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Citizen Studies Seminar Series - Who should care? Social care and citizenship

Dates
Wednesday, April 27, 2022 - 13:00 to 14:30
Location
Online

Who should care? Social care and citizenship

This seminar is part of the Citizenship Studies seminar series that is being organised by the Centre for Global Challenges and Social Justice and the Citizenship Studies pathway of the Grand Union DTP.

It will be is hosted by Dr Dan Taylor who is a Lecturer in Social and Political Thought at The Open University. Drawing on his experience as a carers community worker in London, his ongoing research on caregivers in Gateshead, and on feminist theories of care and social reproduction; this seminar will explore the relation between citizenship and social care.

It’s long been said that social care is in crisis. Despite recent government funding pledges, social care remains woefully underfunded. The UK has an ageing society. Demand for social care grows, but the number of carers, often on low-paid insecure contracts, is shrinking.

The care crisis reflects a problem for citizenship, as many in ill-health or old age discover they can’t access all the support they need and would expect under a “cradle-to-grave” system. Care and who cares will increasingly become a political matter. The way care is framed counts, given that care involves all of us.

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Dr. Dan Taylor

 Dr Dan Taylor is a Lecturer in Social and Political Thought and he joined The Open University in July 2020. Before that he taught for four years at Goldsmiths, University of London, Lawrence University, the Mary Ward Centre, and the University of Roehampton. He has a PhD in Philosophy from Roehampton (2017) and an MA in Cultural Studies from Goldsmiths. Before he became an academic I worked for several years in front-line community and disability charities across London. His work remains informed by his commitment to explore how ways of seeing and doing might be transformed for the better. 

The second session of this series is available to book Citizen Studies Seminar Series - Covid Chronicles From the Margins on the 23rd May 2022.