Ausservillgraten becomes a meeting place for science
21. Uni im Dorf: This year the experts take an “unmasked” look at Corona.
In 2001, resourceful heads from the Ausservillgraten community got together and considered how best to bring the knowledge gained at the University of Innsbruck to Ausservillgraten in East Tyrol. This is how the working group “Uni im Dorf” came about, which brings top-class scientists from the state capital to the small mountain village every year.
From “chances and developments in rural areas”, to theological questions, East Tyrolean dialect to “New media – new customs?” and peace research, all subject areas have been covered scientifically in the past 20 years.
After a two-year break due to corona, the “Uni in the Village” is coming back to Ausservillgraten, and this is precisely with the topic that has prevented the event from being held in the last two years: On September 24th and 25th, the scientists will hold an “unmasked “Take a look at Corona.
The historian Elena Taddei will give a lecture on Saturday at 2:15 p.m. on the “mother of all vaccinations” – the smallpox vaccination, after which the psychologist Silvia Exenberger will talk about how the children are doing after the two-year pandemic. The data for this has been collected since the outbreak of the pandemic, and Exenberger will also talk about which positive children were able to take with them from the point of view of the legal guardians. Claus Oberhauser investigates whether conspiracy theories are a social problem and how best to react to conspiracy theories. In the evening, the Vice Rector of the University of Innsbruck, Bernhard Fügenschuh, will chair a discussion panel in which, among others, the Ausservillgrat virologist Gernot Walder, who had already considered the virus before the outbreak of the pandemic, will take part.
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On September 24, a children’s program will be offered during the day: The young researchers will learn from the pharmacist Daniela Schuster how medicines and other health products are made and mix their own disinfectant. Afterwards they track down the field names with linguist Christine Rainer, learn where they come from and what they mean.
On Sunday, former Science Minister Karlheinz Hügel will speak about how epidemics and pandemics have been discussed at different times and how they resemble or differ from our discourse today. The economist Andreas Exenberger has been dealing with the analysis of global imbalances for years and his lecture will be followed by daughters. Finally, the pharmacist Daniela Schuster addresses the question of how medicines are made and how we can best prepare for the challenges of the future.