Social Care
Beyond Deficit: Masculinity and Young Men’s Care Work
The world is changing, leading to a re-examination of manhood. The traditional idea of a strong, silent man who refrains from showing emotion has received increased attention as we recognise the harmful effect of these behaviours. Consequently, there is a growing call to promote caring expressions of masculinity.
Sociologists on Care
A Scottish researcher muses on insights from a recent conference.
Telemedicine and the Delegation of In-Person Care
Telemedicine’s virtual connection requires the in-person efforts of both paid and unpaid caregivers to function. Despite their essential role, these lower status in situ caregivers get left out of the picture. Failing to support in situ caregivers both re-entrenches hierarchies within caregiving while undermining the practical and ethical success of telemedicine itself.
Unpaid Care Labor
In this seminar we will discuss how childcare represents unpaid care labor. Join us on Wednesday, November 13, 10am-12pm ET!
Mexico Lowers Age of Social Security for Women
Extending its noncontributory pension benefit, Mexico’s new program will give more spending money to women in their early 60s.
Technologies of Care
Is technology a vehicle of care or of control? Register for the seminar on Friday, October 18, 12-2pm ET
Working with Time-Use Studies
Is time-use a measure for care or exploitation? Three working papers of emerging scholars from the United States, India, and Sri Lanka, will examine the trade-offs of time-use. Register for Friday, September 27, 9-11am ET.
The Political Economy of Care
A graduate class taught by Jocelyn Olcott in the Revaluing Care Lab at the Franklin Humanities Institute on sustaining households, communities, and environments. Every Wednesday from 4:40 to 7:10 pm at the Smith Warehouse, Bay 4, C106.
Would Care Be a Gift?
Care as a gift places us all as caretakers *and* caregivers, in a reciprocity dynamic in which our autonomy is directly connected to the moments in which we were not and will not be autonomous. In this sense, care cannot be commodified nor mediated by the market as a mere product of capitalism.
Fourth Global Carework Summit: “Histories and Futures of Care” (2025)
5-7 June 2025, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina
Cuarto Encuentro Global de Trabajo de Cuidado: “Historias y futuros del cuidado” (2025)
Desde el 5 al 7 de junio, 2025. Universidad de Duke, Durham, Carolina del Norte
Community care practices in a women’s collective in Mexico City during the pandemic
Understanding the ways in which care is practiced in cities like Mexico City, where social, economic, and gender inequalities are deeply intertwined, is one of my research interests. With these concerns in mind, I approached the study of urban community care.