Programme:

11:00-11:45 am Thursday 19 June: A Philosophical Nap

with Emma Bigé

11:45-13:00, Thursday 19 June: Special Lunch Presentation on the Landing Zones Project (Unruly Ecologies. Art, Attention, Neurodiversity)

with Emma Bigé, Morgan Labar, Lucas Fritz, and Joe Dumit

Abstract: A Philosophical Nap

What if, instead of obeying the insomniac injunction of our screens, we stopped for a moment to slumber? When extractivism relies on your permanent wakefulness, it can be useful to mobilize the forces of sleep and drowsiness, to practice napping as a form of micropolitical resistance. An examination of the insurrectional potential contained in the gesture of abandoning oneself to gravity.

Approximately forty-five minutes for practicing philosophy-while-lying-down, reflecting on sleep while dozing off. This takes place outside on or under tables, in armchairs or in the aisles, and you are invited to bring comfort accessories if you wish (duvets, pillows, cushions, floor mats, blankets...).

Bio

Emma Bigé studies, writes and translates between the fields of dance, queer studies and environmental inhumanities. An assistant professor in philosophy at the Limoges School for the Arts, a dancer and a curator, she is notably the author of Mouvementements. Écopolitiques de la danse (La Découverte, 2023) and Écotransféminismes (with Clovis Maillet, Les Liens qui libèrent, 2025). She lives at the edge of a forest and, whenever she can, she rolls on the ground.

Abstract: Special Lunch Presentation on the Landing Zones Project (Unruly Ecologies. Art, Attention, Neurodiversity)

with Emma Bigé, Morgan Labar, Lucas Fritz, and Joe Dumit

The Landing Zones project, funded by Creative Europe for 2025-2026, promotes spaces at the intersection of neurodiversity activism and ecology. Building on decades of neurodiversity theory that recognizes multiple ways of perceiving and being in the world, the project creates temporary landing zones (TLZs): architectural insertions in schools, galleries, and urban spaces designed for rest, napping, and slowing down. Activities consist of week-long workshop series at partner sites, culminating in TLZ installations and an online library of zines in neurodiversity activism and studies. Temporary Landing Zone #1 will be held at Aarhus University 16-20 June.

Read more about the project here.

Contact

Joe Dumit, Professor, Interacting Minds Centre, Aarhus University
joe.dumit@gmail.com