These are ViteMeir 's professional focus areas
Resources, Energy, Ideas, Nature and Technology (REINT) is what you can learn more about when ViteMeir opens.
Together with Western Norway University of Applied Sciences (HVL), ViteMeir has put in place an idea base through a thorough and comprehensive report. The report outlines a professional profile and ideas for the content of ViteMeir.
- This is the big picture. We're working to find partners for individual installations, and people who can help us develop concepts that can provide scenographic, interactive and sensory experiences. We've now narrowed it down to five focus areas we want to continue working on. That's a good thing. Not least for the contributors, who can more easily see what they can contribute," says Marianne Jevnaker, project manager for ViteMeir.
5 professional focus areas
The overarching academic profile is "sustainable development", where the environmental dimension will be particularly important. Sustainable development gives the science center a profile that is relevant to the school system, business and for the development of society for many years to come.
Five academic focus areas, identified through REINT, are listed below. This provides a direction that underpins the overall profile.
Reint stands for:
Resources. Is about the sustainable use of resources: harvesting, producing, processing, storing, using and reusing.
Energy. Deals with both the energy of the elements: sun, water, wind, waves, biomass; and the energy of the body: physical activity, health, nutrition and learning.
Brainstorming. Is 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. It is about the journey one can make from fjord to mountain, and from sea coast to inland, which is a journey in geology and biology. It is also about basic natural science about everything around us.
Technology. Is about everything we humans do to cope with the world around us, and central to this are activities such as digitizing, constructing, calculating, communicating, programming and robotics.
- The five disciplines have been developed through several brainstorming sessions and meetings with various stakeholders. In addition, we have an idea bank with over 50 sketches," explains Jevnaker.
These ideas will now be further developed, both before, during and after the start-up of the science center.
- The science center will have permanent installations, but also some installations that will be changed and replaced over time. "So ideas are always needed," Jevnaker points out.
About the report
HVL is one of several owners of the knowledge center and has a great interest in contributing to the development of content. HVL is also 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 collaborating with several of the professional communities on installation development," says Jevnaker.
The content of the report is based on input from many dedicated and creative people from kindergartens, schools, colleges and other work and business sectors.
- "We are grateful to everyone who has spent time brainstorming ideas and attending meetings, and we hope that many will continue to contribute in the years to come. The science center will need to play on the team with many in the continuous development work that a science center will have for many years to come, writes Stein Joar Hegland, who has led the work on content development from HVL's side.