CFP brainstorm session RGS-IBG 2020: Housing and the value of attention
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RGS-IBG 2020=C2=A0Annual Conference, London, September 1-4 C=46P brainstorm session: Housing and the value of attention
Houses require attention. Whether they are occupied by their owners, rent= ed, squatted, closed for the season, abandoned, or shared with AirBnB gue= sts, they depend on symbiotic human labor to keep them integral and funct= ional as a dwelling. In order to provide us shelter, security, and someti= mes wealth, they demand attention =E2=80=93 often only in the background,= as a persistent hum with occasional bursts of need. We respond with our = labor to produce care and maintenance, sometimes consistently and repetit= ively and sometimes only in moments of crisis. Much of this labor, and its value, is difficult to observe, subsumed with= in the normative =E2=80=98sweat equity=E2=80=99 of owner-occupancy or the= ongoing reproductive labor of care. With increasing forms of housing mob= ilities =E2=80=93 from the mobility of international investment capital t= o home-sharing practices like AirBnB =E2=80=93 the labor of attention req= uired by houses is becoming more palpable. This interactive paper session= calls for short (5 minute) interventions about housing and ways of obser= ving the value of attention, towards a collective discussion and possible= further collaborations.
Some angles might be: -Side industries of cleaning and guardianship related to AirBnB -Caretaking of second or seasonal homes =E2=80=93 from owner or caretaker= perspective -Contestations over care and maintenance of =E2=80=98remittance=E2=80=99 = houses built by migrants -Co-ownership of housing (e.g. vacation home) and management collectives -Property guardianship of vacant homes -International investment properties and the maintenance of =E2=80=98prop= erty conditions=E2=80=99 -Communal housing and maintenance governance structures -Multilocal lifestyles and maintenance of two houses for working and livi= ng -Technologies for monitoring home security, cleanliness and repair condit= ions Or methodological insights in investigating the perpetual hum of attentio= n required by housing
Please send your abstract to (or register interest with)=C2=A0l.wagner=40= maastrichtuniversity.nl=C2=A0by Monday 10 =46ebruary.
Best, Lauren B Wagner Assistant Professor in Globalisation and Development Programme Director, MA in Globalisation and Development Studies Department of Society Studies Maastricht University l.wagner=40maastrichtuniversity.nl https://www.drlaru.com ORCID:=C2=A0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4778-7408
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