The Christmas Lectures: extending the experience outside the lecture theatre

Little, Hannah ORCID: 0000-0001-6367-8845, Fogg-Rogers, Laura and Sardo, Ana Margarida (2022) The Christmas Lectures: extending the experience outside the lecture theatre. JCOM-JOURNAL OF SCIENCE COMMUNICATION, 21 (2). A01-A01.

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Abstract

<jats:p>Traditionally, the Royal Institution's Christmas Lectures have always adopted a deficit model for communication, with one or two invited scientists giving lectures to an audience present at the Royal Institution (Ri) and, since 1936, an audience watching the lectures on television at home. As trends in public engagement have tended towards more dialogue or participatory models, the Ri has made efforts to create a programme of events around the lectures: extending the experience outside of the lecture theatre and giving audiences more opportunities to experience live events and participate in discourse. In this paper, we explore data collected as part of an 18 month evaluation of the Christmas Lectures and their associated events. We focus on data collected at events designed to create live and interactive experiences beyond the lectures and evaluate these participatory approaches. The paper shares this learning to enhance the extension of traditional science communication towards science participation.</jats:p>

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	History of public communication of science, Public understanding of science and technology
Divisions:	Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences > School of the Arts
Depositing User:	Symplectic Admin
Date Deposited:	27 Jan 2022 08:14
Last Modified:	18 Jan 2023 21:14
DOI:	10.22323/2.21020201
Related URLs:	Author Publisher
URI:	https://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/id/eprint/3147666