“COGNITIVE ADVENTURES” CONFERENCE PROGRAMME, 9 – 10.11.2015
MONDAY, 9 NOVEMBER 2015
9:30 – 10:00
Welcome to Copernicus!
Registration, welcome, & collecting materials;
coffee
10:00 – 10:50
Welcome to Cognitive Adventures!
Opening speech: the science centre as a space for research
Opening:
Director Robert Firmhofer, Copernicus Science Centre
Prof. Łukasz Turski, Chairman of the Programme Council, Copernicus Science
Centre
Prof. Anna Giza, University of Warsaw
Introduction:
Ilona Iłowiecka – Tańska (PhD), Copernicus Science Centre
10:50 – 11:50
As many questions and phenomena as there are respondents:
Scientific research at science centres
Inspirations from the “Science Live” program at the Nemo Science Centre in
Amsterdam
Diana Issidorides (PhD), NEMO Science Centre, the Netherlands
Questions, discussion
11:50 – 13:15
Between a cold display case and a birthday party:
The functions of science centres, museums and exhibits
Prof. Grzegorz Karwasz, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, Poland;
Eric Stengler (PhD), University of the West of England, United Kingdom;
István Lénárt, Eötvös Loránd University, Hungary
Katarzyna Jagodzińska (PhD), International Cultural Centre, Poland
Questions, discussion
13:15 – 14:00
14:00 – 14:45
lunch
So many visitors: How to understand them?
Exhibition area - how to analyse visitors' experiences
Magdalena Śniegulska (PhD), University of Social Sciences and Humanities
(SWPS), Poland
Maksymilian Bielecki (PhD), University of Social Sciences and Humanities
(SWPS), Poland
Questions, discussion
14:45 – 15:30
How do children become humanists? Labelling in the process of education
Prof. Anna Giza, University of Warsaw, Poland
Questions, discussion
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15:30 – 15:45
coffee break
15:45 – 16:45
Science capital: How do science centres and museums influence society?
Prof. Louise Archer, King’s College, United Kingdom
Questions, discussion
16:45 – 18:30
How many issues there are here to study:
A workshop in the exhibition space
19:00 – 20:30
dinner
TUESDAY, 10 NOVEMBER 2015
8:30 – 9:00
coffee, participants arrive
9:00 – 10:30
Fablab: new technologies and education
Prof. Paulo Blikstein, Stanford University, USA
Questions, discussion
10:30 – 10:45
coffee break
10:45 – 11:45
What do visitors actually do at exhibitions?
Copernicus Science Centre team, Conference Participants
Research tasks in the exhibition space
11:45 – 13:00
So many school students: The museum space as a space for educational
research and experiment
The research method in visiting practice: education in the exhibit space
Dan Wormald, Museum of Natural History, United Kingdom
Sonia Ruszkowska (PhD), POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews, Poland
Questions, discussion
13:00 – 13:45
lunch
13:45 – 14:45
So much visitor data to analyse:
New technologies and research in exhibition space
Katarzyna Potęga vel Żabik, Copernicus Science Centre, Poland
Mateusz Zaremba, University of Social Sciences and Humanities (SWPS),
Poland
Asst. Prof. Przemysław Biecek, Warsaw University of Technology, Poland
Questions, discussion
14:45 – 15:30
Summary and closing of conference
Ilona Iłowiecka – Tańska (PhD), Copernicus Science Centre
15:45 – 18:00
Study walk through the exhibition space,
informal discussions over coffee
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