Joris Luyendijk meets Barbara Ehrenreich
De Balie Kleine Gartmanplantsoen 10, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, NetherlandsJoris Luyendijk speaks with the American writer and journalist Barbara Ehrenreich on her life and work. A continuous theme in Ehrenreich's work is the deceit (or myth) of the American dream. Recurring, urgent themes in her work are the labour market, health care, poverty and the position of women.. During an in-depth conversation Luyendijk and … Continue reading Joris Luyendijk meets Barbara Ehrenreich
Care as essential human condition
The Janskerk Janskerkhof 26, Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands20th H e n r i N o u w e n L ecture STEPHAN POSNER Stephan Posner resists the ongoing downgrading of care as a ‘product’, a burden or a debit entry. Instead of this view giving and receiving care can be seen as an essential human condition. Reservations by email below or written to: … Continue reading Care as essential human condition
Intensive Course on Foundational Approaches, Contemporary and Educational Issues in the Field of Nursing Ethics
KU Leuven Oude Markt 13, Leuven, BelgiumThis course works from an interdisciplinary (philosophical, theological, nursing, clinical ethical) perspective. During the course, national and international experts will give presentations on various topics in the domain of nursing ethics. There will be time for intensive discussions. The language of instruction will be English.
A bit of Japan in Osnabrück
the university guest house Lürmannstrasse 33, Osnabrück, GermanyKari Tsushima (Kyoto,Japan) will present: A Precarity of Need Interpretation for Dependency Workers in Japan. Her presentation includes ‘Dependency Work and Transparent Self’ by Eva Feder Kittay; the Payment Gap between workers and volunteers; and the Japanese Welfare Reform in 1990s. She will address these topics through Need interpretation by Nancy Fraser, the five care … Continue reading A bit of Japan in Osnabrück
PhD workshop by Joan Tronto – Care in Neoliberal, Nordic welfare states
Roskilde University Universitetsvej 1 Building 25.1, Roskilde, DenmarkThe 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 … Continue reading PhD workshop by Joan Tronto – Care in Neoliberal, Nordic welfare states
Enactivism and care ethics
Westerberg Campus Barbarastraße 22c, building No. 93, room 93/E31, Osnabrück, GermanyEarly 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