{"id":11595,"date":"2024-08-18T20:59:35","date_gmt":"2024-08-19T01:59:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/c21\/?page_id=11595"},"modified":"2026-05-04T13:14:22","modified_gmt":"2026-05-04T18:14:22","slug":"slow","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/c21\/events\/slow\/","title":{"rendered":"SLOW (2024-2027)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"aligncenter uwm-c-img--center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/c21\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/359\/2024\/12\/SLOW-Logo-Black-Circle-e1733098454722.png\" alt=\"Logo for C21's SLOW programming series \" class=\"wp-image-12069\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-slow-the-pace-of-being-human\">SLOW: The pace of being human<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Slow movements\u2014across food, cities, science, scholarship and beyond \u2014 call attention to embodied processes of building and maintaining collective life that resist the fast-paced efficiency models, rapid rewards, and short attention spans that increasingly seem to dominant human responses to 21<sup>st <\/sup>century social, political, and ecological challenges.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>SLOW will develop over the next three academic years (2024-2027), manifesting in interactive discussions, lectures from internationally renowned experts, film screenings, exhibitions, community-driven experiential events, and more. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Each academic year will explore distinct aspects of slowness:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/c21\/events\/slow\/slow-knowing\/\">Slow Knowing (2024-2025)<\/a><\/strong> &#8211; How does the accelerated pace of machine and computing time collide with evolutionary, celestial, and deep time? How can interdisciplinary humanities research help us understand what humans are in time with and how human pace is attuned?&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/c21\/events\/slow\/slow-care\/\">Slow Care (2025-2026)<\/a><\/strong> &#8211; How can we take better care of ourselves and others? Is pacing the key to intimacy, understanding, and repair? How are our cultural attitudes about care (and care labor) evident in our institutions and policies for healthcare, the environment, and labor rights?&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Slow Action (2026-2027)<\/strong> &#8211; How might the practices, methodologies, histories, and theories of collective organizing across communities and institutions provide insight for building values-rooted systems and deliberate actionable pathways that endure over time to support shared goals?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-upcoming-events\">Upcoming Events<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div  class=\"tribe-compatibility-container\" >\n\t<div\n\t\t class=\"tribe-common tribe-events tribe-events-view tribe-events-view--widget-events-list tribe-events-widget\" \t\tdata-js=\"tribe-events-view\"\n\t\tdata-view-rest-url=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/c21\/wp-json\/tribe\/views\/v2\/html\"\n\t\tdata-view-manage-url=\"1\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-view-breakpoint-pointer=\"420c048c-080b-4bb8-a2b9-0a52250d27b4\"\n\t\t\t>\n\t\t<div class=\"tribe-events-widget-events-list\">\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<script data-js=\"tribe-events-view-data\" type=\"application\/json\">\n\t{\"slug\":\"widget-events-list\",\"prev_url\":\"\",\"next_url\":\"\",\"view_class\":\"Tribe\\\\Events\\\\Views\\\\V2\\\\Views\\\\Widgets\\\\Widget_List_View\",\"view_slug\":\"widget-events-list\",\"view_label\":\"View\",\"view\":null,\"should_manage_url\":true,\"id\":null,\"alias-slugs\":null,\"title\":\"Upcoming Events \\u2013 Center for 21st Century Studies\",\"limit\":\"5\",\"no_upcoming_events\":false,\"featured_events_only\":false,\"jsonld_enable\":true,\"tribe_is_list_widget\":false,\"admin_fields\":{\"title\":{\"label\":\"Title:\",\"type\":\"text\",\"parent_classes\":\"\",\"classes\":\"\",\"dependency\":\"\",\"id\":\"widget-tribe-widget-events-list--1-title\",\"name\":\"widget-tribe-widget-events-list[-1][title]\",\"options\":[],\"placeholder\":\"\",\"value\":null},\"limit\":{\"label\":\"Show:\",\"type\":\"number\",\"default\":5,\"min\":1,\"max\":10,\"step\":1,\"parent_classes\":\"\",\"classes\":\"\",\"dependency\":\"\",\"id\":\"widget-tribe-widget-events-list--1-limit\",\"name\":\"widget-tribe-widget-events-list[-1][limit]\",\"options\":[],\"placeholder\":\"\",\"value\":null},\"metadata_section\":{\"type\":\"fieldset\",\"classes\":\"tribe-common-form-control-checkbox-checkbox-group\",\"label\":\"Display:\",\"children\":{\"cost\":{\"type\":\"checkbox\",\"label\":\"Price\",\"parent_classes\":\"\",\"classes\":\"\",\"dependency\":\"\",\"id\":\"widget-tribe-widget-events-list--1-cost\",\"name\":\"widget-tribe-widget-events-list[-1][cost]\",\"options\":[],\"placeholder\":\"\",\"value\":null},\"venue\":{\"type\":\"checkbox\",\"label\":\"Venue\",\"parent_classes\":\"\",\"classes\":\"\",\"dependency\":\"\",\"id\":\"widget-tribe-widget-events-list--1-venue\",\"name\":\"widget-tribe-widget-events-list[-1][venue]\",\"options\":[],\"placeholder\":\"\",\"value\":null},\"street\":{\"type\":\"checkbox\",\"label\":\"Street\",\"parent_classes\":\"\",\"classes\":\"\",\"dependency\":\"\",\"id\":\"widget-tribe-widget-events-list--1-street\",\"name\":\"widget-tribe-widget-events-list[-1][street]\",\"options\":[],\"placeholder\":\"\",\"value\":null},\"city\":{\"type\":\"checkbox\",\"label\":\"City\",\"parent_classes\":\"\",\"classes\":\"\",\"dependency\":\"\",\"id\":\"widget-tribe-widget-events-list--1-city\",\"name\":\"widget-tribe-widget-events-list[-1][city]\",\"options\":[],\"placeholder\":\"\",\"value\":null},\"region\":{\"type\":\"checkbox\",\"label\":\"State (US) Or Province (Int)\",\"parent_classes\":\"\",\"classes\":\"\",\"dependency\":\"\",\"id\":\"widget-tribe-widget-events-list--1-region\",\"name\":\"widget-tribe-widget-events-list[-1][region]\",\"options\":[],\"placeholder\":\"\",\"value\":null},\"zip\":{\"type\":\"checkbox\",\"label\":\"Postal Code\",\"parent_classes\":\"\",\"classes\":\"\",\"dependency\":\"\",\"id\":\"widget-tribe-widget-events-list--1-zip\",\"name\":\"widget-tribe-widget-events-list[-1][zip]\",\"options\":[],\"placeholder\":\"\",\"value\":null},\"country\":{\"type\":\"checkbox\",\"label\":\"Country\",\"parent_classes\":\"\",\"classes\":\"\",\"dependency\":\"\",\"id\":\"widget-tribe-widget-events-list--1-country\",\"name\":\"widget-tribe-widget-events-list[-1][country]\",\"options\":[],\"placeholder\":\"\",\"value\":null},\"phone\":{\"type\":\"checkbox\",\"label\":\"Phone\",\"parent_classes\":\"\",\"classes\":\"\",\"dependency\":\"\",\"id\":\"widget-tribe-widget-events-list--1-phone\",\"name\":\"widget-tribe-widget-events-list[-1][phone]\",\"options\":[],\"placeholder\":\"\",\"value\":null},\"organizer\":{\"type\":\"checkbox\",\"label\":\"Organizer\",\"parent_classes\":\"\",\"classes\":\"\",\"dependency\":\"\",\"id\":\"widget-tribe-widget-events-list--1-organizer\",\"name\":\"widget-tribe-widget-events-list[-1][organizer]\",\"options\":[],\"placeholder\":\"\",\"value\":null},\"website\":{\"type\":\"checkbox\",\"label\":\"Website\",\"parent_classes\":\"\",\"classes\":\"\",\"dependency\":\"\",\"id\":\"widget-tribe-widget-events-list--1-website\",\"name\":\"widget-tribe-widget-events-list[-1][website]\",\"options\":[],\"placeholder\":\"\",\"value\":null}},\"parent_classes\":\"\",\"dependency\":\"\",\"id\":\"widget-tribe-widget-events-list--1-metadata_section\",\"name\":\"widget-tribe-widget-events-list[-1][metadata_section]\",\"options\":[],\"placeholder\":\"\",\"value\":null},\"taxonomy_section\":{\"type\":\"section\",\"classes\":[\"calendar-widget-filters-container\"],\"label\":\"Filters:\",\"children\":{\"filters\":{\"type\":\"taxonomy-filters\",\"parent_classes\":\"\",\"classes\":\"\",\"dependency\":\"\",\"id\":\"widget-tribe-widget-events-list--1-filters\",\"label\":\"\",\"name\":\"widget-tribe-widget-events-list[-1][filters]\",\"options\":[],\"placeholder\":\"\",\"value\":null,\"list_items\":[]},\"operand\":{\"type\":\"fieldset\",\"classes\":\"tribe-common-form-control-checkbox-radio-group\",\"label\":\"Operand:\",\"selected\":\"OR\",\"children\":[{\"type\":\"radio\",\"label\":\"Match any\",\"button_value\":\"OR\",\"parent_classes\":\"\",\"classes\":\"\",\"dependency\":\"\",\"id\":\"widget-tribe-widget-events-list--1-operand\",\"name\":\"widget-tribe-widget-events-list[-1][operand]\",\"options\":[],\"placeholder\":\"\",\"value\":null},{\"type\":\"radio\",\"label\":\"Match all\",\"button_value\":\"AND\",\"parent_classes\":\"\",\"classes\":\"\",\"dependency\":\"\",\"id\":\"widget-tribe-widget-events-list--1-operand\",\"name\":\"widget-tribe-widget-events-list[-1][operand]\",\"options\":[],\"placeholder\":\"\",\"value\":null}],\"parent_classes\":\"\",\"dependency\":\"\",\"id\":\"widget-tribe-widget-events-list--1-operand\",\"name\":\"widget-tribe-widget-events-list[-1][operand]\",\"options\":[],\"placeholder\":\"\",\"value\":null}},\"parent_classes\":\"\",\"dependency\":\"\",\"id\":\"widget-tribe-widget-events-list--1-taxonomy_section\",\"name\":\"widget-tribe-widget-events-list[-1][taxonomy_section]\",\"options\":[],\"placeholder\":\"\",\"value\":null},\"taxonomy\":{\"type\":\"taxonomy\",\"classes\":\"calendar-widget-add-filter\",\"label\":\"Add a filter:\",\"placeholder\":\"Select a Taxonomy Term\",\"parent_classes\":\"\",\"dependency\":\"\",\"id\":\"widget-tribe-widget-events-list--1-taxonomy\",\"name\":\"widget-tribe-widget-events-list[-1][taxonomy]\",\"options\":[],\"value\":null},\"no_upcoming_events\":{\"label\":\"Hide this widget if there are no upcoming events.\",\"type\":\"checkbox\",\"parent_classes\":\"\",\"classes\":\"\",\"dependency\":\"\",\"id\":\"widget-tribe-widget-events-list--1-no_upcoming_events\",\"name\":\"widget-tribe-widget-events-list[-1][no_upcoming_events]\",\"options\":[],\"placeholder\":\"\",\"value\":null},\"featured_events_only\":{\"label\":\"Limit to featured events only\",\"type\":\"checkbox\",\"parent_classes\":\"\",\"classes\":\"\",\"dependency\":\"\",\"id\":\"widget-tribe-widget-events-list--1-featured_events_only\",\"name\":\"widget-tribe-widget-events-list[-1][featured_events_only]\",\"options\":[],\"placeholder\":\"\",\"value\":null},\"jsonld_enable\":{\"label\":\"Generate JSON-LD data\",\"type\":\"checkbox\",\"parent_classes\":\"\",\"classes\":\"\",\"dependency\":\"\",\"id\":\"widget-tribe-widget-events-list--1-jsonld_enable\",\"name\":\"widget-tribe-widget-events-list[-1][jsonld_enable]\",\"options\":[],\"placeholder\":\"\",\"value\":null}},\"venue\":false,\"country\":false,\"street\":false,\"city\":false,\"region\":false,\"zip\":false,\"phone\":false,\"cost\":false,\"organizer\":false,\"website\":false,\"operand\":\"OR\",\"filters\":\"{\\\"tribe_events_cat\\\":[\\\"121\\\"]}\",\"events\":[],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/c21\\\/?post_type=tribe_events&eventDisplay=widget-events-list&hide_subsequent_recurrences=1\",\"url_event_date\":false,\"bar\":{\"keyword\":\"\",\"date\":\"\",\"hide_recurring\":true},\"today\":\"2026-07-02 00:00:00\",\"now\":\"2026-07-02 10:03:04\",\"home_url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/c21\",\"rest_url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/c21\\\/wp-json\\\/tribe\\\/views\\\/v2\\\/html\",\"rest_method\":\"GET\",\"rest_nonce\":\"\",\"today_url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/c21\\\/?post_type=tribe_events&eventDisplay=widget-events-list&hide_subsequent_recurrences=1&rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fpages%2F11595\",\"today_title\":\"Click to select today's date\",\"today_label\":\"Today\",\"prev_label\":\"\",\"next_label\":\"\",\"date_formats\":{\"compact\":\"n\\\/j\\\/Y\",\"month_and_year_compact\":\"n\\\/Y\",\"month_and_year\":\"F Y\",\"time_range_separator\":\" - \",\"date_time_separator\":\" @ \"},\"messages\":{\"notice\":[\"There are no upcoming events.\"]},\"start_of_week\":\"0\",\"header_title\":\"\",\"header_title_element\":\"h1\",\"content_title\":\"\",\"show_content_title\":false,\"breadcrumbs\":[],\"backlink\":false,\"before_events\":\"<div class=\\\"content_block\\\" id=\\\"custom_post_widget-13951\\\">\\n<div class=\\\"uwm-u-flex uwm-u-flex--wrap uwm-u-flex--right uwm-l-grid-row--30 uwm-l-grid-column--30 uwm-l-grid--4 uwm-l-grid--equal-y\\\">\\n<a class=\\\"uwm-c-button uwm-c-button--white uwm-u-ml-20 uwm-u-mb-20\\\" href=\\\"https:\\\/\\\/outlook.office365.com\\\/owa\\\/calendar\\\/6f08d6a9aefb4a42ae332ba185c85098@uwm.edu\\\/5e7b81be2953478fbad1c09ef849912315964778135317893340\\\/calendar.html\\\" rel=\\\"\\\">Outlook Calendar c21<\\\/a>\\n\\n\\n\\n<a class=\\\"uwm-c-button uwm-c-button--white uwm-u-ml-20 uwm-u-mb-20\\\" href=\\\"https:\\\/\\\/calendar.google.com\\\/calendar\\\/u\\\/0?cid=YzIxdXdtQGdtYWlsLmNvbQ\\\" rel=\\\"\\\">Google Calendar c21<\\\/a>\\n<\\\/div>\\n<\\\/div>\\n<p>&nbsp;<\\\/p>\\n\",\"after_events\":\"\\n<!--\\nThis calendar is powered by The Events Calendar.\\nhttp:\\\/\\\/evnt.is\\\/18wn\\n-->\\n\",\"display_events_bar\":false,\"disable_event_search\":false,\"live_refresh\":true,\"ical\":{\"display_link\":true,\"link\":{\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/c21\\\/?post_type=tribe_events&#038;eventDisplay=widget-events-list&#038;hide_subsequent_recurrences=1&#038;ical=1\",\"text\":\"Export Events\",\"title\":\"Use this to share calendar data with Google Calendar, Apple iCal and other compatible apps\"}},\"container_classes\":[\"tribe-common\",\"tribe-events\",\"tribe-events-view\",\"tribe-events-view--widget-events-list\",\"tribe-events-widget\"],\"container_data\":[],\"is_past\":false,\"breakpoints\":{\"xsmall\":500,\"medium\":768,\"full\":960},\"breakpoint_pointer\":\"420c048c-080b-4bb8-a2b9-0a52250d27b4\",\"is_initial_load\":false,\"public_views\":{\"list\":{\"view_class\":\"Tribe\\\\Events\\\\Views\\\\V2\\\\Views\\\\List_View\",\"view_url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/c21\\\/events\\\/list\\\/?hide_subsequent_recurrences=1\",\"view_label\":\"List\",\"aria_label\":\"Display Events in List View\"},\"month\":{\"view_class\":\"Tribe\\\\Events\\\\Views\\\\V2\\\\Views\\\\Month_View\",\"view_url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/c21\\\/events\\\/month\\\/?hide_subsequent_recurrences=1\",\"view_label\":\"Month\",\"aria_label\":\"Display Events in Month View\"},\"day\":{\"view_class\":\"Tribe\\\\Events\\\\Views\\\\V2\\\\Views\\\\Day_View\",\"view_url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/c21\\\/events\\\/today\\\/?hide_subsequent_recurrences=1\",\"view_label\":\"Day\",\"aria_label\":\"Display Events in Day View\"},\"photo\":{\"view_class\":\"Tribe\\\\Events\\\\Pro\\\\Views\\\\V2\\\\Views\\\\Photo_View\",\"view_url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/c21\\\/events\\\/photo\\\/?hide_subsequent_recurrences=1\",\"view_label\":\"Photo\",\"aria_label\":\"Display Events in Photo View\"},\"week\":{\"view_class\":\"Tribe\\\\Events\\\\Pro\\\\Views\\\\V2\\\\Views\\\\Week_View\",\"view_url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/c21\\\/events\\\/week\\\/?hide_subsequent_recurrences=1\",\"view_label\":\"Week\",\"aria_label\":\"Display Events in Week View\"},\"map\":{\"view_class\":\"Tribe\\\\Events\\\\Pro\\\\Views\\\\V2\\\\Views\\\\Map_View\",\"view_url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/c21\\\/events\\\/map\\\/?hide_subsequent_recurrences=1\",\"view_label\":\"Map\",\"aria_label\":\"Display Events in Map View\"}},\"show_latest_past\":false,\"past\":false,\"compatibility_classes\":[\"tribe-compatibility-container\"],\"view_more_text\":\"View Calendar\",\"view_more_title\":\"View more events.\",\"view_more_link\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/c21\\\/events\\\/\",\"widget_title\":\"Upcoming Events\",\"hide_if_no_upcoming_events\":false,\"display\":{\"cost\":false,\"venue\":false,\"street\":false,\"city\":false,\"region\":false,\"zip\":false,\"country\":false,\"phone\":false,\"organizer\":false,\"website\":false},\"subscribe_links\":{\"gcal\":{\"label\":\"Google Calendar\",\"single_label\":\"Add to Google Calendar\",\"visible\":true,\"block_slug\":\"hasGoogleCalendar\"},\"ical\":{\"label\":\"iCalendar\",\"single_label\":\"Add to iCalendar\",\"visible\":true,\"block_slug\":\"hasiCal\"},\"outlook-365\":{\"label\":\"Outlook 365\",\"single_label\":\"Outlook 365\",\"visible\":true,\"block_slug\":\"hasOutlook365\"},\"outlook-live\":{\"label\":\"Outlook Live\",\"single_label\":\"Outlook Live\",\"visible\":true,\"block_slug\":\"hasOutlookLive\"},\"ics\":{\"label\":\"Export .ics file\",\"single_label\":\"Export .ics file\",\"visible\":true,\"block_slug\":null},\"outlook-ics\":{\"label\":\"Export Outlook .ics file\",\"single_label\":\"Export Outlook .ics file\",\"visible\":true,\"block_slug\":null}},\"display_recurring_toggle\":false,\"_context\":{\"slug\":\"widget-events-list\"}}<\/script>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<header class=\"tribe-events-widget-events-list__header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"tribe-events-widget-events-list__header-title tribe-common-h6 tribe-common-h--alt\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tUpcoming Events\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t<\/header>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div  class=\"tribe-events-header__messages tribe-events-c-messages tribe-common-b2\"  >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"tribe-events-c-messages__message tribe-events-c-messages__message--notice\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"alert\" aria-live=\"assertive\">\n\t\t\t<svg\n\t class=\"tribe-common-c-svgicon tribe-common-c-svgicon--messages-not-found tribe-events-c-messages__message-icon-svg\" \taria-hidden=\"true\"\n\tviewBox=\"0 0 21 23\"\n\txmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"\n>\n\t<g fill-rule=\"evenodd\">\n\t\t<path d=\"M.5 2.5h20v20H.5z\"\/>\n\t\t<path stroke-linecap=\"round\" d=\"M7.583 11.583l5.834 5.834m0-5.834l-5.834 5.834\" class=\"tribe-common-c-svgicon__svg-stroke\"\/>\n\t\t<path stroke-linecap=\"round\" d=\"M4.5.5v4m12-4v4\"\/>\n\t\t<path stroke-linecap=\"square\" d=\"M.5 7.5h20\"\/>\n\t<\/g>\n<\/svg>\n<span class=\"tribe-common-a11y-visual-hide\">\n\tNotice<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div\n\t\t\t\t\t data-key=\"0\" >\n\t\t\t\t\tThere are no upcoming events.\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<script data-js='tribe-events-view-nonce-data' type='application\/json'>{\"tvn1\":\"dfc6ee87df\",\"tvn2\":\"\"}<\/script>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SLOW: The pace of being human Slow movements\u2014across food, cities, science, scholarship and beyond \u2014 call attention to embodied processes of building and maintaining collective life that resist the fast-paced efficiency models, rapid rewards, and short attention spans that increasingly &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":38118,"featured_media":0,"parent":35,"menu_order":3,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_tec_requires_first_save":true,"_EventAllDay":false,"_EventTimezone":"","_EventStartDate":"","_EventEndDate":"","_EventStartDateUTC":"","_EventEndDateUTC":"","_EventShowMap":false,"_EventShowMapLink":false,"_EventURL":"","_EventCost":"","_EventCostDescription":"","_EventCurrencySymbol":"","_EventCurrencyCode":"","_EventCurrencyPosition":"","_EventDateTimeSeparator":"","_EventTimeRangeSeparator":"","_EventOrganizerID":[],"_EventVenueID":[],"_OrganizerEmail":"","_OrganizerPhone":"","_OrganizerWebsite":"","_VenueAddress":"","_VenueCity":"","_VenueCountry":"","_VenueProvince":"","_VenueState":"","_VenueZip":"","_VenuePhone":"","_VenueURL":"","_VenueStateProvince":"","_VenueLat":"","_VenueLng":"","_VenueShowMap":false,"_VenueShowMapLink":false,"_tribe_blocks_recurrence_rules":"","_tribe_blocks_recurrence_description":"","_tribe_blocks_recurrence_exclusions":"","footnotes":"","uwm_wg_additional_authors":[]},"class_list":["post-11595","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.7 (Yoast SEO v27.7) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Center for 21st Century Studies<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Slow movements\u2014across food, cities, science, scholarship and beyond \u2014 call attention to embodied processes of building and maintaining collective life that resist the fast-paced efficiency models, rapid rewards, and short attention spans that increasingly seem to dominant human responses to 21st century social, political, and ecological challenges.\u00a0SLOW will develop over the next three academic years (2024-2027), manifesting in interactive discussions, lectures from internationally renowned experts, film screenings, exhibitions, community-driven experiential events, and more.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/c21\/events\/slow\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"SLOW (2024-2027)\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Slow movements\u2014across food, cities, science, scholarship and beyond \u2014 call attention to embodied processes of building and maintaining collective life that resist the fast-paced efficiency models, rapid rewards, and short attention spans that increasingly seem to dominant human responses to 21st century social, political, and ecological challenges.\u00a0SLOW will develop over the next three academic years (2024-2027), manifesting in interactive discussions, lectures from internationally renowned experts, film screenings, exhibitions, community-driven experiential events, and more.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/c21\/events\/slow\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Center for 21st Century Studies\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-05-04T18:14:22+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/c21\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/359\/2024\/12\/SLOW-Logo-Black-Circle-e1733098454722.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"600\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"600\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/c21\\\/events\\\/slow\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/c21\\\/events\\\/slow\\\/\",\"name\":\"SLOW (2024-2027) - Center for 21st Century Studies\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/c21\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/c21\\\/events\\\/slow\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/c21\\\/events\\\/slow\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/c21\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/359\\\/2024\\\/12\\\/SLOW-Logo-Black-Circle-e1733098454722.png\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-08-19T01:59:35+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-05-04T18:14:22+00:00\",\"description\":\"Slow movements\u2014across food, cities, science, scholarship and beyond \u2014 call attention to embodied processes of building and maintaining collective life that resist the fast-paced efficiency models, rapid rewards, and short attention spans that increasingly seem to dominant human responses to 21st century social, political, and ecological challenges.\u00a0SLOW will develop over the next three academic years (2024-2027), manifesting in interactive discussions, lectures from internationally renowned experts, film screenings, exhibitions, community-driven experiential events, and more.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/c21\\\/events\\\/slow\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/c21\\\/events\\\/slow\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/c21\\\/events\\\/slow\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/c21\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/359\\\/2024\\\/12\\\/SLOW-Logo-Black-Circle-e1733098454722.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/c21\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/359\\\/2024\\\/12\\\/SLOW-Logo-Black-Circle-e1733098454722.png\",\"width\":600,\"height\":600,\"caption\":\"Logo for C21's SLOW programming series\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/c21\\\/events\\\/slow\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/c21\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Programs &amp; Events\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/c21\\\/events\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"SLOW (2024-2027)\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/c21\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/c21\\\/\",\"name\":\"Center for 21st Century Studies\",\"description\":\"College of Letters &amp; Science\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/c21\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/c21\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/c21\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Center for 21st Century Studies\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/c21\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/c21\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/c21\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/359\\\/2025\\\/08\\\/Logo-with-white-back-and-no-border-e1754601293707.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/c21\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/359\\\/2025\\\/08\\\/Logo-with-white-back-and-no-border-e1754601293707.jpg\",\"width\":423,\"height\":600,\"caption\":\"Center for 21st Century Studies\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/c21\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Center for 21st Century Studies","description":"Slow movements\u2014across food, cities, science, scholarship and beyond \u2014 call attention to embodied processes of building and maintaining collective life that resist the fast-paced efficiency models, rapid rewards, and short attention spans that increasingly seem to dominant human responses to 21st century social, political, and ecological challenges.\u00a0SLOW will develop over the next three academic years (2024-2027), manifesting in interactive discussions, lectures from internationally renowned experts, film screenings, exhibitions, community-driven experiential events, and more.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/c21\/events\/slow\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"SLOW (2024-2027)","og_description":"Slow movements\u2014across food, cities, science, scholarship and beyond \u2014 call attention to embodied processes of building and maintaining collective life that resist the fast-paced efficiency models, rapid rewards, and short attention spans that increasingly seem to dominant human responses to 21st century social, political, and ecological challenges.\u00a0SLOW will develop over the next three academic years (2024-2027), manifesting in interactive discussions, lectures from internationally renowned experts, film screenings, exhibitions, community-driven experiential events, and more.","og_url":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/c21\/events\/slow\/","og_site_name":"Center for 21st Century Studies","article_modified_time":"2026-05-04T18:14:22+00:00","og_image":[{"width":600,"height":600,"url":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/c21\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/359\/2024\/12\/SLOW-Logo-Black-Circle-e1733098454722.png","type":"image\/png"}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/c21\/events\/slow\/","url":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/c21\/events\/slow\/","name":"SLOW (2024-2027) - Center for 21st Century Studies","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/c21\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/c21\/events\/slow\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/c21\/events\/slow\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/c21\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/359\/2024\/12\/SLOW-Logo-Black-Circle-e1733098454722.png","datePublished":"2024-08-19T01:59:35+00:00","dateModified":"2026-05-04T18:14:22+00:00","description":"Slow movements\u2014across food, cities, science, scholarship and beyond \u2014 call attention to embodied processes of building and maintaining collective life that resist the fast-paced efficiency models, rapid rewards, and short attention spans that increasingly seem to dominant human responses to 21st century social, political, and ecological challenges.\u00a0SLOW will develop over the next three academic years (2024-2027), manifesting in interactive discussions, lectures from internationally renowned experts, film screenings, exhibitions, community-driven experiential events, and more.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/c21\/events\/slow\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/uwm.edu\/c21\/events\/slow\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/c21\/events\/slow\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/c21\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/359\/2024\/12\/SLOW-Logo-Black-Circle-e1733098454722.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/c21\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/359\/2024\/12\/SLOW-Logo-Black-Circle-e1733098454722.png","width":600,"height":600,"caption":"Logo for C21's SLOW programming series"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/c21\/events\/slow\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/c21\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Programs &amp; Events","item":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/c21\/events\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"SLOW (2024-2027)"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/c21\/#website","url":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/c21\/","name":"Center for 21st Century Studies","description":"College of Letters &amp; Science","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/c21\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/c21\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/c21\/#organization","name":"Center for 21st Century Studies","url":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/c21\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/c21\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/c21\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/359\/2025\/08\/Logo-with-white-back-and-no-border-e1754601293707.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/c21\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/359\/2025\/08\/Logo-with-white-back-and-no-border-e1754601293707.jpg","width":423,"height":600,"caption":"Center for 21st Century Studies"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/c21\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}}]}},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/c21\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11595","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/c21\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/c21\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/c21\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/38118"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/c21\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11595"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/c21\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11595\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13837,"href":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/c21\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11595\/revisions\/13837"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/c21\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/35"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/c21\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11595"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}