1–4 Aug 2012
Erice, Sicily, Italy
Europe/Rome timezone

Controversial topics in science centres – from dialogue to consensus games

2 Aug 2012, 15:00
4h
Erice, Sicily, Italy

Erice, Sicily, Italy

Speaker

Dr Maglio Guglielmo (Fondazione IDIS - Città della Scienza)

Description

Science centres often are the best venue for scientists with different points of view, stakeholders and general public to debate about controversial science topics. Many tools are used in this attempt to generate dialogue and to stimulate people to have an opinion on “hot science topics”, and according to the different situations, some tools reveal to be more useful than others. We will review some of the methodologies used in science centres to accomplish the dialogue goals and we will have a practical workshop on one of the most used worldwide consensus game, the Playdecide game.

Presentation materials