Agenda

28 Giu 2023 09:00

Service - Duty - Care: Theorizing Civic Engagement from Asia to Europe and Beyond

Aula A, Palazzo Vendramin (closed-door event)

International Workshop
28-29 giugno 2023  

L' Università Ca' Foscari (DSAAM e MAP) e il Geneva Graduate Institute, Albert Hirschman Centre on Democracy, hanno co-organizzato un workshop internazionale, della durata di due giorni, dal titolo: “Service - Duty - Care: Theorizing Civic Engagement from Asia to Europe and Beyond

Abstract
Research on civic engagement – from humanitarianism to charity – points to the complex interplay of sentiments, emotions and convictions that motivate people to act. These range from ethics rooted in religious frameworks, to commitment to kin and surrounding social networks, to NGO-driven humanitarian discourse, to moments of national awakening, as powerfully illustrated by the example of volunteering in the war in Ukraine. In this regard, the concept of care has been extensively discussed in diverse bodies of literature across the humanities and social sciences. Meanwhile, the concepts of service and duty have received little attention, despite the prominent role that they play in articulating different forms of “doing good.” In this workshop, participants will collaboratively theorize service and duty in relation to care. They will thereby investigate how a focus on service and duty might illuminate new aspects of care and how the rich literature on care can help to theorize service and duty from anthropological and historical perspectives.
This workshop is financed through the Swiss National Science Foundation funded Eccellenza project “Quiet Aid: Service and Salvation in the Balkans-to- Bengal Complex” (grant number PCEFP1_203319), based at the Geneva Graduate Institute.

Workshop convenors
Prof. Dr. Till Mostowlansky, Geneva Graduate Institute
Dr. Giuseppe Bolotta, Ca’ Foscari University of Venice

Organizzatore

Dipartimento di Studi sull’Asia e sull’Africa Mediterranea (Giuseppe Bolotta); Centro di ricerca Marco Polo sulle connessioni globali Europa-Asia (MAP); Geneva Graduate Institute, Albert Hirschman Centre on Democracy (Till Mostowlansky)

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