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Public Engagement Through Shared Immersion

Year: 2012

Type: article

Abstract: Recently, the literature has emphasized the aims and logistics of public engagement, rather than its epistemic and cultural processes. In this conceptual article, we use our work on surgical simulation to describe a process that has moved from the classroom and the research laboratory into the public sphere. We propose an innovative shared immersion model for framing the relationship between engagement activities and research. Our model thus frames the public engagement experience as a participative encounter, which brings visitor and researcher together in a shared (surgical) experience mediated by experts from a range of domains.

Source: Science Communication

DOI: 10.1177/1075547012466389

Authors: Jessica Janice Tang, Jason Maroothynaden, Fernando Bello, Roger Kneebone

Institution: Imperial College London

Language: English

Topic: Museums and Cultural Heritage

Subfield: Museology

Field: Arts and Humanities

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: green

Funders: Wellcome Trust, Imperial College London, University of Nottingham, Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council

Award: Your Heart in Their Hands, or Your Hands in Their Heart' - exploring perspectives through simulation