Vienna deputy Mayor Maria Vassilakou visited Utrecht (NL) and we interviewed her about Caring Cities. Continue reading Caring Cities
Category Archives: Academic Exchange
Towards the next phase of Ubuntu
‘Caring for vulnerable people in late modern society: towards the next phase of Ubuntu’ is the full title of the inaugural address recently delivered by Prof. Dr. Andries Baart at Vaal Triangle Campus of North-West University in South Africa. Continue reading Towards the next phase of Ubuntu
Welfare in hard times
A striking concern with austerity policies and its consequences for citizens and social workers. That is the central impression I’ve got at the conference, organized by the journal Ethics and Social Welfare, on Sept. 1-2, 2016 in London. Continue reading Welfare in hard times
Brugère: Emotions and Care
On November 6th 2015 professor Fabienne Brugère of the University of Paris was interviewed by our editor Tessa Smorenburg. Continue reading Brugère: Emotions and Care
Call for comments! Care Ethics and Geography
Professor Parvati Raghuram (Geography and Migration at the Open University, UK) has written a paper about the Ethics of Care called “Dis-locating care ethics: race, place and geography”. Continue reading Call for comments! Care Ethics and Geography
Sacrifice: A care-ethical reappraisal
In Sacrifice: A care-ethical reappraisal of sacrifice and self-sacrifice (2015), Inge van Nistelrooij re-examens a rejected aspect of caregiving in late-modernity: caregiving entails sacrifices even to the extent of sacrificing the self. Continue reading Sacrifice: A care-ethical reappraisal