Conceptual and methodological debates on care
Seminar 2058
Chair: CLACSO
Coordination: Karina Batthyány (CLACSO and University of the Republic, Uruguay), Joan Tronto (University of Minnesota, United States) and Natalia Genta (University of the Republic, Uruguay)
Start: 21/09/2020 | Registration: 20/05/2020 to 20/09/2020
Workload: 12 weeks – 120 hours.
This course will introduce students to the various definitions of care and will explore reflections on the ethics of care; the links between gender theory and care; and different dimensions of care, among other topics. It will address perspectives that recognize care as work associated with love and female identity, as well as those that define it as work, both paid and unpaid, and whether or not it can be considered equivalent to other types of work. The course will also examine the methodological challenges and considerations for measuring care. It will cover qualitative and quantitative methodological approaches to care in different countries of the region. Finally, it will explore the challenges of quantitatively measuring care based on the contributions of the region's Time Use Surveys and their main challenges.
- Care as a concept
- Understanding care as a power relationship
- Care as a political concept
- The patriarchy of wages
- Methodological approaches to care
- Care pathways in Latin America
- Care and wellness regimen
- Aguirre, Rosario, Batthyány, Karina, Genta, Natalia, Perrotta, Valentina (2014). Care in the research agenda and in public policies in Uruguay.
- Batthyány, Karina (2015) Policies and Care in Latin America: A Look at Regional Experiences. Gender Issues Series No. 124. ECLAC. Santiago
- Batthyány, Karina and Genta, Natalia (2018) Sociology of gender and care in Uruguay: the path traveled In Cantero, Garrido, Martínez, Salinas, Pizarro and Muñoz-Saavedra (eds) Public Policies for social equity. Initial page 127, final page 136. Publisher: Public Policies Collection Editor, University of Santiago de Chile
- Bozalek, Vivienne. 2014. “Privileged Irresponsibility.” In Moral Boundaries Redrawn: The Significance of Joan Tronto's Argument for Political Theory, Professional Ethics, and Care as Practice. eds. Gert Olthuis, Helen Kohlen, Jorma Heier. Ethics of Care Vol 3. Pp. 51-72
- Carrasco, C., Borderías C., Torns, T. (2011) Care work, history, theory and policies. Introduction.
- Esquivel, Valeria, and Andrea Kaufmann. 2017. "Innovations in Care: New Concepts, New Actors, New Policies." Berlin: Friedrich Ebert Stiftung.
- Frederici, Silvia (2018) The Patriarchy of Wages. Traficantes de Sueños Publishing House. Madrid.
- Held, Virginia. The Ethics of Care: Personal, Political, and Global. NY: Oxford University Press, 2006.Chapter 4
- Icons. No. 50, pp. 43-60. Quito: Latin American Faculty of Social Sciences-Ecuador Academic Headquarters.
- Kittay, Eva Feder. Love's Labor: Essays on Women, Equality and Dependency. NY: Routledge, 1999, intro, chapter 4
- Noddings, Nel. Caring: A Feminine Approach to Ethics and Moral Education. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1984, pp. 1-29
- Parreñas, Rhacel Salazar. 2001. Servants of Globalization: Women, Migration, and Domestic Work. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press. pp. 1-36
- Raghuram, Parvati. 2016. “Locating Care Ethics Beyond the Global North” Acme: An International Journal for Critical Geographies 15 (3):511-33.
- Robinson, Fiona. 2011. The Ethics of Care and Global Politics. Philadelphia: Temple University Press. chapter 3.
- Robinson, Fiona. 2018. "Care ethics and International Relations: challenging rationalism in global ethics." International Journal of Care and Caring 2 (3):319-32.
- Ruddick, Sara. 1995. Maternal Thinking: Toward a Politics of Peace. Rev. ed. Boston: Beacon, Preface
- Tronto, Joan 2013. Caring Democracy, (already assigned for international course)
- Tronto, Joan C. 2010. "Creating Caring Institutions: Politics, Plurality, and Purpose." Ethics and Social Welfare 4 (2):158-71
If you have a link with a CLACSO Associated Center:
- Paying in one payment: USD 95 (includes issuance and shipping costs of the digital certificate).
If you have a link with a Network or Institution Associated with CLACSO:
- Paying in one payment: USD 140 (includes issuance and shipping costs of the digital certificate).
If you do NOT have a link with a CLACSO Associated Center:
- Paying in one payment BEFORE 10/09/2020: USD 150 (includes issuance and shipping costs of the digital certificate).
- Paying in one payment: USD 190 (includes issuance and shipping costs of the digital certificate).
FAQ
The basic requirements for taking a seminar are:
- Availability of at least 4 hours per week to dedicate to the seminar course.
- Internet access.
- Reasonable handling of communication and computer tools.
- Language proficiency in the language in which the course will be taught. The official languages are Spanish and Portuguese.
The seminars last 12 weeks, plus the completion of a final project. A total of 120 hours of dedication will be credited.
A course consists of twelve classes, each accompanied by required readings, supplementary readings, discussion forums, and learning activities proposed by the teaching team, as well as partial submissions and a final project. The course is delivered online and asynchronously. Some instructors may propose synchronous activities. In these cases, the time and date will be agreed upon in advance between the teaching team and the students to ensure everyone's participation. To pass the seminar, students must participate in at least 80% of the discussion forums and activities proposed by the instructors, complete all scheduled partial submissions, and pass the final project.
If you have a link with a CLACSO Associated Center:
- Paying in one payment: USD 95 (includes issuance and shipping costs of the digital certificate).
If you have a link with a Network or Institution Associated with CLACSO:
- Paying in one payment: USD 140 (includes issuance and shipping costs of the digital certificate).
If you do NOT have a link with a CLACSO Associated Center:
- Paying in one payment BEFORE 10/09/2020: USD 150 (includes issuance and shipping costs of the digital certificate).
- Paying in one payment: USD 190 (includes issuance and shipping costs of the digital certificate).
The possible payment methods are credit card, bank transfer and bank deposit.
