Practical Muße

Leisure is not escape. Leisure is engagement with what matters most.

Practical Muße (moose-uh) explores the ethics, histories, and futures of leisure in a time of global uncertainty. Here, leisure is not luxury. Leisure is a human necessity and a cultural battleground. Drawing from historical analysis, cultural criticism, and personal experience, this project invites you to imagine a life shaped not by urgency, but by meaning. Through essays, research, and storytelling, we seek a more livable and liberated future.

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Publications

Published research spanning environmental history, leisure studies, and cultural criticism