Presentation Information
[WS11-01]From Data to Dialogue: Mapping Challenges, Shaping Futures
*Cora Braun1 (1. Europe University Flensburg, Kiel University of Applied Sciences (Germany))
Keywords:
Future Strategies,Community Collaboration,Research
This workshop invites members of the planetarium community to collectively identify current challenges and explore strategies to strengthen the field for the future. It builds on recent empirical research based on datasets from 164 planetariums within the GDP and GLPA communities, analyzed through statistical methods to develop a typology of distinct planetarium types characterized by unique structural and operational features. These key results will be introduced at the beginning of the session to provide a shared framework and common ground for reflection and discussion.
Participants will then be invited to position their own institutions within this framework, revealing which planetarium types and stakeholder perspectives are represented in the room. In mixed small groups, participants will identify and discuss both individual and community-wide challenges: what are the key challenges we are facing today?
After sharing and clustering the collected challenges, the groups will collaboratively develop ideas, solutions, and possible courses of action to address them.
The workshop aims to transform empirical research into community dialogue, bridging academic insight and practical reflection. Expected outcomes include a clearer understanding of the diversity of planetarium types, a shared overview of the field’s most pressing challenges, and a collaboratively generated set of ideas for the future of the medium.
Open to all stakeholder groups within the planetarium community, this workshop welcomes staff members, vendors, and other participants interested in shaping the future of planetariums.
Required setup: 8–10 small discussion areas (group tables or chair circles), WiFi access for participants, and a projector with HDMI connection for a laptop.
Requested Time: 45-60 minutes.
Number of participants: max. 50 - 60.
Participants will then be invited to position their own institutions within this framework, revealing which planetarium types and stakeholder perspectives are represented in the room. In mixed small groups, participants will identify and discuss both individual and community-wide challenges: what are the key challenges we are facing today?
After sharing and clustering the collected challenges, the groups will collaboratively develop ideas, solutions, and possible courses of action to address them.
The workshop aims to transform empirical research into community dialogue, bridging academic insight and practical reflection. Expected outcomes include a clearer understanding of the diversity of planetarium types, a shared overview of the field’s most pressing challenges, and a collaboratively generated set of ideas for the future of the medium.
Open to all stakeholder groups within the planetarium community, this workshop welcomes staff members, vendors, and other participants interested in shaping the future of planetariums.
Required setup: 8–10 small discussion areas (group tables or chair circles), WiFi access for participants, and a projector with HDMI connection for a laptop.
Requested Time: 45-60 minutes.
Number of participants: max. 50 - 60.