What does the future hold? And what specifically in Stuhr? And above all: How can we help shape this future? These questions will be the focus of discussions on Friday, August 23, in the Stuhr town hall. From 4 p.m. to 7 p.m., the community is inviting people to a creative future laboratory. In addition to discussions about the future, the program includes a wide range of research, successful youth projects, new experiments and ambitious musical contributions. The event is not only aimed at young people aged ten and above, adults are also welcome, emphasizes First Councilor Bettina Scharrelmann.
The creative future laboratory is designed as a meeting and exchange format, adds Nikki Sprich from the municipality’s cultural office. “We will open the doors of the town hall and see what different youth groups have already initiated,” says Nikki Sprich.
Original compositions in English
The event starts at 4 p.m. with a performance by the Stuhrer youth band Reflexxion in the council chamber. The musicians, aged between 11 and 15, have already had their first successes. Their song “Save the world” was awarded a national prize at the “Young Music Scene Meeting” in November. The band had previously qualified for the Bremen School Rock Festival with their own English-language compositions and won the DEL Culture junior contest.
The Robo-Cup AG of the Brinkum Cooperative Comprehensive School has also already been successful beyond the borders of Stuhr. The young inventors, led by Henning Brandt, will present the results of their research in the town hall foyer from 4.30 p.m. “The AG has constructed multifunctional and forward-looking ideas and robots that have already been invited to several competitions,” reports Nikki Sprich. Most recently, the AG took second and third place at the Robo-Cup German Open and qualified for the European Robo-Cup Junior Championship. Also from 4.30 p.m., the short film “What color is your future?” by Ida Bremer will be shown in the foyer. The Stuhr native was one of the winners of last year’s film contest “Totally crazy,” organized by the district media centers of the Diepholz and Nienburg districts.
The Robo-Cup AG of the KGS Brinkum will present some results of their work at the future laboratory.
Photo: Michael Galian
After Reflexxion’s performance, the council chamber is being remodeled so that the “Future Talk” discussion room can start there at 5 p.m. Mayor Stephan Korte and the municipal council members Alexander Carapinha Hesse (FDP), Joachim Döpkens (Besser), Kristine Helmerichs (Greens), Finn Kortkamp (CDU) and Dennis True (SPD) are available to answer questions from ten young people from the community.
Discussion with Grafic Recording
The discussion will be moderated by Paula Föhr. She is an educational and social scientist, trainer for science management and graphic recorder at the Agency for Sustainable Innovation Cultures in Seelze. The agency is active, among other things, for conferences in the field of education and business and is used by federal and state ministries to advise on innovation and communication policy. With graphic recording, the key statements of a discussion are recorded directly graphically and thus visualized for all participants. Paula Föhr will do exactly that at the discussion in the town hall, so that the results are immediately visible afterwards. The graphic recording will also be on display afterwards in the Futur Stuhr exhibition. The exhibition can also be seen in the town hall and runs until the end of September.
The creative future lab continues at 6 p.m. with an open lab with Matthias Knauer from the University of Bremen. In the upper foyer of the town hall, he will be showing applied mathematics for real life with the #MOIN (Model Region Industrial Mathematics) project. “The working group for transfer spaces wants to prove that mathematics can be more than what you learn in school and that it is important for industry, politics and society,” adds Nikki Sprich.
Experiments to participate in
Visitors can look forward to three experiments to take part in. AI-based traffic sign recognition is a precursor to autonomous driving. “Guests are invited to find out where the limits of this AI are,” announces Nikki Sprich. In the gravity simulator, you can use VR glasses to immerse yourself in a virtual reality and experience surprising effects of simple physical laws. The task is to handle objects in varying gravitational force. In the third experiment, visitors can also try their hand at cracking a numerical code. There will also be music in the upper foyer when participants in the Jugend musiziert competition present various pieces of music from 6 p.m.
The future lab is funded by the Weser-Hunte Regional Association. Further information is available from the municipality of Stuhr, Staff Unit 02 (Culture), Nikki Sprich, by email to kultur@stuhr.de and by calling 04 21 / 56 95-2 44. The Stuhr youth culture area can be found on Instagram at @juku.stuhr.
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