. The status and potential of this field initiates a further step to encompass Culture, as well (Liritzis, 2018). This is the STEMAC (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics for Arts and Culture), novel, and, surely integrated rapprochement, which reinforces coherence between natural sciences and engineering and technology and humanities (art / culture). This new transdisciplinary and interdisciplinary field that emerges in pedagogics is developed further through an initial proposal for the formation of a specialist task committee in EASA as proposed by Ioannis Liritzis (Dean Class IV) and Klaus Mainzer (President of EASA) and a first group of experts comprised of Members and non-members was formed. The basic development of STEM in Arts+Culture is made by expert Members from the 5 Classes (I, III, IV, V, VI). Non-Members shall participate occasionally to share expertise and disseminate the developed knowledge to other Institutions and participate in joint projects. Experts from five Classes to cover dimensions of STEM: From Class I (archaeologists, anthropologists, historians of Art, Culturalists etc.); from Class III (music, painting, architecture, dance, intangible heritage etc); from Class IV (natural Sciences for STEM); from Class V (sustainability, economics in education); and from Class VI (engineers, environmentalists, etc.).