<description>&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt;"&gt;Migrant laborers worldwide are engaged in care work, but who provides care for them? And where can they seek care? In this discussion with Ethel Tungohan, the author of 'Care Activism', we go beyond the headlines that portray migrant domestic workers as victims or heroes. By focusing on their daily lives and the experiences of migrant care workers, we explore various sites of everyday resistance, ‘dissident friendships’, and the politics of critical hope and care.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style= "font-size: 12pt;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;"&gt; You can access the full transcripts for each episode on the&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt; &lt;a href= "https://whodowethinkweare.org/"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style= "mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;"&gt;Who do we think we are? website&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span class="MsoHyperlink"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style= "mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;"&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style= "font-size: 12pt;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style= "mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;"&gt;In this episode we cover …&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;ul&gt; &lt;li&gt;Migrant care workers in Canada and the UK&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;Migrant agency and everyday lives&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;Resistance and care activism&lt;/li&gt; &lt;/ul&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt;"&gt;&lt;strong style= "mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"&gt;&lt;span style= "mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;"&gt;Active Listening Questions&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;ul&gt; &lt;li&gt;What can we learn from looking at the everyday lives of the migrants?&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;How does Ethel explain why migrant care workers’ organisations emerged? And what do they offer to migrant care workers that states do not?&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;Why might migrant care workers resist the idea of being ‘sisters’? And what alternative ways of understanding the relationships of care between them are discussed in the episode?&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;What does care activism make visible about migrant agency?&lt;/li&gt; &lt;/ul&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style= "font-size: 12pt;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style= "mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;"&gt;Read …&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt;"&gt;&lt;span style= "mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;"&gt;Ethel’s book&lt;/span&gt; &lt;a href= "https://www.press.uillinois.edu/books/?id=p087400"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;"&gt; Care Activism&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;span style= "mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;"&gt;and article with Jon Careless on&lt;/span&gt; &lt;a href= "https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/imig.13086?casa_token=gIbstl30428AAAAA:OQbdV6-oZHvTKl-_eu7aAPj_Nj6q8y11_aYt8kO2_wI4PBAI0-sxP3ZyzhgI7DuW6sxVngvLmCkZo9w"&gt; &lt;span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;"&gt;how Canadian news media frames temporary migrant workers&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt;"&gt;&lt;span style= "mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;"&gt;Anja K. Franck’s article&lt;/span&gt; &lt;a href="https://scipost.org/MigPol.1.1.004/pdf"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style= "mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;"&gt;Laughable Borders&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style= "font-size: 12pt;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style= "mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;"&gt;Listen to …&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt;"&gt;&lt;a href= "https://www.academicaunties.com/"&gt;&lt;span style= "mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;"&gt;Academic Aunties&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style= "font-size: 12pt;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style= "mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;"&gt;Call to action&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt;"&gt;&lt;a href= "https://pod.link/1587138535"&gt;&lt;span style= "mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;"&gt;Follow the podcast&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;"&gt;on all major podcasting platforms. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt;"&gt;&lt;span style= "mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;"&gt;To find out more about &lt;em&gt;Who do we think we are?,&lt;/em&gt; including news, events and resources, check out&lt;/span&gt; &lt;a href="https://whodowethinkweare.org/"&gt;&lt;span style= "mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;"&gt;our website&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style= "mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;"&gt;, follow us on&lt;/span&gt; &lt;a href= "https://twitter.com/AbtCitizenship"&gt;&lt;span style= "mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;"&gt;Twitter&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style= "mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;"&gt;,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;a href= "https://www.instagram.com/abtcitizenship/"&gt;&lt;span style= "mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;"&gt;Instagram&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;span style= "mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;"&gt;or&lt;/span&gt; &lt;a href= "https://www.facebook.com/AbtCitizenship/?ref=pages_you_manage"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;"&gt; Facebook&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style= "mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;"&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>

Who do we think we are?

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BtH2 E2 Beyond the headlines … Care Activism with Ethel Tungohan

DEC 14, 202337 MIN
Who do we think we are?

BtH2 E2 Beyond the headlines … Care Activism with Ethel Tungohan

DEC 14, 202337 MIN

Description

Migrant laborers worldwide are engaged in care work, but who provides care for them? And where can they seek care? In this discussion with Ethel Tungohan, the author of 'Care Activism', we go beyond the headlines that portray migrant domestic workers as victims or heroes. By focusing on their daily lives and the experiences of migrant care workers, we explore various sites of everyday resistance, ‘dissident friendships’, and the politics of critical hope and care.

You can access the full transcripts for each episode on the Who do we think we are? website.

In this episode we cover …

  • Migrant care workers in Canada and the UK
  • Migrant agency and everyday lives
  • Resistance and care activism

Active Listening Questions

  • What can we learn from looking at the everyday lives of the migrants?
  • How does Ethel explain why migrant care workers’ organisations emerged? And what do they offer to migrant care workers that states do not?
  • Why might migrant care workers resist the idea of being ‘sisters’? And what alternative ways of understanding the relationships of care between them are discussed in the episode?
  • What does care activism make visible about migrant agency?

Read …

Ethel’s book Care Activism and article with Jon Careless on how Canadian news media frames temporary migrant workers

Anja K. Franck’s article Laughable Borders

Listen to …

Academic Aunties

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