Launch of the NEXPO Journal
02. April 2019, NEXPO Team
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A Message from Martin Tschirren
What is the most exciting aspect of the NEXPO development?
Sometimes the NEXPO strikes me as journey into unchartered territory. We don’t know what to expect on this trip. We are facing questions and situations we have not had to tackle until today. That’s very exciting, inspiring – it’s really quite an adventure.
The fact that ten cities from all over Switzerland have launched this idea is going to lead to a convergence of different ideas and cultures – in terms of language and politics. Finding the common denominator can be very challenging – but is also always very interesting.
We have to bear the suspense of working on something new, something we have to develop first and where we don’t exactly know what it will become.
Why did NEXPO decide to launch its own journal?
A project like this needs discussion! It’s in the DNA of NEXPO not to be developed behind closed doors but through an exchange with many people in our country. The three main qualities: decentralised, participatory and evolutionary should also be reflected in the way we do things.
What does NEXPO expect from this journal?
We hope to elicit reactions and feedback from all over Switzerland with this journal: from Basel to Lugano, from Geneva to St. Gallen, from the shores of Lago Maggiore all the way to Juf. The question of “How do we want to live together in Switzerland in the 21st century?” is at the core of the NEXPO. This question concerns all of us, no matter where we live. I’m looking forward to seeing what this journal might be able to stimulate.
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