Temporary Object Lab on Sleep during the Summer Semester 2026
During the 2026 summer term, the Temporary Object Laboratory (TOL) in Building 5 at Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg will be open on Tuesdays from 11:00 to 16:00. Following on from the TOLs on pain and stress, this edition focuses on the third S: sleep. As part of an interdisciplinary collaboration, research will be conducted on, amongst other things, EEG devices from the Historical Medical Technology Collection. From 11:00 to 13:00, the seminar "Culture|Techniques of the Sleep Laboratory", integrated into the TOL, will take place, during which some devices from the collection will be (re)commissioned and collection objects examined for their connections to current practices in sleep optimisation. All interested parties are warmly invited to drop by!
The TOL's findings on the topic of sleep will be presented at the collection conference, which is being organised by the 3ioS research team in Magdeburg from 10 to 12 September. The Sleep Salon will also take place as part of this event; further details will follow.