Transcript presentation file - Communicating Astronomy With The Public

Essential Contact
an itinerant exhibition
THE IDEA
Essential Contact
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What is it? A high impact exhibition, an ambitious initiative of public outreach.
How? Through a campaign of information for public awareness.
Based on scientific results about our relationship with the universe, the development of life and societies.
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Aim: to impact everybody about our important role in society.
Goal: to promote a massive change of attitude towards the preservation of our life.
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Essential Contact is based on three objectives of communication:
 Awareness of how insignificant we are compared to the size and temporal scales of the Universe.
– Introspection, mindful state of attention.
 From our innermost genetic intimacy it focus on the 4 Billion yrs of the evolution of life. Stressing
the fragility of complex life.
– We are the most amazing instance of life, perhaps unique in the Universe.
 Self-Awareness of mankind impact on the environment:
– Demographic explosion & our way of life.
– We are more than 6 billion beings: How are we going to ensure that we all live our life with dignity?
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THE CONTINENT
WELCOMING
PAVILION
HALL OF THE
UNIVERSE
HALL OF
EVOLUTION
HALL OF
COMMITMENT
•Box office
•Information desk
•Lecture room
•Children’s workshop
•Shop
•Cafeteria
•Summary
• The three Halls are conceived as very different visit experiences organized with a completely
different expositive typology that will lead to different dynamics in each Hall.
• The most advanced museographical and media resources will be employed to produce a wellstudied detailed museographical script, a unique lifetime experience for each visitor.
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Teams:
Astronomers
Biologists
IngeniaQED
Biochemists Director-General for
UNESCO
Neuroanatomists
Natural
Sciences, Prof. W. Erdelen:
Archeologists
Sociologists
Museologist
let Museographers
me reiterate my thanks for your
visit to UNESCO headquarters on 18
Workshops 2007:
October
2006 to present the project
Hall of Universe
Hall of Evolution
personally.
It was a very informative
Hall of Committment
Integration/Evaluation
session
and we are delighted to be
associated with this exhibit which
Databanks:
would
be ideal for the celebration of
National Geographic
other TVs
theBBC and
International
Year of Planet
UNESCO
Earth
(2008) and the International
Astro & Bio
Year of Astronomy (2009).
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Funding:
Public
Private
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