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Dear all,
We invite you to submit a paper abstract to our panel P100 ‘Rethinking
work, power and social reproduction in and beyond Europe’ [Anthropology of
Labour Network] at the 16th EASA Biennial Conference, 21-24 July 2020 in
Lisbon. The deadline for paper proposals is 20 January 2020 and details
about the panel can be found here:
https://easaonline.org/conferences/easa2020/panels#8631
Please find the panel abstract below.
Convenors:
Joana Nascimento (University of Manchester)
Marisol Verdugo Paiva (University of Manchester)
Rebecca Ashley (University of Sussex)
Alice Stefanelli (Durham University)
Discussant: Rebecca Prentice (University of Sussex)
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[P100]: 'Rethinking work, power and social reproduction in and beyond
Europe' [Anthropology of Labour Network]
[Short abstract]
Revisiting the concept of social reproduction and proposing an expanded
concept of 'work', this panel considers how ethnographic research and
analytical frameworks informed by these lenses can unsettle established
understandings of capitalist relations and experiences, within and beyond
workplaces.
[Long abstract]
Recent anthropological discussions have proposed a rethinking and expansion
of the concept of work/labour (Narotzky 2018; Harvey and Krohn-Hansen
2018). Building on these discussions and revisiting the concept of social
reproduction, this panel considers how different kinds of 'work' are
involved in making livelihoods and navigating contemporary capitalism - and
their enmeshment in power relations, located within particular historical
and regional contexts. This panel explores the concept of 'work' within and
beyond workplaces, considering how it can encompass other kinds of actions
and relationships, including particular outlooks, and resourceful, artful
strategies in addressing the challenges and uncertainties of capitalism.
Further, recovering the concept of social reproduction and employing a
critical feminist lens to consider the lived experiences, social
complexities and contradictions of work and life allows us to move beyond
enduring conceptual dichotomies (market/domestic, formal/informal,
public/private, licit/illicit). Moreover, it suggests ways of thinking
about power relations beyond ideas of domination and resistance, drawing
attention to how power is also enacted through unexpected collaborations
involving particular moral engagements. The concept of social reproduction,
as 'an all-inclusive approach to material, life-sustaining processes'
(Narotzky 1997:1), highlights how these dynamics take place both in
workplaces, and in households, neighbourhoods and communities of practice.
We welcome paper proposals that consider how an ethnographic engagement
with the concept of social reproduction, paying attention to power
relations and different kinds of 'work', might improve our understanding of
various forms of contemporary capitalism in/beyond Europe (Yanagisako 2002;
Bear et al 2015).
Deadline: 20 January 2020.
Panel information here:
https://easaonline.org/conferences/easa2020/panels#8631
Submissions here:
https://nomadit.co.uk/easa/easa2020/conferencesuite.php/paperproposal/8631
We look forward to receiving your proposals.
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