Slow Looking: The Art and Practice of Learning Through Observation

In Slow Looking: The Art and Practice of Learning Through Observation, Shari Tishman underscores the importance of slow looking. Using an interdisciplinary lens, this engaging and informative book explores the historical foundations of slow looking, its application in various fields and strategies for educators on how best to implement slow looking in settings where meaningful learning is the priority. The book offers rich insights into the practice of slow looking in diverse contexts and why slow looking matters in everyday life, writes Servet Altan.

Tishman suggests that slow looking is not a fixed capacity, but rather something learned - a “a skill and a disposition that can be developed over time. Tishman asserts that there is no magic recipe for slow looking. She defines prolonged and mindful observation as essential ingredients for slow looking. The book ends with a call to humanity: the more we (choose to) look, the more we can see in this fast-forward world.”