{"id":12245,"date":"2025-07-17T13:17:53","date_gmt":"2025-07-17T18:17:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/cila\/?page_id=12245"},"modified":"2025-09-09T09:30:09","modified_gmt":"2025-09-09T14:30:09","slug":"slow-movements-reading-group","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/cila\/slow-movements-reading-group\/","title":{"rendered":"CILA &#8220;Slow&#8221; Movement Reading Group"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-modular-content-collection>\t\t\t<div\n\t\t\tclass=\"site-section site-panel__image_overlay panel panel-image_overlay site-section__bg--default\"\n\t\t\tdata-depth=\"\"\n\t\t\tdata-js-panel=\"image-overlay\"\n\t\t>\n\t\n\t\t<div class=\"site-section__inner site-section__inner--no-padding\">\n\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t<div role=\"img\" aria-label=\"Grapes\" style=\"background-image:url('https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/cila\/files\/2025\/07\/IMG_1030-1600x1063.jpg');\" loading=\"lazy\"  class=\"site-section__bg-img site-section__bg-img--m-stack\"><\/div>\n\n\t\t<style>\n\t\t@media all and ( min-width: 960px ) {\n\t\t\t#site-panel__image-overlay-69d727d106fee {\n\t\t\t\theight: 250px;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t}\n\t<\/style>\n\t\n\t\t\t\t\n    \n\t<div id=\"site-panel__image-overlay-69d727d106fee\" class=\"site-panel__img-overlay-wrap site-panel__img-overlay--no-ribbon horz-center vert-middle\">\n\n\t\t<div class=\"site-panel__img-overlay-content\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"t-content t-content--light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"site-section__desc\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-depth=\"0\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-name=\"content\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-autop\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-livetext\n\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2><strong>Slow Food, Slow Living, Slow Looking, Slow Professor, Slow Pedagogy&#8211;Slow Everything?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<h3>This reading group will explore various \u201cslow\u201d movements and discuss how they can impact our lives as teachers, scholars, and administrators.<\/h3>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What is the &#8220;slow&#8221; movement?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;The&nbsp;slow movement&nbsp;is a cultural initiative that advocates for a reduction in the pace of modern life, encouraging individuals to embrace a more thoughtful and deliberate approach to their daily activities. It was an offshoot of the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Slow_food\">slow food<\/a>&nbsp;movement, which began as a protest led by&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Carlo_Petrini\">Carlo Petrini<\/a>&nbsp;in 1986 against the opening of a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/McDonald%27s\">McDonald&#8217;s<\/a>&nbsp;restaurant in Rome&#8217;s&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Piazza_di_Spagna\">Piazza di Spagna<\/a>.&#8221; From <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Slow_movement_(culture)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Wikipedia<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">When will we meet?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>This group will meet approximately six times during the academic year. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How do I sign up?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The reading groups have already been formed; if you&#8217;d like to join one, please email Nancy Thompson: thompsn@stolaf.edu.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Want to read about slow pedagogy now?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Here&#8217;s a good introduction:<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Chick, Nancy L. and Peter Felten. \u201cSlow: liberal learning for and in a fast-paced world.\u201d In <em>Redesigning Liberal Education: Innovative Design for a Twenty-First-Century Undergraduate Education<\/em>. Eds. William Moner, Phillip Motley, and Rebecca Pope-Ruark. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2020.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1ljpmhwrzXaO-nQfN7H5ZefJLwb-UYvHc\/view?usp=sharing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Access the essay here<\/a>; Access the whole e-book <a href=\"https:\/\/bridge.primo.exlibrisgroup.com\/permalink\/01BRC_INST\/1808il4\/alma991018731223402971\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">through the library here.<\/a> <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What else might we read?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Other possible readings include:<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Ailwood, Joanne and Margot Ford. \u201cSlow Pedagogies and Care-Full, Deep Learning in Preservice Teacher Education.\u201d In <em>Reimagining the Academy: ShiFting Towards Kindness, Connection, and an Ethics of Care.<\/em> eds Alison Black and Rachael Dwyer, Palgrave Macmillan, 2021. 157-174. <a href=\"https:\/\/bridge.primo.exlibrisgroup.com\/permalink\/01BRC_INST\/1808il4\/alma991018086168002971\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Access e-book through the library here<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Berg, Maggie, and Barbara Karolina Seeber. <em>The Slow Professor: Challenging the Culture of Speed in the Academy<\/em>. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2016. <a href=\"https:\/\/bridge.primo.exlibrisgroup.com\/permalink\/01BRC_INST\/1808il4\/alma991011313509702971\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Entry in Catalyst<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Guest, Carly. <a href=\"https:\/\/maifeminism.com\/teaching-on-the-edge-of-time-developing-a-slow-pedagogy-through-feminist-science-fiction\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Teaching on the Edge of Time: Developing a Slow Pedagogy through Feminist Science Fiction &#8211; MAI: Feminism &amp; Visual Culture<\/a>, Jan 27, 2020. The section on \u201cSlow Scholarship as a Feminist Pedagogy\u201d provides a helpful overview.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Kelsch, Anne. \u201cSlow Teaching: Where the Mindful and the Modern Meet,\u201d <em>North Dakota Quarterly<\/em> 80\/2 (2013): 12-20. <a href=\"https:\/\/ndquarterly.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/ndq_80_2_ocr.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Access the whole volume here<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Kumar, Arpit. \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/learning.nd.edu\/news\/slow-teaching-as-an-inclusive-teaching-approach-strategies-for-building-a-slow-classroom\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Slow Teaching as an Inclusive Teaching Approach: Strategies for Building a Slow Classroom<\/a>,\u201d Notre Dame Learning, Feb 9, 2024:<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Mountz, Alison, et. al. \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/acme-journal.org\/index.php\/acme\/article\/view\/1058\/1141\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">For Slow Scholarship: A Feminist Politics of Resistance through Collective Action in the Neoliberal University,<\/a>\u201d <em>ACME: An International Journal for Critical Geographies<\/em>, 14.4 (2015) 1235\u20131259.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Roberts, Jennifer, \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.harvardmagazine.com\/2013\/10\/the-power-of-patience\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Power of Patience<\/a>,\u201d <em>Harvard Magazine<\/em> (Nov-Dec 2013).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Tishman, Shari. <em>Slow Looking: The Art and Practice of Learning Through Observation<\/em>. 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