Name: Resting with/in Academia. A day of immersion in and around rest
Start: 2024-12-09T09:30:00+01:00
End: 2024-12-09T16:30:00+01:00
Location: KUA - Københavns Universitet Amager

$Resting with\/in Academia. A day of immersion in and around rest$

Organized by Nana-Francisca Schottländer, Lukas Lund, Linda Lapiņa (Roskilde University) and Mette Obling Høeg (University of Copenhagen), in collaboration with the Art & Health research cluster at The Department of Arts and Cultural Studies
Register here (limited amount of places):
https://eventsignup.ku.dk/restingwithinacademiaadayofimmersioninandaroundrest
Event photo by Nana-Francisca Schottländer from RESTING LABS vol.1 Part 2: Resting with the Place, session hosted by Christine Fentz
We and our environments are exhausted. We urgently need rest- and we need to find ways to rest that do not aggravate the inequalities produced by neoliberal capitalism and systems of oppression that enact rest as a luxury good, possible at the cost of breaking down other bodies and environments. This symposium is dedicated to exploring resting practices that foreground solidarity and collectivity. Furthermore, the symposium specifically addresses the conditions and barriers for rest with/in academia, with its structural emphases on performance, production and competitiveness. The goal of the resting lab is to rest together; to equip all participants with reflections, tools and strategies for rest; and to develop a shared open-source pool of prompts for resting accessible to everyone.

9.30. Arriving into rest and landing in the space
10-10.45 Sharing in groups: What is rest for me? What are the dilemmas and frictions I experience in relation to rest?
10.45-11.00 Break
11.00-12.00 Conversation about rest in academia with Maribel Blasco, Gry Worre Hallberg, and Malou Juelskjær, moderated by Linda Lapiņa
12.00-12.15 break
12.15- 13.00 Shared reflections in the room
13.00-14.00 Lunch break- bring your own lunch or buy it at the canteen
14.00-15.30 THIS IS A PLACE OF REST, a site-responsive performance by Nana-Francisca Schottländer, including introduction and wrap-up.
THIS IS A PLACE OF REST is a performance-activistic intervention and exploration, adapted to the University of Copenhagen’s campus in Njalsgade. The performance offers embodied experiences with rest, with/in and against this site, the histories and structures embedded in it, and it will provide inspiration for further reflections and discussions.
15.30-15.45 Break
15.45- 16.30 Collective idea generation. How do we support each other and ourselves in rest? Developing prompts, scripts, invitations and strategies for rest with/in academia for an open-source catalogue.
Please note that we encourage registered participants to attend the whole day of the symposium. As there is a limited number of places, we suggest that these are reserved for participants who are able to stay for the full day.
The program for the day is tentative; the full and updated program will be sent to registered participants one week before the event.
We will be in a room that invites sitting and laying on the floor. Feel free to bring a mat, pillows, a blanket or any other props for comfort.
This Resting lab is part of a series of Resting Labs 2.0, organized by Nana-Francisca Schottländer, Lukas Lund, and Linda Lapiņa, in collaboration with partners for each event.