{"id":274,"date":"2022-01-20T14:57:33","date_gmt":"2022-01-20T14:57:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/casei\/?p=274"},"modified":"2025-03-07T08:48:11","modified_gmt":"2025-03-07T08:48:11","slug":"transforming-economies-of-care-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/casei\/2022\/01\/20\/transforming-economies-of-care-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Transforming Economies of Care"},"content":{"rendered":"

The second event in the Transforming Economies of Care<\/a> seminar series focusing on finance took place on Monday 13 December. The slides used by Colin Haslam<\/a> and Kevin Lucas<\/a> are available and can be accessed by clicking on their names in this post. Although Kendra Strauss did not use slides, her paper drew upon her recent article:<\/span><\/p>\n

Strauss, K. (2021). Beyond crisis? Using rent theory to understand the restructuring of publicly funded seniors\u2019 care in British Columbia, Canada.\u00a0Environment and Planning A: Economy and Space<\/i>.\u00a0https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1177\/0308518X20983152.<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

The next event organised by Distinguished Professor Bev Skeggs<\/strong> and Daisy Baker<\/strong> (Lancaster University), Dr Emma Dowling <\/strong>(University of Vienna) and Dr Amy Horton<\/strong> (University College London) will built on the first two in developing thinking and resources about the political economies of care.<\/span><\/p>\n

On Monday 24 January 2021, 4-5.30pm (16.00-17.30 UK GMT) CASEI will be hosting the third event on ‘Platform Care’. This features contributions from\u00a0Karin Schwiter<\/strong> (Assistant Professor in Labour Geography at the University of<\/span> Zurich),\u00a0Simon Yuill<\/strong> (artist, writer and software engineer) and\u00a0Emma Back<\/strong> (founder of<\/span> Equal\u00a0Care) with\u00a0<\/span>Helen Hester<\/strong> (Professor of<\/span>\u00a0Gender, Technology and Cultural Politics\u00a0at the University\u00a0of<\/span> West London) as discussant. The event will be convened virtually on Zoom in conjunction with The Sociological Review<\/em>.<\/span><\/p>\n

When people speak\u00a0of<\/span>\u00a0gig\u00a0economies<\/span>\u00a0they usually refer to transport and delivery sectors such as Uber and Deliveroo. Far less attention is given to platforms that advertise\u00a0care<\/span>\u00a0workers. Yet these platforms have developed rapidly and now form a significant \u201cmarketplace\u201d for a range\u00a0of<\/span>\u00a0caring services ranging from nannies to dog walkers. They usually operate significant \u201cgig\u201d features such as a competition over rates\u00a0of<\/span>\u00a0pay, no health or safety checks, and reliance on customer ratings and reviews. This session will discuss what happens to\u00a0care<\/span>\u00a0workers when\u00a0care<\/span>\u00a0becomes platformed, and also what happens to social responsibility on platforms with little accountability.\u00a0Care<\/span>\u00a0work has already been subject to destruction\u00a0of<\/span>\u00a0protections and privatisation through subcontracting agencies in which wages and conditions have \u201craced to the bottom\u201d, a persistent devaluation globally\u00a0of<\/span>\u00a0wages. The experience\u00a0of<\/span>\u00a0the COVID-19 pandemic starkly revealed how the value\u00a0of<\/span>\u00a0care<\/span>\u00a0work is rarely recognised, so what happens when it operates in similar ways to other labour that has been gigged and deskilled?<\/span><\/p>\n

You can register for the seminar through Eventbrite here<\/a>. Please direct any queries to Dr<\/strong> Michael Lambert<\/strong> (CASEI): m.lambert3@lancaster.ac.uk.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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