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Thursday Academy at Langska, 1 pm–3 pm

Here you can see how the programme is taking shape: 28 May – Visit by ‘trill int ikull’. Physiotherapists and the judo club provide information on fall prevention. After that, the Thursday Academy takes a summer break. The autumn programme is filled in: 27 August: Göran Waldt, ‘AI in Everyday Life’; 17 September: Christer Jonsson, ‘The Image, the Letter, the Book’And here’s a look at what’s been covered: 18 September: Lars Bäckman, renowned building conservationist. ‘The History of Ruins’. 25 September: we met Anders Randler, acclaimed educational innovator. ‘Computers in Education’. 2 October: Ulf Nyman, professor, spoke about the opium poppy through the ages. 9 October: the focus was on the method for allocating seats. 23 October: Bo Ekman spoke about his life with Levide Snickeri. 30 October: we discussed population trends. 6 November: we continued our discussion on population trends. 13 November: Bosse Hansen shared his work as an educator on Gotland; 20 November: Toni Mallach spoke about a nature-based map of the human psyche; 27 November: Lars Danielson: Painting and personal expression. Thoughts and reflections based, amongst other things, on the concurrent exhibition ‘Squares and Colours’ at Langska. On 4 December, Roland Salemark came and spoke about books and the Wessman Pettersson bookshop on Adelsgatan.15 January: Staffan Beijer spoke about the history of the railway on Gotland. 22 January: Göte Niklasson spoke about how wind power began on Gotland.On 29 January, Mart Marend spoke about “Svalbard – Greenland: Nature and People”. On 5 February, Sten Melin spoke about “Music and the Musical Society”. On 19 February, Jenny Andersson spoke about “The Wool Office – the country’s only wool-washing facility”.26 February: Andreas Fernandez reflected on “Social media – good or bad?” 5 March: Stefan Karnebäck spoke on “Sun and food – brilliant opportunities for cooking” 12 March: We discussed logarithms and now there are two more of us who know all about them. 19 March. We watched one of Gunnar Olsson’s films and discussed it. Roland Olsson was there. 26 March: Christer Bjöhle spoke on “Horisont Magazine – its origins and future”2 April: Martin Johansson, teacher and home baker: “On sourdough bread and craft orchestras” 9 April: Introduction to video, history and technology 23 April: Ulrika Ridbäck: “Garden plants on Gotland and their cultural history”