A Slow Meeting: Theoretical and Applied Perspectives on Human Slow Movements

We are happy to invite you to the upcoming Tel Aviv University / Rutgers University joint meeting: “A Slow Meeting: Theoretical and Applied Perspectives on Human Slow Movements”

22/06/23, 0900 - 1700
The Steinhardt Museum of Natural History, Tel Aviv University

Attendance is free but requires prior registration: tinyurl.com/slowMeeting

Program
0900 - 0945 Getting together & Opening remarks

0945 - 1115 Session I - Cognitive, biomechanical and neural perspectives on slow movements

Robrecht van der Wel - Exploring Movement Rate as a Window into Action Cognition

Sharon Hassin - Why are Parkinson’s Patients Slow?

Lior Noy - Slow Motion in Joint Improvisation

1115 - 1145 Break

1145 - 1245 Session II - Short Slows: a variety of quick talks and reactions

Ido Laufer - Falling Slowly

Alma Maria Simon - Transformations in Stillness: The Act of 'Stopping' in Dance

and Everyday Movements

Alexander Refsum Jensenius - Exploring Human Micromotion Through Standing Still

Marta Sikora and Hadar Levy -Slowly Playing the Viola & Violin

1245 - 1415 Lunch break & Slow movement In action (with Ella Ben Aarhon)

1415 - 1545 Session III - Applied perspectives on slow movements

Jason Friedman - Biomechanics of Slow Movements

Sharon Toker - I Am Stressed Therefore, I Am: on The Difficulties of Slowing Down at Work

Nea Ehrlich - Glitchy Aesthetics: Slow Animation and Blackboxed AI

1545 - 1630 Small group work

1630 - 1700 Presentation of small group work and Closing

Organizing committee: Jason Friedman (Tel Aviv University), Robrecht van der Wel (Rutgers University), Lior Noy (Ono Academic College)

The meeting is funded by the bi-national collaboration of Tel Aviv University and Rutgers and the Biomed@TAU Motor learning hub

Please send any questions to: slow.movement.2023@gmail.com