Some problems and possibilities of caring

Gendered spaces of commoditised care

“…Boyer, Reimer and Irvine show the very real caring that nursery workers have for their charges despite their low pay and poor working conditions and Schwiter suggests that her interviewees' desires to care for their children themselves can be read as a resistance to neoliberialism as parents reject work as the only route to selffulfilment. In keeping with much geographical work on care, this set of papers reveals the possibilities of care as a route to personal fulfilment as well as the problems of overwork and devaluing that are common to care workers (Cox 2010).…”

Gendered Migrations and Global Social Reproduction

“…In particular, household maintenance is a largely male-dominated sector (Cox 2010;Kilkey 2010;) in the United Kingdom as are gardeners, a niche filled by Mexicans in the USA (Ramirez and Hondagneu-Sotelo 2009). For Perrons et al (2010: 204), it is not just feminised domestic work which has been commoditised but also male labour which 'represents another dimension in the global chain of social reproduction and transnational social divisions based on increasing inequalities between and the polarization of incomes within countries' (OECD 2011;Standing 2011).…”

Justice and care in the city: uncovering everyday practices through research volunteering

“…Customers and members self‐serve food into containers brought from home or bags and jars that are purchased, which means that even though ‘Alfalfa House turns over a million dollars’ worth of product a year … we have one wheelie bin of rubbish a week’ (Iris, staff). Materials that wrap, cover, hold, wipe and house food/groceries and the food/groceries themselves are approached through a relational social ontology, an understanding that ‘we are dependent on others’ (Cox , 31) and therefore seek to minimise our ecological impact, which is arguably an act of everyday justice.…”