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Reversing the Cult of Speed in Higher Education: The Slow Movement in the Arts and Humanities book cover

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Reversing the Cult of Speed in Higher Education The Slow Movement in the Arts and Humanities

Edited By Jonathan Chambers, Stephannie Gearhart Copyright 2019
276 Pages
by Routledge

276 Pages 25 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

276 Pages 25 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge
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A collection of essays written by arts and humanities scholars across disciplines, this book argues that higher education has been compromised by its uncritical acceptance of our culture’s standards of productivity, busyness, and speed. Inspired by the Slow Movement, contributors explain how and why university culture has come to value productivity over contemplation and rapidity over slowness.... Read more

Introduction: Contextualizing Speed and Slowness in Higher Education



Stephannie S. Gearhart and Jonathan Chambers





          I. Fast Consequences









  1. Imagining the Slow University




    2. Stephannie S. Gearhart







  2. Queerness Over Time: Slowness, Speed, and the Chronopolitics of Scholarship




    3. Margarita Rayzberg and Blake Smith







  3. Out-of-Phase: Studio Art, Time, and Professionalization in the Academy — A Conversation…




    4. Charles Kanwischer and Katerina Rüedi Ray







  4. 24/7 Capitalism and Academic Theatre Production




    5. Jonathan Chambers







  5. Subversive Singularity: Beyond Meaning and Knowledge




    6. Gordon C. F. Bearn





    II. Slow Resistance: Academic Production







  6. Tactical Slowness: Fomenting a Culture of Mental Health in the Academy




    7. Scott Magelssen and Shelby Lunderman







  7. Waste Time: Excess Potential in Academic Production




    8. C. Greig Crysler and Shiloh Krupar







  8. Neoliberalism, Recursivity, Theatre




    9. Patricia Ybarra







  9. Read Another Book: Repeat When Necessary




    10. Rebecca Hill





    III. Slow Resistance: Pedagogical Approaches







  10. Less is More: Slow Reading in the Undergraduate Classroom




    11. Wendy Arons







  11. Consuming Time or Making Time? Slow History and General Education




    12. Jane Simonsen







  12. Teaching Music Slowly




    13. Fred Everett Maus







  13. Mindfulness as Slow Education in the First-Year Composition Classroom




    14. Kyle Garton-Gundling







  14. Not So Fast: The Virtues of Slow Rhetoric




           Barry M. Kroll





Conclusion



Stephannie S. Gearhart and Jonathan Chambers

Biography

Stephannie Gearhart is Associate Professor of English at Bowling Green State University, USA.





Jonathan Chambers is Professor of Theater and Film at Bowling Green State University, USA.

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