The cultural and creative industries are undergoing radical change on many levels. This was a topic during the "Zukunftsfest" in Schwerin on 24 September. During the festival, Kreative MV, the association of the cultural and creative industries in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, organised workshops on the future of the sector. A fitting topic for the "LandStarK" project of the European Project Centre. Research associate Geertje Wehry took the opportunity to network with other representatives of the cultural and creative industries and gain a deeper insight into their concerns and needs in order to incorporate them into the project.
During the workshops, design thinking methods were used to develop very different solutions to the problems of anonymised personas. At the same time, there was an opportunity for professional dialogue.
The "LandStarK" project sees itself as the development of a methodical and practical lighthouse for the facilitation and revitalisation of cultural and creative activities and participation in rural areas (regions) in Germany as part of systemic change and the increasing move towards sustainable transformation. Building on scientific and transfer excellence, this lighthouse will open up new ways of thinking and acting in socio-economic ecosystems in the eight participating rural areas in four federal states from March 2023 to February 2026.