MHC: Dealing with Difficult Subjects

Dealing with Difficult Subjects, Oct. 30

Sarah Pharaoh, International Coalition of Sites of Conscience, www.sitesofconscience.org

The Coalition has identified a variety of different dialogue models that move visitors beyond passive learning and engages them in sharing perspectives/experiences on issues of shared concern. Programs and exhibits can be designed and facilitated around an “arc of dialogue” – a sequence of questions designed to address sensitive issues by building the conversation gradually. This workshop will focus on this and other techniques to help visitors more deeply engage with themes such as discrimination, immigration, racial bias, education equity and social welfare. They are interpretive approaches designed to tap the power of place and history to open new dialogue on difficult subjects in a wide variety of contexts. The afternoon session will have participants on their feet, engaging in different techniques, possibly in our museum galleries.

Dealing with Difficult Subjects, Oct. 30

Sarah Pharaoh, International Coalition of Sites of Conscience, www.sitesofconscience.org

The Coalition has identified a variety of different dialogue models that move visitors beyond passive learning and engages them in sharing perspectives/experiences on issues of shared concern. Programs and exhibits can be designed and facilitated around an “arc of dialogue” – a sequence of questions designed to address sensitive issues by building the conversation gradually. This workshop will focus on this and other techniques to help visitors more deeply engage with themes such as discrimination, immigration, racial bias, education equity and social welfare. They are interpretive approaches designed to tap the power of place and history to open new dialogue on difficult subjects in a wide variety of contexts. The afternoon session will have participants on their feet, engaging in different techniques, possibly in our museum galleries.

Dealing with Difficult Subjects, Oct. 30

Sarah Pharaoh, International Coalition of Sites of Conscience, www.sitesofconscience.org

The Coalition has identified a variety of different dialogue models that move visitors beyond passive learning and engages them in sharing perspectives/experiences on issues of shared concern. Programs and exhibits can be designed and facilitated around an “arc of dialogue” – a sequence of questions designed to address sensitive issues by building the conversation gradually. This workshop will focus on this and other techniques to help visitors more deeply engage with themes such as discrimination, immigration, racial bias, education equity and social welfare. They are interpretive approaches designed to tap the power of place and history to open new dialogue on difficult subjects in a wide variety of contexts. The afternoon session will have participants on their feet, engaging in different techniques, possibly in our museum galleries.

Dealing with Difficult Subjects, Oct. 30

Sarah Pharaoh, International Coalition of Sites of Conscience, www.sitesofconscience.org

The Coalition has identified a variety of different dialogue models that move visitors beyond passive learning and engages them in sharing perspectives/experiences on issues of shared concern. Programs and exhibits can be designed and facilitated around an “arc of dialogue” – a sequence of questions designed to address sensitive issues by building the conversation gradually. This workshop will focus on this and other techniques to help visitors more deeply engage with themes such as discrimination, immigration, racial bias, education equity and social welfare. They are interpretive approaches designed to tap the power of place and history to open new dialogue on difficult subjects in a wide variety of contexts. The afternoon session will have participants on their feet, engaging in different techniques, possibly in our museum galleries.

Dealing with Difficult Subjects, Oct. 30

Sarah Pharaoh, International Coalition of Sites of Conscience, www.sitesofconscience.org

The Coalition has identified a variety of different dialogue models that move visitors beyond passive learning and engages them in sharing perspectives/experiences on issues of shared concern. Programs and exhibits can be designed and facilitated around an “arc of dialogue” – a sequence of questions designed to address sensitive issues by building the conversation gradually. This workshop will focus on this and other techniques to help visitors more deeply engage with themes such as discrimination, immigration, racial bias, education equity and social welfare. They are interpretive approaches designed to tap the power of place and history to open new dialogue on difficult subjects in a wide variety of contexts. The afternoon session will have participants on their feet, engaging in different techniques, possibly in our museum galleries.

Dealing with Difficult Subjects, Oct. 30

Sarah Pharaoh, International Coalition of Sites of Conscience, www.sitesofconscience.org

The Coalition has identified a variety of different dialogue models that move visitors beyond passive learning and engages them in sharing perspectives/experiences on issues of shared concern. Programs and exhibits can be designed and facilitated around an “arc of dialogue” – a sequence of questions designed to address sensitive issues by building the conversation gradually. This workshop will focus on this and other techniques to help visitors more deeply engage with themes such as discrimination, immigration, racial bias, education equity and social welfare. They are interpretive approaches designed to tap the power of place and history to open new dialogue on difficult subjects in a wide variety of contexts. The afternoon session will have participants on their feet, engaging in different techniques, possibly in our museum galleries.