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Dear all, It is time to book the Visitor Studies Group one day conference and AGM: Out of the comfort Zone - exploring sensitive issues 1st February 2008: 10.00 - 16.00 at the British Museum. See below for more information. Attached is conference flyer and booking form. You can also find this information online http://www.visitors.org.uk/node/147 We hope to see you in February. Best wishes Olga and Elin Visitor Studies Group Committee Out of the Comfort Zone: Exploring Sensitive Issues VSG AGM and Conference British Museum, London 1st February 2008 - 10.00am-16.00pm Overview: This one day conference will focus on visitor research which examines sensitive issues and conflicting ideas. Such issues may include areas that are very private and personal and subjects that some might feel uncomfortable to discuss or researchers might find difficult to ask about. The conference will consider how sensitive areas can be explored in a meaningful and appropriate way. Through a variety of case-studies and practical advice it will seek answer to the following questions: * How can general concerns and questions about difficult issues be dealt with? * How can evaluation generate meaningful exchange among diverse people on sensitive issues? * How can the values and agendas of differentiated audiences be researched with sensitivity, so that powerful relationships are forged, new voices are heard and new narratives are created? * How can exploring sensitive issues provide opportunities for bringing people together so making institutions more inclusive and accessible? Speakers include: Jim Broughton - Head of Interpretation, The British Museum, London Julia Cassim - Senior Research Fellow, Royal College of Art, London Michelle Foggett - New Audience Advocate, Science Museum, London Frazer Swift - Head of Learning & Lucie Amos - Head of Community & Audience Development, Museum of London, London Who is it for? Museum, cultural, and natural heritage professionals, audience researchers, students, and all those with an interest in how visitor research can inform interpretation and foster decision-making to the benefit of their institutions. Benefits for the audience: * Opportunities for learning to increase their confidence in approaching sensitive areas * Practical guidelines for conducting their own research in the area of sensitive issues * Improving their own practices through learning from others * Expertise and examples through case-studies * A forum for discussion in order to share ideas, thoughts, experiences and concerns * Networking opportunities * A post-event online discussion forum through the VSG website <<VSG Conference - exploring sensitive issues.pdf>> <<REGISTRATION_FORM.doc>> Elin Simonsson Senior Audience Researcher Science Museum Exhibition Road London SW7 2DD 020 7942 4826 [log in to unmask] This e-mail and attachments are intended for the named addressee only and are confidential. If you have received this e-mail in error please notify the sender immediately, delete the message from your computer system and destroy any copies. Any views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender and may not reflect the views of the National Museum of Science & Industry. This email has been scanned for all viruses by the MessageLabs Email Security System.