The term “feminist burnout” shifts the understanding of burnout away from a classic work-related exhaustion towards a form of exhaustion caused by care work. It describes the fatigue and frustration that arises when we continue to provide care despite structural barriers and fight for social change and against discrimination. Feminist burnout takes the complex entanglement of individual bodily exhaustion and surrounding political structures as a starting point to reflect on what it means to care for one another under capitalism.
The workshop offers space for exchange: Through conversations and collective writing exercises, everyone is invited to share personal experiences of exhaustion and care. How can we create spaces of care that nurture everyone involved? Can we experience exhaustion as something shared, rather than something that isolates us? What everyday actions are we taking to resist systemic injustices? Is burnout inextricably linked to heartbreak?
Conducted by Ruxin Liu und Charlotte Perka (Hochschule für Bildende Künste Hamburg)
Maximum of 15 participants
Event locations at Museum of Work:
November 1, 2025: Seminarraum
January 10, 2026, and March 7, 2026: Group room at Torhaus
Die Veranstaltung findet in folgenden Sprachen statt
- Deutsch
- Englisch
Treffpunkt
Museum der Arbeit
Wiesendamm 3
22305 Hamburg
Telefon +49 40 428 133 0
E-Mail info@mda.shmh.de
S-Bahn 1 Barmbek
U-Bahn 3 Barmbek
