The Hot Spot: An Innovative Public Engagement Forum at Jodrell Bank Observatory

热点：Jodrell Bank 天文台创新的公众参与论坛

• 批准号: PP/F000146/1
• 负责人: Timothy O'Brien
• 金额: $ 13.22万
• 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: 2007
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2007 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=PP%2FF000146%2F1
• 关键词: Hot; Spot; Innovative; Public; Engagement

This project will enable staff working within a new dedicated events space at Jodrell Bank Observatory to create an innovative forum for public engagement. The Hot Spot pavilion - a marquee on the lawn in front of the Lovell Telescope at Jodrell Bank - will host a series of educational and cultural events over the summers of 2007, 2008 and 2009. Set within a leading research facility and against the backdrop of one of the UK's most stunning scientific icons, the Hot Spot will connect audiences to the 'theatre of live science', providing an inspirational experience for the scientists of the future. The Hot Spot programme will adopt a 'festival' approach, using events and workshops incorporating literature, music and the visual arts, to engage with a wide audience of teachers, schoolchildren and the general public; raising their awareness of the work of scientists not only at Jodrell Bank, but across the PPARC programme as a whole. The programme for 2007 will use publicity surrounding the 50th anniversary of the Lovell Telescope and the 'Dawn of the Space Age' to attract large, new audiences and showcase current astronomical research in the UK, the role that space plays today in our daily lives, and the prospects for the future of space science. Major events in 2007 include the First Move literature festival celebrating when the Telescope was first moved under power, the First Light arts festival commemorating its first observations (of the Milky Way), and the First Flight festival marking the flight of the first artificial satellite Sputnik I. The development and delivery of the Hot Spot events programme will also begin the process of forward planning, including audience building and programme development, for the proposed new Science Discovery Centre at Jodrell Bank.

该项目将使工作人员能够在Jodrell银行天文台一个新的专门活动空间内工作，创建一个创新的公众参与论坛。Jodrell银行Lovell望远镜前草坪上的热点展馆将在2007年、2008年和2009年夏天举办一系列教育和文化活动。该热点设置在一家领先的研究机构内，背景是英国最令人惊叹的科学偶像之一，它将把观众与“现场科学剧院”联系起来，为未来的科学家提供鼓舞人心的体验。热点计划将采用“节日”的方式，利用结合文学、音乐和视觉艺术的活动和讲习班，与广大教师、学童和公众接触；不仅提高他们对Jodrell Bank科学家工作的认识，而且提高他们对整个PPARC计划的认识。2007年的方案将利用围绕洛维尔望远镜50周年和“太空时代的黎明”的宣传来吸引大量新的观众，并展示英国目前的天文研究、空间在我们日常生活中所起的作用以及空间科学的未来前景。2007年的重大活动包括庆祝望远镜首次启动时的First Move文学节、纪念(银河系)首次观测的第一次光艺术节和标志着第一颗人造卫星Sputnik I飞行的第一次飞行节。热点事件方案的制定和交付也将开始为拟议的乔德雷尔银行新的科学发现中心进行前瞻性规划的进程，包括建立受众和制定方案。