Seminar: Privacy and Productivity at Home

R. S. Lonati’s cover for the 1964 edition of the book speaker Henriette Steiner will reference

This seminar investigates privacy and productivity in the home from three different angles and disciplines. We wonder if the notion of the domestic represents a historical glitch—where the domestic is understood as a leisurely place for the enjoyment of family and time off work. This seminar looks at the home from the perspective of privacy and productivity—where it is not the domestic that grants privacy but instead productivity: activities connected to labour that provide privacy within the home. Archaeologist Asta Mønsted relates her research on two types of traditional Inuit houses. Because of the extreme climate, a variety of work-related activities take place indoor and grant a unique type of privacy. Art historian Britta Tøndborg will speak about Malergården, which housed not only the Swane family, but also professional activities of the artist and his wife. Agnete Swane designed and built a caravan to expand the workspace beyond the house. (Landscape) architecture theorist Henriette Steiner will describe the struggles with family-life and productivity of a space-traveling sci-fi scientist and her encounters with alien domesticity.

  • Program
  • 9.00: Natalie Körner and Katja Bülow introduce the day and the speakers
  • 9:10: Center leader Mette Birkedal Bruun introduces PRIVACY
  • 9:20: Center leader Kirsten Marie Raahauge introduces the Center for Interior Studies
    Speakers:
  • 9:30: Asta Mønsted (archaeologist at Center for Privacy Studies, KU)
  • 10:00: croissants and coffee
  • 10:15: Britta Tøndborg (curator at Malergården, Museum Vestsjælland)
  • 10:45: Henriette Steiner (associate professor at the Section for Landscape Architecture, KU)
  • 11:15: Discussion between the speakers, Kirsten Marie Kragelund and Toni Kauppila (Oslo National Academy of the Arts), who gives an opening commentary
  • 12:00: Lunch