Labour of Love

ed. by Anna Sejbaek Torp-Pedersen, Lisa Marie Sneijder ; with contr. by Hanna Heaf, nishiko, Rosa de Graaf, Joyce Poot …[et al.]

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Author(s)

Hanna Heaf, Maja Klaassens, nishiko, Rosa de Graaf

Editor(s)

Anna Sejbaek Torp-Pedersen, Lisa Marie Sneijder

Publication, year

Amsterdam : Vrije Universiteit, Faculteit der Letteren, 2022

Scope

72 Pages, illustrated, 24 cm.

Carrier

magazine

ISBN

9789083165745

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What is ‘labour of love’? What drives us to accept jobs that forgo adequate monetary compensation for the work we do, only to be ‘paid’ in exposure, experience, or emotional fulfilment? This issue focuses on labour and labourers of love; those whose jobs require the practice of care and compassion, those working fields that demand employing a repertoire of feelings, as well as those whose passion is also their job. Acknowledging the juxtaposition of the phrase, it tries to respond to both ends of the spectrum; what’s the love in labour and what’s the labour in love? The question has resulted in interesting reflections on care and love.

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Person as subject

nishiko

Keywords

care , social practice

Location

Cabinet 30 - 4: Tentacular Thinking ; Mind Map'

Remarks

Includes notes and abstracts