Lauren Cubellis

Grant Type

Conference Grant

Institutional Affiliation

Washington U.

Grant number

Gr. CONF-771

Approve Date

August 22, 2017

Project Title

Cubellis, Dr. Lauren, Washington U., St. Louis, MO - To aid workshop on 'Care at the Nexus of Power and Practice: Anthropological Engagements with Caring Otherwise,' 2018, St. Louis, MO, in collaboration with Dr. Rebecca Lester

Preliminary abstract: At first glance, the concept of care is deceptively banal, evoking a feel-good sense of tending to another’s needs, or an affective orientation of selfless compassion and empathy. But ‘care’ is both more complex — and d