Re-Envisioning Care for a more Just and Inclusive Society Conference
May 16th, 2024
Re-Envisioning Care for a more Just and Inclusive Society Conference
May 16th, 2024
The Care Studies Working Group at Texas A&M University is hosting a half-day virtual conference on May 16th, 8am-1:15pm CST, Texas USA Time to facilitate an interdisciplinary dialogue between the social sciences and the humanities about care: How does care perpetuate unequal social relations? How can care be reimagined to build more equitable and inclusive societies? How can the omnipresence of care, often invisible, be recognized, valued, and supported as fundamental to all aspects of human life?
To register please use the following link: https://tamu.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJcqcOGsqDwjE9AYJrArB7AHoitB6LFfFJ70
8am-9am CST: 1st KEYNOTE: “Escaping Bad Care, Escaping Injustice” Dr. Joan Troto, Hunter College and the Graduate Center, City University of New York, and University of Minnesota, Twin Cities.
9:15-10:30am CST – Two Concurrent Paper Sessions:
Session A: Conceptualizing Family Care
Reconceptualizing Parental Migration as Care: Children’s Understanding in Rural China
Dr. Wan Huang, East China University of Science and Technology;
whuang@ecust.edu.cn
Jus Post Bellum Care in Veteran Households and Asian America
Dr. Amy Chin, Vassar College
achin@vassar.edu
Children's construction of care
Dr. Shipra Suneja, Azim Premji University;
shipra.suneja@apu.edu.in
What does it mean to “care” in families?
Dr. Allison M. Alford & Dr. Kaitlin Phillips, Baylor University; allison_alford@baylor.edu and kaitlin_phillips@baylor.edu
Session B: Conceptualizing Care
Care in comparison: Interdependence across contexts
Dr. Julia Kowalski, University of Notre Dame & Dr. Elana Buch, University of Iowa
jkowals4@nd.edu and elana-buch@uiowa.edu
Mending as Knowing and Practicing Otherwise
Dr. Brunella Casalini and Dr. Alessandro Pratesi, University of Florence (Italy) brunella.casalini@unifi.it and a.pratesi@unifi.it
Global Capitalism and Global Care Chains
Miguel Cerón-Becerra, Loyola University Chicago
mceronbecerra@luc.edu
Care in Times of Crises: How Sex Workers Redefine Care
Allison Rowland, University of California, Irvine
aarowlan@uci.edu
10:45am-12:00pm CST —- Two Concurrent Paper Sessions
Session A: Conceptualizing Caregiving
Professionals without a profession: how childcare workers develop professional orientation through community embeddedness and rewards
Dr. Ieva Zumbyte, University College Dublin
ieva.zumbyte@ucd.ie
The Shape of Care: An Exploration of How Geriatricians and General Practitioners in Italy Talk About Care and Its Provision
Dr. Francesca Degiuli, Fairleigh Dickinson University
degiuli@fdu.edu
Communities of Care: Filipino Caregivers, Mutual Aid and Transnational Belonging
Dr. Valerie Francisco-Menchavez, San Francisco State University
vfm@sfsu.edu
Towards Just Care: Forging disability and migrant justice alliances in Canadian homecare systems
Dr. Mary Jean Hande, Trent University
mjhande@trentu.ca
Megan Linton, Disability Justice Network of Ontario and Carleton University
meganlinton@cmail.carleton.ca
Non-presenting authors: Sarah Malik, Trent University, sarahmalik@trentu.ca, Leah Nicholson, Trent University, leahnicholson@trentu.ca, Bharati Sethi, Trent University, bharatisethi@trentu.ca
Session B: Conceptualizing the Meaning of Care
A Blast from the Past: Queer Ethics of Care in Angels in America
Dr. Landon Sadler, Texas A&M University
lansadler2016@exchange.tamu.edu
“It is the Neglected Meeting with the Exploited”: Making Home Care Matter in Massachusetts, 1970s-1980s
Dr. Mia Michael, Wayne State University
mia.michael@wayne.edu
Feminist Psychiatrists, Sexual Violence, and Care
Dr. Elizabeth Hearne, Texas A&M University
ehearne@exchange.tamu.edu
12:15pm-1:15 pm CST: 2nd KEYNOTE : “Thinking Gender: Cognitive Care Labor in Family Life” Dr. Allison Daminger, UW-Madison