Workshop
Ohad Ben Shimon and Marjolijn Zwakman
What does critical thinking have to do with the body? Can we imagine a new field of Critical Thinking-Feeling that also attends to how our bodies are part of the critical thinking methodologies, skills and processes we teach our students in the classroom? In this workshop we will together explore ways to include our bodies in the educational practice of critical thinking.
Ohad Ben Shimon is an artist, researcher and educator with a background in cognitive sciences, psychology, philosophy, cultural analysis, international business education and art. He is currently PhD candidate at the Research Institute for Cultural Inquiry (ICON) of the Faculty of Humanities at Utrecht University, Senior Lecturer of Critical Thinking/ Researcher of Change Management at The Hague University of Applied Sciences, and Researcher-in-Residence at the Centre for Unusual Collaborations (CUCo) in Utrecht. His current PhD research focuses on the role of embodiment in knowledge-intensive institutions and is funded by the Dutch Research Council (NWO).
Marjolijn Zwakman is a multidisciplinary artist. She is trained in theater (BA from the Maastricht Academy of Dramatic Arts), visual arts (MA from the Sandberg Institute, Gerrit Rietveld Academy Amsterdam), and music theater (MA from the Royal Conservatoire The Hague, cum laude). Since 2013, she has been exploring human relationships within organizational systems through her performances and workshops (www.marjolijnzwakman.nl). She is a researcher affiliated with the Change Management research group at The Hague University of Applied Sciences. Marjolijn is also a facilitator of Systemic Work and collaborates regularly with various artist collectives.