Workshop: "Still ‘Vexing’ for Care in Neoliberal Universities"

A Workshop for Early-Career Researchers with a Keynote by Luisa Schneider

“We care deeply about the well-being of researchers who ‘ethico-politically’ (Puig de la Bellacassa 2011) engage with sensitive topics because we know how it feels. The experience of qualitative research often involves significant ‘emotional labour’ (Hochschild 1983, Rogers-Shaw et al. 2021), from engaging with research participants and processing their stories to analysing the data we collect in a way that respects and carefully reflects participants' experiences (as well as our own). This prolonged involvement can be emotionally draining, especially when compounded by the often solitary and isolating experience of fieldwork and academic writing under increasingly precarious working conditions (Nicholls et al. 2021, Schulz et al. 2023, Signoret et al. 2019). It leaves us wondering: Does anyone (really) care about us and our work?

Aligning with the work of researchers such as Emily Jay Nicholls, Jade Vu Henry & Fay Dennis, who ask: “How can we make universities more hospitable and in doing so, how might we do them otherwise”, early-career researchers are invited to join the workshop in exploring the following topics:

• risks in research and accountability of universities;
• vulnerability in research and disrupting epistemological inequalities;
• resistance and relational/collaborative practices of care.

Organised by Anna Kerstin Kraft (Assistant, PhD Student in Gender Studies, University of Basel) and Yamila Sofia Pita (PhD Student in Gender Studies, University of Bern).

To register, please send an informal E-mail to: ggsb-genderstudies@unibas.ch until the end of February 2025. Confirmation upon capacity by mid-March.
Content-related questions can be sent to: yamila.pita@unibe.ch

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