UCL Museums & Collections
warmly invite you to the third in a series of workshops exploring touch
and object handling in the context of museums. This series is funded by
the Arts and Humanities Research Council. Please distribute these details
as widely as possible. All are welcome.
Workshop 3: “Touch and memory: the role of
reminiscence”
University College London
Archaeology Lecture Theatre
Friday the 5th of January, 2007
10 am – 4 pm
Programme:
Dr. Alberto Gallace, Department of Experimental Psychology,
University of Oxford
Professor Mike Rowlands, Department of Anthropology, University College
London
Emma Clarke, Head of Audience Development and Communities, Learning and
Information Department, British Museum
Laura Phillips, Audience Development and Communities, Learning and
Information Department, British Museum
Bernie Arigho, Director of Reminiscence Research and Development, Age
Exchange
To book a place and/or for further information contact Devorah Romanek
on email: [log in to unmask]
Visit:
www.ucl.ac.uk/museums/events
This workshop is FREE; Tea/Coffee will be provided.
This programme is generously funded by the AHRC Research Workshops
scheme.
FUTURE WORKSHOPS IN THIS SERIES:
Therapeutic approaches to touch: Object handling and hospital
patients
Friday 2 February 2007, Royal London Homeopathic Hospital.
Knowledge transfer in object handling: with specific reference to
disadvantaged or
underrepresented groups.
Friday 2 March 2007, British Museum.
End of project conference: Touch and the value of object handling
Friday 4 May 2007, University College London.
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Dr Helen Chatterjee
Deputy Director
UCL Museums & Collections
c/o Grant Museum of Zoology
Darwin Building
Department of Biology
University College London
Gower Street
WC1E 6BT
Tel: 020 7679 4113 (Internal ext. 34113)
Fax: 020 7679 7096
Email: [log in to unmask]
www.museums.ucl.ac.uk
www.ucl.ac.uk/panopticon