How to get to 100 - and enjoy it! exhibition
20 October - 4 December 2014 - In research, the significant issues affecting every person's life are often hidden behind abstract figures like the number of births, the mortality rate, or net migration. In collaboration with colleagues at the Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research and Population Europe, CPC brought a major interactive exhibition to the UK.
The exhibition presented the latest results of population research in an easy-to-understand format, with the aim of raising awareness among interested non-scientific audiences of the pressing issues surrounding demographic change. It allowed visitors to investigate how our population is changing through interactive games, quizzes, pictures, interviews, graphs and texts. Visitors were invited to consider their chances of living to 100 and how early life, where you live, family life, lifestyle and work affect these chances. With one in three children born in 2014 expected to live to 100, these issues have never been more relevant.
The project to develop and tour this exhibition across Europe is being led by the Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Germany and Population Europe, a network of leading European population experts specialised in communicating demographic knowledge to the broader public. As members of Population Europe, CPC successfully gained funding from the ESRC to adapt the content for a British audience and tour it throughout the UK.
The exhibition was open to all and free to attend at the following locations:
West Quay Shopping Centre, Southampton, 20 October - 26 October
gallery@oxo, London, 29 October - 2 November
The Lowry Art and Entertainment Centre, Manchester, 10 November - 14 November
Silverburn Shopping Centre, Glasgow, 17 November - 21 November
Millennium Point, Birmingham, 25 November - 28 November
Pierhead, National Assembly for Wales, Cardiff, 2 December - 4 December
For further information on the exhibition content, please visit the exhibition website
If you are a school with an interest in the exhibition content, we have an information pack which you can download. There are currently workbooks available for use in classrooms. Please contact us to request a workbook.
If you require any further information, please email cpc@southampton.ac.uk
Posted 04/06/2014 13:41
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