The working mindset of 24/7 which has been praised as a good worker's discipline of the past years, dividing, optimizing, quantifying and putting every thinkable part of ourselves into competition, even our sleep, has reached its maximum. An exceptional event, such as birth of a child, rites of passage, crisis, catastrophes, coronavirus, pushes people to reevaluate their thinking and working processes.

The call for a voluntary or compulsory restriction of movement has expelled social interaction in the public sphere or in physical workspaces. The hidden pressure on work is made visible due to the state of emergency.  The former employee benefit  of home office seems to be literally a lifesaving way to maintaining productivity while aiming at safety, though available only to a portion of society. At this point, questions start to emerge. How can we conceptualize the situation of home and work when standard formal and informal structures of care stop working and legal frameworks start shifting? What happens to the perception of (personal) time and (social) space?

The event will consist of three presentations which will be conducted in English and discussion of guests and the visitors with the moderator. After the event, its transcription will be translated to Slovak.