Tactile Collider : an interactive event for the blind and partially sighted

触觉碰撞器：盲人和弱视人士的互动活动

• 批准号: ST/P000215/1
• 负责人: Rob Appleby
• 金额: $ 12.51万
• 依托单位: University of Manchester
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Research Grant
• 财政年份: 2016
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2016 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=ST%2FP000215%2F1
• 关键词: Tactile; Collider; interactive; event; blind

This first-of-a-kind project aims to communicate the science, the excitement and develop an interest in the particle physics, the LHC and the Higgs boson to a large and previously untargeted demographic group. The main target audiences are children (aged 10-18) and adults who are blind and visually impaired (collectively VI), along with their carers and teachers, an audience not considered in established particle and accelerator physics public engagement activities but who make up 2M of the UK's population. As such the project is directly aligned with the government's inclusion agenda and our societal need to reach out to underrepresented demographics. Their unique needs require a new approach to their engagement.The programme of activities is focused on the LHC and the recent discovery of the Higgs boson and is directly relevant to the particle and accelerator physics agenda of STFC. The timely project follows the high profile success of the Higgs discovery and the Collider exhibition, and will delivered with the specialist skills and experience of the university staff, professional science communicators and specialist organisations. The core of the project is the development of the Tactile Collider event, consisting of a specially designed interactive talk coupled with tactile exhibits based on particle and accelerator physics components and unique audio descriptions. The experience will be related to existing LHC and Higgs talks in scientific content but significantly adapted in terms of delivery to the audience. Specially created tactile components related to detectors and accelerators will be integrated with the talk, and an assistive reader (used by most VI people) and braille brochure developed.This will tour many of sight-related schools in the United Kingdom, and the material will be used in science festival and Pi: Platform for Investigation events. The latter events will also reach the general public, providing education on the unique needs of blind and partially sighted people. It is anticipated that further public engagement projects for the target audience will grow out of this pioneering project, including a freely available legacy of audience specific training plans, tactile exhibits and event materials. The intention is to deliver the programme of events over an initial two-year period. There will be a post-project legacy of training material, tactile exhibits and event materials, and an international roll-out will be explored with suitable partners. The project leader will continue to deliver Tactile Collider post-project and will make the materials and exhibits freely available to others. There will also be an impact on all future events through VI audience guidelines.

这个首创的项目旨在向一个庞大的、以前没有目标的人口群体传播科学、令人兴奋的信息，并培养人们对粒子物理学、大型强子对撞机和希格斯玻色子的兴趣。主要的目标受众是儿童(10-18岁)和失明和视障的成年人(统称为VI)，以及他们的照顾者和教师，这些受众在现有的粒子和加速器物理公共参与活动中没有被考虑在内，但他们占英国人口的200万。因此，该项目直接与政府的包容议程和我们的社会需要接触到代表不足的人口。大型强子对撞机和最近发现的希格斯玻色子是活动的重点，与STFC的粒子和加速器物理议程直接相关。这个及时的项目遵循了希格斯发现和对撞机展览的高调成功，并将利用大学工作人员、专业科学传播者和专业组织的专业技能和经验来交付。该项目的核心是开发触觉对撞机事件，包括一个特别设计的互动演讲，以及基于粒子和加速器物理组件的触觉展品和独特的音频描述。这种体验将在科学内容上与现有的大型强子对撞机和希格斯演讲相关，但在向观众传递方面进行了重大调整。与探测器和加速器相关的特制触觉部件将与演讲整合在一起，并开发了辅助阅读器(大多数VI用户使用)和盲文小册子。这将参观英国许多与视力相关的学校，这些材料将用于科学节和PI：调查活动的平台。后一类活动也将惠及广大公众，为盲人和部分失明人士提供有关独特需求的教育。预计目标受众的更多公共参与项目将在这一开创性项目的基础上发展，包括免费提供的受众特定培训计划、触觉展品和活动材料。其目的是在最初的两年期间内交付活动方案。将有培训材料、触觉展品和活动材料的项目后遗产，并将与适当的合作伙伴探索国际推广。项目负责人将继续提供项目后的触觉对撞机，并将向其他人免费提供材料和展品。通过VI观众指南，也将对所有未来的活动产生影响。