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CFP and Paper Competition - Feminist Geography Conference (June 15th-17th 2022): Call For Papers - Feminist Economic Geography: Understanding the Future of Work Daniel Cockayne (University of Waterloo), Lia Frederiksen (University of British Columbia), Emily Reid Musson (Memorial University), Nancy Worth (University of Waterloo) This conference theme will include a panel and several paper sessions, highlighting feminist geography interventions in debates about the future of work. Feminist economic geography emphasizes difference, embodiment, and conceives of workplaces as dynamic, uneven, and untidy spaces, an emphasis which can help recenter discussions about the future of work on workers and their experience of work (Reid-Musson et. al 2020). Indeed, though it is certain that the future of work will be increasingly digitally and technologically mediated, it remains unclear precisely what this means for workers, especially in the context of the (re)production of gendered, sexualized, and racialized forms of difference. What this means for the colonial state's relationship with the economy and for migrant workers too remains unclear (Mullings, 2021; Werner, 2011). An empirically-grounded and worker-focussed perspective is essential if we are to adequately understand global trends. This theme of this session is organized around three critical questions: Who are the subjects of the future of work? What counts as work? And where should we look? Paper sessions will be flipped. This means they will include pre-recorded talks of up to 15 minutes, with the live session featuring a chaired discussion amongst presenters and attendees. Possible paper themes could include but are not limited to: * Feminist approaches to the future of work * The future of care and social reproduction * The home as a space of work * Feminist, queer, and anti-racist conceptualizations of futurity and (economic) futures * Logistics and finance * Diverse economies * Work and workplaces after COVID-19 * The international division of labor in transition * Gig work, automation, and reproductive technologies * Informal economies * Homocapitalism, queer economic geography, and queering social reproduction * Xenofeminist economic geographies * Racial capitalism We welcome contributions on feminist economic geography, particularly those with a focus on work (whether paid or unpaid, formal or informal, waged or salaried, as production or as social reproduction, etc.) and workplaces, and/or on the future of work. We particularly welcome graduate students and other early career scholars to submit abstracts, including unfinished works that they're looking for feedback on. Please submit your abstract for a pre-recorded individual paper via the website (https://nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.femgeographyconference.org%2F&data=04%7C01%7C%7C2c6c64a06416410b4af808d9f1611409%7C17f1a87e2a254eaab9df9d439034b080%7C0%7C0%7C637806221592268152%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&sdata=7CFVrvkjB7yqBTvHvcCvaQsblFIxDh4IX7vIsdQTXoM%3D&reserved=0<https://nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.femgeographyconference.org%2F&data=04%7C01%7C%7C2c6c64a06416410b4af808d9f1611409%7C17f1a87e2a254eaab9df9d439034b080%7C0%7C0%7C637806221592268152%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&sdata=7CFVrvkjB7yqBTvHvcCvaQsblFIxDh4IX7vIsdQTXoM%3D&reserved=0>) by March 1st 2022, clearly indicating that you're contributing to a session on the Future of Work. Paper Competition We are also seeking contributions to a graduate student paper competition on the topic of feminist economic geography, with prizes for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place of USD$500, USD$300, and USD$300 respectively. We also seek graduate student adjudicators to evaluate submissions for this paper competition. Adjudicators would be compensated for their time. Please submit papers for the paper competition, and send inquiries about adjudicating the paper competition, to daniel.cocka...@uwaterloo.ca<mailto:daniel.cocka...@uwaterloo.ca> and nancy.wo...@uwaterloo.ca<mailto:nancy.wo...@uwaterloo.ca> by June 15th.
