Author: Mariko Takahashi
Affiliation: Star Spinning Village, a general incorporated association
Country: Japan
Co-Author(s): Koichi Atobe
Affiliation: Star Spinning Village, a general incorporated association
Country: Japan
Sachiyo Noda
Affiliation: Aiplanet
Country: Japan
Title: Stars for everyone –Practice of “Hospital is a Planetarium”
We do outreach activities to bring the starry skies to the people whom we want to reach out to. There are so many of them, including those who cannot see the real stars for reasons such as illness, handicaps or environment, those who are far away from information about stars and the universe, and those who have forgotten to look up at the starry skies because they live in a stressful society.
Starry skies teach us that “we are all beings in the universe and that we are so tiny and lovable”, which helps us improve self-belief and brings hope in order to fully achieve our potential.
The “Hospital is a Planetarium” Project mainly visits long-period hospitalised children and the patients with incurable diseases. Visit offers have been increasing every year as follows: 15 offers (2014), 25 offers (2015), 40 offers (2016), 45 offers (2017), 80 offers(2018).
In this lecture, we will introduce a part of the planetarium programme that we usually deliver, and will speak about the practices and challenges of the project.
References:
[1]: Mariko Takahashi, 2018, “Stars for everyone-Practice of “Hospital is a Planetarium” , Proceedings of the International Conference CAP2018,p311-312