The Nordic welfare states are usually assigned the status of gender equal states, where full time paid work can be combined with motherhood (and daughterhood). This has been based upon large parts of care as a responsibility of the state and professionalization of care for pre-school children, sick and elderly. However, decades of neo-liberalism in terms of marketization, self-responsibilizing and increasing reliance on volunteering have had effects upon welfare professionals and those traditionally considered vulnerable. Tronto will address how care…

Early January an interesting presentation will be organised in Osnabrück, Germany: Enactivism and care ethics - Foregrounding the relational domain, by Petr Urban (Prag, Czech) See also an interview with Petr Urban here

Blurring Boundaries – Rethinking Gender and Care is the international closing conference of the interdisciplinary Bavarian Research Association ForGenderCare „Gender and Care. Dynamics of care in the context of institutions, practices, technology, and media in Bavaria" Please download the conference timetable and program here Please register by emailing to conference@forgendercare.de no later than January 20th, 2019. Please note that there is no conference fee. The conference dinner, however, will need to be paid for individually. Please keep checking this site…