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Deep Work in a Burnout Society: Session Two
Facilitated by
Ruthanne Soohee Kim, Ph.D.
St. Cloud State University
2020 Board of Trustees Awards for Excellence Educator of the Year
Deep Work in a Burnout Society:
Manifesting Contemplative Focus
Join three active learning sessions to explore undoing unproductive behaviors and mindsets, integrating lessons with a focus on anti-racism and dismantling oppression. Participants will collaboratively generate new approaches for well-being, contemplative immersion, and achieving what truly matters. Don’t miss this transformative journey.
Guided by Tricia Hersey’s Rest is Resistance manifesto, these three-part working sessions navigate the tensions of “being productive” in a distracted world while feeling “burnt out” by sedimented pressures.
Session Two
Session two explores practical steps to be productive, balancing the constraints of teaching/service/research as exemplified by Cal Newport’s Deep Work with the criticism of work that perpetuates an achievement society. We explore the positionality of Newport’s work in relation to Hersey’s manifesto and consider why and for whom we should be focused and productive and which communities this ultimately serves. We then introduce Byung Chul Han’s argument that while academics used to fear a repressive and disciplinary society, our current regime perpetuates an “I can” achievement society of excess positivity that relies on neuroenhancements to insist that any failure to achieve is our fault.
RSVP Required
Use the RSVP tool below to register. In addition to Minnesota State faculty and staff, Concurrent Enrollment instructors are also welcome to join.
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Accommodations: If you require accommodations (live captioning, etc.) to participate in this event, please send an email to the person at the bottom of this page.
Questions?
Contact facilitator Ruthanne Soohee Kim, Ph.D.
