Call for Papers | PRIVATE LIFE Keynote: Dr Josephine Berry (Goldsmiths, University of London) 10 June 2019, University of Edinburgh ‘What does it mean that private life accompanies us as a secret or a stowaway? First of all, that it is separated from us as clandestine and … it furtively shares existence with us. … And the weight of… Read More
Building as Body: A Handbook for Investigating the Workplace Manual Labours introduce their Building as Body handbook, launched at Nottingham Contemporary on 10 November 2018. Building as Body: A Handbook for Investigating the Workplace, developed following our residency at Nottingham Contemporary where we worked with staff to explore the architecture of the workplace. Building as Body looks into the ways in which buildings… Read More
The Social Reproduction of Feminist Art History What can art (and artist history) can do for feminism? An event marking the launch of two publications: Feminism and Art History Now, edited by Victoria Horne and Lara Perry, and a special issue of Third Text focussing on ‘Social Reproduction and Art’, edited by Angela Dimitrakaki and Kirsten Lloyd. Speakers and respondents: James Bell (Northumbria… Read More
SPECIAL ISSUE | Historical Materialism Historical Materialism, Volume 24, Issue 2 (2016) The 2011 Historical Materialism Conference in London saw the launch of a Marxist-Feminist set of panels. This issue is inspired by the success of those panels, and the remarkably sustained interest in reviving and moving beyond older debates and discussions. … Read More
BOOK | Social Reproduction Theory: Remapping Class Re-centring Oppression | Tithi Bhattacharya How do child care, health care, education, family life and the roles of gender, race and sexuality affect our lives under capitalism? This groundbreaking collection explores the profound power of Social Reproduction Theory to deepen our understanding of everyday life under capitalism. While many Marxists tend to focus on the productive economy, this book… Read More
JOURNAL ARTICLE | The Art of Social Reproduction | Victoria Horne Journal of Visual Culture, vol. 15 no. 2 (August 2016): 179-202. This article considers how the museum produces knowledge about the past and present of feminist politics through its framing of marginal, activist artworks that have engaged the sphere of social reproduction or care labour. It is contended that neoliberalism’s assault on social… Read More
