Explainers in science centres needs to interact with very inhomogeneous groups. Our public is very different in terms of values, beliefs, origins, cultural level, age, gender or simply motivations for visiting. How to deal with such diversities in face to face interactions?
THE poster session is this year aimed at presenting and then discussing experiences and strategies to tackle these issues. It will draw on the results of THE group preconference. Posters will have a pre-defined structure, in order to facilitate the discussion. We encourage anyone interested to submit a poster: see THE group website (medialab.sissa.it/THE) or contact the convenor for details.

Convenor:
Matteo Merzagora
ICS- SISSA, Trieste, IT and TRACES, Paris, FR
matteo@merzagora.net

Contributor:
Paola Rodari
SISSA Medialab, Trieste, IT
paola@medialab.sissa.it

Discussants:
Sally Duensing
Kings College, London, UK
sally.duensing@kcl.ac.uk

Anthony Richards
Science Museum, London, UK
anthony.richards@sciencemuseum.org.uk


Posters (TO BE CONFIRMED):

Rachel Church-Moore, Science Museum
Preeti Gupta, New York hall of science
Saiful Bahri, Petrosains discovery centre
Erika Zimmermann, Universidade de Brasília - Museu de Ciência e Tecnologia, Brasilia, BR
Luisa Massarani (tbc), Museu da vida, Rio de Janeiro, BR