Diapositiva 1

Exhibition on
Oceans and
public
awareness
Assessing behavioural
change,
Ecsite meeting 11/06/16
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Our exhibition:
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800 m2
2 main sections _ Marine ecosystems and Research
4 fish tanks, interactive exhibits, real specimens, models
and multimedia
An app for colelcting visitors’ opinions
A participatory approach
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Our exhibition:
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Our exhibition:
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Our exhibition:
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A participatory approach
Preparatory meetings with:
Citizens and NGOs
Fishermen, managers of
restaurants, beaches divers’
clubs
Institutions, politicians, coast
guards, Port authorities
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Collecting visitors’ opinions: the app
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A travel diary experience
Questions and answers
Possibility to deepen the topics of the exhibition
Many clips, games and hints
Possibility to link with the social networks
Possibility to leave comments, pictures and video to
the exhibition
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Not very appealing, visitors like games rather than
answering questions, impossible to assess the quality
of answers, no contribution to the exhibition
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Collecting visitors’ opinions: exhibit
Virtual aquarium
It is used after the talks with
experts as a kind of concept
map – visitors write down their
opinion after the talk.
It’s a fun way of leaving
messages, but more fun writing
than reading.
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Questionnaires
Is the exhibition able to generate awareness on the problems of the sea?
A survey with young visitors
# 658 7-13 y.o. students
# 528 14-18 y.o. students
7 questions:
4 questions on awareness of the state of the ocean
3 questions on personal behaviour
Submission:
1) Before the visit
2) Right after the visit
3) 4 months after the visit
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Questionnaires
Is the exhibition able to generate awareness on the problems of the sea?
Awareness
1. How is the state of fish populations?
2. How is the quality of the sea on your favourite holidays
beach?
3. Is the temperature of our sea raising?
4. Which species should be eradicated from our seas?
Behaviour
1. Things to avoid for the health of the ocean
2. Things to do for the health of the ocean
3. Would you choose sustainable seafood?
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Some results:
Awareness - How is the state of fish populations?
70.0%
60.0%
50.0%
40.0%
good
not changed
30.0%
bad
20.0%
10.0%
0.0%
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Some results:
Awareness – Mean temperature on sea surface
60.0%
50.0%
40.0%
warmer
30.0%
no change
colder
20.0%
10.0%
0.0%
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Some results:
Awareness – Alien species
80.0%
70.0%
60.0%
50.0%
jellyfishes
sharks
40.0%
puffer fishes
30.0%
20.0%
10.0%
0.0%
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Some results:
Behaviour – best practices
100.0%
90.0%
80.0%
70.0%
60.0%
collect garbage on beaches
50.0%
stop eating fishes
visit an aquarium or musem
40.0%
30.0%
20.0%
10.0%
0.0%
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Some results:
Behaviour – best practices
70.0%
60.0%
50.0%
40.0%
anchovies
canned tuna fish
cod fingers (sticks)
30.0%
20.0%
10.0%
0.0%
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Obviously exhibitions alone cannot change things…
What we can do to help:
• Engaging students in taking part to school
projects
• Engaging students in citizens science projects
• Engaging students in volunteering for
environment
What we do in our exhibition area
• Creating an local platform to access to Citizen
science projects in europe
• Linking schools to marine science projects
• Hosting researchers and scientists wanting to
engage students
• Give prizes for the best projects
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Thanks for your attention
[email protected]
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