Fragile Care
Jocelyn Olcott and Tania Rispoli
12 January 2026The Revaluing Care in the Global Economy project hosts an in-person Working Papers Seminar on Fragile Care, bringing together research on care at its most vulnerable edges—from maternal labor under conditions of health crisis to the emergent norms shaping human–machine relations. Through feminist theory, science and technology studies, and political economy, the seminar examines how care is redefined across social and technological infrastructures. Friday, February 6, 2026 · 12:00–1:30 PM ET, in person.
📅 Friday, February 6, 2026 · 🕛 12:00–1:30 PM ET · 📍 In person
Presenters
Eliza Williamson (Duke University)
“Debilitating Care: Mothers na correria in the Wake of Zika”
Shaun Respess (North Carolina State University)
“The Emergent Normativity of Carebots: Evaluating the Proficiencies of Embodied Artificial Intelligence”
Respondent
Emily Rogers (Duke University)
👉 To receive information about pre-circulated papers, and sign up for lunch, please email: revaluingcarelab@duke.edu
This event is supported by the Revaluing Care Lab at the Franklin Humanities Institute, Duke University.