Touching Space - Accessible Astronomy Archives - IAU Office of Astronomy for Development https://astro4dev.org/category/touching-space-accessible-astronomy/ Astronomy for a better world! Wed, 24 Jan 2018 17:26:10 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 https://astro4dev.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/cropped-03_OAD_symbol_colour_2-32x32.jpg Touching Space - Accessible Astronomy Archives - IAU Office of Astronomy for Development https://astro4dev.org/category/touching-space-accessible-astronomy/ 32 32 Early Career Physics Communicator Award for Jasmin Evans https://astro4dev.org/early-career-physics-communicator-award-for-jasmin-evans/ Wed, 24 Jan 2018 17:26:10 +0000 https://astro4dev.org/?p=17140 Jasmin Evans, the project leader of ‘Touching space: accessible astronomy’ won the 2017 Early Career Physics Communicator Award from the IOP’s Physics Communicators Group. In her presentation, Jasmin talked about various outreach events she had been involved in, including her Touching Space project. Touching Space was set up to work with local charities to bring astronomy to [...]

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]]> Final report https://astro4dev.org/16569/ Mon, 19 Jun 2017 08:28:43 +0000 https://astro4dev.org/?p=16569 The Touching Space project was awarded funding by the OAD, with the aim of bringing astronomy to both children and adults with visual impairments and other forms of disability. Through the use of sensory activities designed to provide a different approach to learning that does not rely on the traditional visual side of astronomy, the [...]

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]]> Overview of the project https://astro4dev.org/touching-space-accessible-astronomy-overview/ Tue, 01 Dec 2015 12:28:44 +0000 https://astro4dev.org/?p=14116 Project leader: Jasmin Evans, jevans7@uclan.ac.uk Project location: United Kingdom Project Description: This project aims to break down the barriers between science and disability, be that hearing, sight or physical impairment. Astronomy is perceived by many to be a purely visual medium, and this project aims to challenge that by utilizing materials aimed at all of [...]

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