This is ViteMeir their professional areas of focus
Resources, Energy, Intelligence, Nature and Technology (REINT) is what you can learn more about when ViteMeir opens.
Together with the University College of Western Norway (HVL), ViteMeir have put in place a basis for ideas, through a thorough and comprehensive report. The report outlines a professional profile and ideas for the content of ViteMeir .
– This is general. We are working to find partners for individual installations, and people who can help us develop concepts that can provide scenographic, interactive and sensory experiences. We have now narrowed it down to five areas of focus that we want to continue working on. That is good. Not least for the contributors, who can more easily see what they can contribute, says Marianne Jevnaker, project manager for ViteMeir .
5 academic focus areas
The overall academic profile is "sustainable development", where the environmental dimension will be especially important. Sustainable development gives the science center a profile that is relevant to schools, business and society for many years to come.
Below, five academic focus areas have been set up, identified through REINT. This provides a direction that underpins the overall profile.
Pure stands for:
Resources. Is about the sustainable use of resources: harvesting, producing, processing, storing, using and recycling.
Energy. Both about the energy of the elements: sun, water, wind, waves, biomass; and the body's energy: physical activity, health, nutrition and learning.
Brainstorming. It's about ViteMeir as an arena for exchanging ideas and creating a brainstorming session for a sustainable society. Brainstorming is thus a guiding principle for ViteMeir .
Nature. About the journey one can make from fjord to mountain, and from the sea coast to the inland, which is a journey in geology, biology. Also about basic natural science about everything that is around us.
Technology. Is about everything we humans do to deal with the world around us, and central to these are activities such as digitizing, constructing, calculating, communicating, programming, and robotizing.
– The five fields of study have come about through several brainstorming sessions and meetings with various stakeholders. In addition, we have an idea bank with over 50 idea sketches, explains Jevnaker.
These ideas will now be further developed, both before, during and after the start of the science center.
“The science center will have permanent installations, but also some installations that will be changed and replaced over time. So there is always a need for a replenishment of ideas,” Jevnaker points out.
About the report
HVL is one of several owners of the science center and has a strong interest in contributing to the development of content. HVL is also a co-owner of VilVite in Bergen, one of the largest science centers in Norway.
– Their contribution is extremely important. They have a lot of knowledge in various fields and we have already started collaboration with several of the professional communities on installation development, says Jevnaker.
The content of the report is based on input from many committed and creative people from kindergartens, schools, colleges, and other working and business sectors.
– We are grateful to everyone who has spent their time in brainstorming and meetings, and we hope that many will also want to contribute in the years to come. The Science Center will need to work with many in the continuous development work that a science center should have for many years to come, writes Stein Joar Hegland, who has led the work with content development on behalf of HVL.