Essays about: "Reproductive and Productive Labor"

Found 5 essays containing the words Reproductive and Productive Labor.

1. 1. "Three meals a day and a place to stay" : Non-waged labor, household formation and the politics of scale on organic farms in the southeastern United States

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Kulturgeografiska institutionen

   Author : Dean Mirabito; [2023]
   Keywords : family farm; agrarian question; self-exploitation; home; social reproduction; non-waged labor; scale; WWOOF;

   Abstract : Family farms practicing organic agriculture often struggle to make a profit. Unable to pay wages, farms are increasingly recruiting laborers who agree to work without pay, instead receiving food and accommodation. READ MORE

3. 2. Coalition Politics, Care Work and Climate Justice: A Case Study of Emerging Alliances in Austria

   University essay from Lunds universitet/LUCSUS

   Author : Sarah Bretschko; [2021]
   Keywords : social reproduction; work; ecofeminism; climate justice; social movements; coalition-building; Austria; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : Sustainability transformations will require a fundamental re-thinking of work. However, so far the role of reproductive care work in these transformations is hardly recognized, although this work is low-carbon and essential in sustainable futures. READ MORE

4. 3. Carrying the Man’s Burden : A study on married, self-employed women’s perceptions and experiences of reproductive and productive labor in Kampala, Uganda

   University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för samhällsstudier (SS)

   Author : Ida Samarikoff; Elvira Skoglund; [2019]
   Keywords : Reproductive and Productive Labor; Uganda; Gendered Division of Labor; Family and Work;

   Abstract : Work and its effect on women’s empowerment and gender equality has been a long, on-going debate since the middle of the 20th century – not at least in development contexts, where women have been recognized to play a crucial role. The discussion has moved from only emphasizing women’s participation in the labor market, to also stress the need to recognize and value the unpaid, domestic work that women perform every day. READ MORE

5. 4. Carrying the Man’s Burden : A study on married, self-employed women’s perceptions and experiences of reproductive and productive labor in Kampala, Uganda

   University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för samhällsstudier (SS)

   Author : Elvira Skoglund; Ida Samarikoff; [2019]
   Keywords : ;

   Abstract : Abstract Work and its effect on women’s empowerment and gender equality has been a long, on- going debate since the middle of the 20th century – not at least in development contexts, where women have been recognized to play a crucial role. The discussion has movedfrom only emphasizing women’s participation in the labor market, to also stress the need to recognize and value the unpaid, domestic work that women perform every day. READ MORE

6. 5. “Mommy meets Money”: Digitized forms of affective labor among ‘mommy’ bloggers and the biopolitical production of ‘life’ as a marketable commodity

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Graduate School; Lunds universitet/Master of Science in Social Studies of Gender

   Author : Erla Gjinishi; [2018]
   Keywords : affective labor; biopolitical production; everyday life; marketable commodities; virtual economy; reproductive labor; social factory; ‘mommy’ blogging; multitude; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : This study explores the ways in which digitized forms of affective labor among ‘mommy’ bloggers effectuate biopolitical production of ‘life’ as a marketable commodity. Situating the research in a context of a neo-liberal re-structuring of the global order and dissolving biopolitical state boundaries, this study captures the transformation of ‘life’ and its quotidian needs and capabilities into a terrain for commodification. READ MORE