The Lionello Bonfanti Pole is organising a two-day workshop on 2 and 3 May with Professor Jennifer Nedelsky, Professor Emeritus of the University of Toronto. Title of the workshop:
Giving Care: (A) Time of Economic Change, Starting from Work
In their seminal book,Part-Time for All: A Care Manifesto (2023), Jennifer Nedelsky and Tom Malleson address the enduring challenge of work-family conflict, offering innovative solutions that examine its diverse manifestations across cultural, social, and economic contexts. With a particular focus on the inequalities faced by caregivers, they advocate for a fundamental shift in priorities, urging society to engage in collective reflection: “Rethinking what is important by talking together about how we want to work, how we want to provide care, in short, how we want to live”.
The intersection of work and care remains a pressing issue in many countries, where structural challenges persist—including contractual precarity for care workers, inefficient labor organization, and exploitative conditions—that contribute to new forms of inequality and poverty. Addressing these issues demands a comprehensive reevaluation of labor policies and care infrastructures to promote greater equity and sustainability in both professional and domestic spheres.
