Slow Digest: Attensity!

This week’s edition of Slow Digest is written by C21 Managing Director Katie Waddell. On April 1, C21 will lead an edition of the Cactus Book Club focusing on the book Attensity! A Manifesto of the Attention Liberation Movement by The Friends of …

En-Vision Zine Submissions Due DEADLINE EXTENDED

About The En-Vision Zine is a part of C21’s inaugural graduate-led public humanities program, En-Vision: Toward a Queer Ethics of Slow Care, led by Isabella Fincher. En-Vision is about slowing down, radical self-care, and fostering networks of mutual support and …

Art in the News

This Side of the Stars: Rauschenberg’s Stoned Moon in the Company of Kite, Paglen, and Yi, an exhibition curated by Jennifer Johung, PhD, Professor of Contemporary Art and Architecture and Director of the Center for 21st Century Studies, was recently …

Slow Digest: Mich Dillon

Once a month throughout the 2025-26 academic year, Slow Digest will feature an episode of C21’s 6.5 Minutes With…C21 podcast series, produced by C21 Graduate Fellows Jamee N. Pritchard and Yuchen Zhao. In this episode of 6.5 Minutes with C21, …

Story Cart with Symphony Swan – Stills in Milwaukee

Event Details C21’s Story Cart project and C21 Story Fellow Symphony Swan present Stills in Milwaukee, a radical attention workshop and portrait session with photographer Terrance Sims. Stills in Milwaukee is a documentary-style photography project aimed at capturing the diverse …

Slow Digest: Slow Care in the Media

This week’s Slow Digest is a compilation of slow care media recommendations from the C21 staff: Managing Director Katie Waddell, and Graduate Fellows Chloe Kwiatkowski, Ceceilia Loeschmann, and Jamee Pritchard. This week, through a collection of recommendations from C21 staff, …

Story Cart With Adam Carr – Skyward Ho!

Skyward Ho! At Milwaukee Winter Farmer’s Market, we’ll meditate on the sky with our mind, body and soul with Story Fellow Adam Carr and yogi Matthew Lewis (@stillhoneyblk), gathering thoughts on sanctuary and refuge, especially for attention. Then, we’ll talk …

Kyoung Ae Cho’s “Slow Art” Featured in TextielPlus

Kyoung Ae Cho, a former 2024-25 research fellow, was recently profiled in Textiel Plus, a Dutch fiber art magazine. The article, published in both Dutch and English, is titled “The Slow Art of Kyoung Ae Cho” and explores her art …

Slow Digest: AI, Environmental Problem or Miracle Solution?

This week’s edition of Slow Digest is written by C21 Graduate Fellows Yuchen Zhao and Ceceilia Loeschmann. Artificial intelligence (AI) is everywhere these days, used for tasks like writing emails to creating images and powering research. But behind the convenience is a growing question: What does all this computing cost …