Spotkanie z prof. Marjaane Kangas. Życie w Laponii w dobie zmian klimatycznych.

Place of the event: Targowa 1/3, 90-021 Łódź
When: 17 March 2024 (Sunday) 12:00 - 14:00

Prof. Marjaana Kangas from the University of Lapland will be the guest of the University in Lodz in mid-March. Although she is a specialist in playful and game-based learning, her presence in our city will be an opportunity to talk about a completely different topic. There will be a meeting in English for the general public about contemporary life in Lapland in the context of climate change that will be held on 17 March at midday.

Info graphic with the title of the meeting on the background of the northern lights

We are pleased to invite you to a meeting at the EC1 Science and Technology Centre, which is a response to the current climate challenges. "Climate at the Centre" is a whole day filled with workshops, games, cinema special screenings and meetings, of which we highlight one in particular.

At midday in the Assembly Hall of the EC1 Science and Technology Centre, Prof. Jarosław Płuciennik will lead a conversation with Prof. Marjaana Kangas from (University of Lapland) about living conditions in today's Lapland. The 2021 promotional campaign nominating the municipality of Salla in Finland as a candidate to host the 2032 Summer Olympic Games will constitute the starting point for the discussion. The campaign was a strong voice for climate change and information about it circulated in the world media. What has changed over the last 3 years? What is life in one of the coldest inhabited regions of Europe during climate change like? Is the prospect of hosting the Summer Olympic Games in northern Finland getting closer or further? These and other questions related to everyday life in Lapland will be answered by Prof. Marjaana Kangas.

 

Programme of the event:
10:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. – Less-waste workshop
10:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. – Laboratory workshops: Energy for the climate (technical break from 1:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m., workshops are intended for people over 10 years of age)
10:15 a.m. – Climate hare and hounds – following CO2 traces
11:00 a.m. – Climate myths and a quiz with prizes
11:00 a.m., 12:30 p.m., 4:00 p.m. – Eco House – energy in our everyday life. Themed guided tours*.
* attraction additionally charged – PLN 1 
12:00 p.m. – “Can we still have a playful mindset while living in the Arctic and Lapland?” Stories by Professor Marjaana Kangas (University of Lapland) interviewed by Prof. Jarosław Płuciennik (University of Lodz) – in English.
2:00 p.m. – screening of “River”, directed by Jennifer Peedom.
2:30 p.m. – “From coal to uranium” – field game*
* attraction additionally charged – PLN 24 without a ticket to the EC1 Science and Technology Centre, PLN 12 with a ticket.

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A portrait photo of smiling Prof. Marjaana Kangas

Prof. Marjaana Kangas is a specialist in the field of playful and game-based learning and has 20 years of experience in research on playful learning in multidisciplinary projects. Kangas is a leading expert in playful learning pedagogy and the first Finnish education researcher to participate in the EdTech Acceleration programme in Silicon Valley in 2017–2019. Her research focuses on the use of play, games and digital tools in learning, as well as the promotion of outdoor education and artificial intelligence in science. She lives and teaches in Lapland, at the University of Lapland in Rovaniemi.

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To take part in the meeting, you must purchase an admission ticket to the EC1 Science and Technology Centre.

Edit: Michał Gruda (Communications and PR Centre, University of Lodz)

The mission of the University of Lodz is to conduct reliable research and actively disseminate facts and research results so as to wisely educate future generations, be useful to society and courageously respond to the challenges of the modern world. Scientific excellence is always our best compass. Our values include: courage, curiosity, commitment, cooperation and respect.

Event details

Place of the event: Targowa 1/3, 90-021 Łódź

Date and time of the event: 17 March 2024 (Sunday) 12:00 - 14:00

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