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WEBINAR – Re/defining essential work through migration during the COVID-19 Pandemic

Datum
23. April 2021 

23 April, Fri­day, 2pm CET/9am Argenti­na, online

please reg­is­ter to via eventbrite to receive a zoom link : https://www.eventbrite.fi/e/150797301789

This webi­nar is aimed to explore the inter­sec­tion of three debates that con­verged ever clos­er dur­ing the COVID-19 pan­dem­ic . First­ly, we draw on empir­i­cal­ly-ground­ed stud­ies of the change of pro­duc­tive and repro­duc­tive work under advanced cap­i­tal­ism with an empha­sis on the infor­mal and gig econ­o­my. We con­nect these to recent research on the link between migra­tion and social class, which has chal­lenged dis­cus­sions of cul­tur­al cap­i­tal as mere­ly trans­port­ed across bor­ders, urg­ing schol­ars to explore how it is dif­fer­en­tial­ly acti­vat­ed by indi­vid­ual migrants. We inter­sect these two debates with the emerg­ing dis­cus­sions on the bro­ken link between val­ori­sa­tion and remu­ner­a­tion of ‚essen­tial work’ under the COVID-19 pan­dem­ic and the dif­fi­cult rela­tion between ‚risk’ and ’skill’, ‚worth’ and ‚reward’ espe­cial­ly for pre­car­i­ous and migrant work­ers. The webi­nar aims to con­tribute to the ongo­ing debates on the rise and fall of the pro­gres­sive cycle of Latin Amer­i­ca, and to lay the foun­da­tion for a larg­er process rethink­ing the link between migra­tion, labour, social mobil­i­ty in large process­es of social transformation.

The event will take place online, please reg­is­ter so a zoom link is sent to you.

It will be in Eng­lish and Span­ish with simul­ta­ne­ous translation.

Speak­ers and topics:

* Gabriel­la Alber­ti – Uni­ver­si­ty of Leeds, Cen­tre for Employ­ment Rela­tions, Inno­va­tion and Change (CERIC) _Migrant ‚essen­tial’ work: a view from the Unit­ed King­dom _

* Neda Dene­va – Fac­ul­ty of Soci­ol­o­gy and Social Work, Babeș-Bolyai Uni­ver­si­ty _Essential work­ers or dan­ger­ous bod­ies: East­ern Euro­pean labour migrants dur­ing the COVID-19 pandemic._

* Jan Grill – Depart­ment of Social Sci­ences, Uni­ver­si­dad del Valle _Precarious lives and works re-con­fig­ured: Covid-19 pan­dem­ic and Venezue­lan migrants in the city of Cali, Colom­bia _

* Manuel Ruiz Durán – Ser­vi­cio Jesui­ta a Migrantes, & Uni­ver­si­dad Nacional de San Martín, Argenti­na – _Hypervulnerability of migrants and refugees dur­ing the COVID-19 pan­demia: some reflec­tions from Argenti­na _

* Juli­eta Haidar – Uni­ver­si­ty of Buenos Aires & Trade Union Train­ing School of the Work­ers’ Inno­va­tion Cen­ter (CITRA) _Labour plat­forms in COVID times in the Glob­al South. An oppor­tu­ni­ty for social advancement?_

* Jési­ca Lore­na Pla CONICET/IIGG/University of Buenos Aires & Mariya Ivanche­va – Uni­ver­si­ty of Liv­er­pool, CHES – _Re/Defining ‚Essen­tial Work’: COVID-19 Pan­dem­ic and High-Skilled Venezue­lan Migrants in Argentina’s Gig Economy_

Time: 23 April 2021, 12pm UK/9am Argentina

Con­ven­ers: Dr Mariya Ivanche­va, Dr Jési­ca Lore­na Pla

The webi­nar is part of the research project „Re/defining Essen­tial Work: the effect of COVID-19 pan­dem­ic on Venezue­lan migrants in Argenti­na” sup­port­ed by SSRC Covid-19 Rapid Response, Grant and Wen­ner Gren’s Glob­al Ini­tia­tives Grant, and also with the sup­port of the Uni­ver­si­ty of Liv­er­pool, and Gino Ger­mani Research Insti­tute, Uni­ver­si­ty of Buenos Aires.


23 April, Fri­day, 2pm CET/9am Argenti­na, online

please reg­is­ter to via eventbrite to receive a zoom link : https://www.eventbrite.fi/e/150797301789

This webi­nar is aimed to explore the inter­sec­tion of three debates that con­verged ever clos­er dur­ing the COVID-19 pan­dem­ic . First­ly, we draw on empir­i­cal­ly-ground­ed stud­ies of the change of pro­duc­tive and repro­duc­tive work under advanced cap­i­tal­ism with an empha­sis on the infor­mal and gig econ­o­my. We con­nect these to recent research on the link between migra­tion and social class, which has chal­lenged dis­cus­sions of cul­tur­al cap­i­tal as mere­ly trans­port­ed across bor­ders, urg­ing schol­ars to explore how it is dif­fer­en­tial­ly acti­vat­ed by indi­vid­ual migrants. We inter­sect these two debates with the emerg­ing dis­cus­sions on the bro­ken link between val­ori­sa­tion and remu­ner­a­tion of ‚essen­tial work’ under the COVID-19 pan­dem­ic and the dif­fi­cult rela­tion between ‚risk’ and ’skill’, ‚worth’ and ‚reward’ espe­cial­ly for pre­car­i­ous and migrant work­ers. The webi­nar aims to con­tribute to the ongo­ing debates on the rise and fall of the pro­gres­sive cycle of Latin Amer­i­ca, and to lay the foun­da­tion for a larg­er process rethink­ing the link between migra­tion, labour, social mobil­i­ty in large process­es of social transformation.

The event will take place online, please reg­is­ter so a zoom link is sent to you.

It will be in Eng­lish and Span­ish with simul­ta­ne­ous translation.

Speak­ers and topics:

* Gabriel­la Alber­ti – Uni­ver­si­ty of Leeds, Cen­tre for Employ­ment Rela­tions, Inno­va­tion and Change (CERIC) _Migrant ‚essen­tial’ work: a view from the Unit­ed King­dom _

* Neda Dene­va – Fac­ul­ty of Soci­ol­o­gy and Social Work, Babeș-Bolyai Uni­ver­si­ty _Essential work­ers or dan­ger­ous bod­ies: East­ern Euro­pean labour migrants dur­ing the COVID-19 pandemic._

* Jan Grill – Depart­ment of Social Sci­ences, Uni­ver­si­dad del Valle _Precarious lives and works re-con­fig­ured: Covid-19 pan­dem­ic and Venezue­lan migrants in the city of Cali, Colom­bia _

* Manuel Ruiz Durán – Ser­vi­cio Jesui­ta a Migrantes, & Uni­ver­si­dad Nacional de San Martín, Argenti­na – _Hypervulnerability of migrants and refugees dur­ing the COVID-19 pan­demia: some reflec­tions from Argenti­na _

* Juli­eta Haidar – Uni­ver­si­ty of Buenos Aires & Trade Union Train­ing School of the Work­ers’ Inno­va­tion Cen­ter (CITRA) _Labour plat­forms in COVID times in the Glob­al South. An oppor­tu­ni­ty for social advancement?_

* Jési­ca Lore­na Pla CONICET/IIGG/University of Buenos Aires & Mariya Ivanche­va – Uni­ver­si­ty of Liv­er­pool, CHES – _Re/Defining ‚Essen­tial Work’: COVID-19 Pan­dem­ic and High-Skilled Venezue­lan Migrants in Argentina’s Gig Economy_

Time: 23 April 2021, 12pm UK/9am Argentina

Con­ven­ers: Dr Mariya Ivanche­va, Dr Jési­ca Lore­na Pla

The webi­nar is part of the research project „Re/defining Essen­tial Work: the effect of COVID-19 pan­dem­ic on Venezue­lan migrants in Argenti­na” sup­port­ed by SSRC Covid-19 Rapid Response, Grant and Wen­ner Gren’s Glob­al Ini­tia­tives Grant, and also with the sup­port of the Uni­ver­si­ty of Liv­er­pool, and Gino Ger­mani Research Insti­tute, Uni­ver­si­ty of Buenos Aires.