Forces of Change

Empathy-Building through Museums: An Interactive Demonstration

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Museums are uniquely equipped to serve as platforms that foster empathy through experiential learning, storytelling, dialogue, awe, wonder, and contemplation. This session will demonstrate what empathy-building might look and feel like through three cross-disciplinary, hands-on experiences.

Learning Objectives:

• Gain a thorough understanding of what empathy-building might look and feel like by actively participating, learning through experience, and analyzing with experts.
• Develop cross-disciplinary and science-based ideas for new ways to engage your audiences.
• Contribute to museums’ social relevance by inventing new tools and advancing the existing tools, terminology, networks, and strategies for fostering empathy.

Presenter(s)

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  Thomas Rockwell

  Director of Exhibits and Media Studio
  Exploratorium
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  Elif Gokcigdem

  Author
  Fostering Empathy Through Museums
• ZI

  Zorana Ivcevic

  Research Scientist
  Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence
• EG

  Eliana Grossman

  Research Assistant
  Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence