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Gründen und Gemeinwohl in der Peripherie

Wie wir diesen Kulturwandel erreichen und was es dafür braucht, haben wir gemeinsam diskutiert. Am 15.5.2025 stach die Kulturhanse dafür zur Konferenz der Kulturhanse-Labore in See. Unter dem Motto: Gründen und Gemeinwohl in der Peripherie waren wir zu Gast in der Stadtwirtschaft Chemnitz, der Kulturhauptstadt Europas 2025.

Dort trafen Vertreter*innen der Bundespolitik auf Bürgermeister*innen; Mitarbeiter*innen aus Bundes- und Landesministerien tauschten sich mit Betreiber*innen solcher Dritten Orte aus; die Presse kam mit Verbänden und Wissenschaft mit Stiftungen ins Gespräch. In sechs Praxisreisen zu beispielhaften Orten sozialer Innovation und elf Workshops von (inter)nationalen Expert*innen wurden die Themen des Positionspapiers bearbeitet und um die mannigfaltigen Perspektiven der Teilnehmer*innen ergänzt.

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Founding and the Common Good in the Periphery

We wanted to discuss how we can achieve this cultural change and what it will take to do so. On May 15, 2025, Kulturhanse set sail for the Conference of the Kulturhanse Laboratories . Under the motto “Start-ups and the common good in the periphery,” we were guests at Stadtwirtschaft Chemnitz, the European Capital of Culture 2025.

There, representatives of federal politics met with mayors; employees from federal and state ministries exchanged ideas with operators of such third places; the press engaged in dialogue with associations and academia with foundations. In six field trips to exemplary locations of social innovation and eleven workshops led by (inter)national experts, the topics of the position paper were addressed and supplemented by the diverse perspectives of the participants.

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May 15, 2025 | Chemnitz, Stadtwirtschaft

Conference of the Kulturhanse Laboratories

For more start-ups and the common good in the periphery

Imagine this: There is a place in your neighborhood where active citizens and social entrepreneurs work together to develop solutions for your local challenges. Then the cultural change we want to see would be achieved.

In this year’s European Capital of Culture Chemnitz, the Kulturhanse will set sail again on May 15, 2025. As an association of laboratories for the common good beyond large cities, we invite you to the second Kulturhanse conference at the Stadtwirtschaft.

We bring together social entrepreneurs, start-up labs, researchers and doers, promoters and decision-makers to think and discuss together about the connection between an economy oriented towards the common good and the revitalization of active citizenship.

To this end, we want to use exciting national and international hubs to show how this connection unfolds its local effectiveness. And we want to discuss what framework conditions are needed for this cultural change.

We are meeting in the newly opened Stadtwirtschaft, the home of our network partner Gründungsgarage Chemnitz. As an intervention area for the Capital of Culture 2025 and a national urban development project, a meeting place for production, creative work and entertainment is being created here. To involve the neighborhood, the area was designed with various participation formats for citizens throughout the entire process. The Conference of Kulturhanse Laboratories will be a starting point. In addition to the Gründungsgarage, a theatre, a graphic design studio, the FabLab and a car repair shop are also located here.

You can reach the Stadtwirtschaft on tram line 5. It’s just a few metres from the main station to the ‘Bahnhofsstraße’ stop and then two short stops to the exit ‘Tschaikowskistraße’. Or perhaps you prefer a short walk through Chemnitz?

Email: kontakt@kulturhanse.org

Phone: +49 361/ 21 849 158

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