Scholars\, students\, artists and activists are invited to participate in the first conference of the Nordic \;Summer University study circle Hospitality and Solidarity: Feminist Philosophy in Thought\, \;History and Action (2020-2022) on the themes of Hospitality and Solidarity.
\nFor our first winter symposium we want to engage in a discussion on Hospitality. Many religions \;and philosophical \;worldviews seem to uphold the concept of hospitality as a core value. We want to \;ask\, are there differences in what is meant with hospitality in different traditions and how does \;solidarity with the &lsquo\;other&rsquo\; take concrete form? Historically\, hospitality has often been associated \;with the practices of family life where women are expected to serve and be at the &ldquo\;giving&rdquo\; end of \;care and comfort. What kind of demands does hospitality place on people as an emotional labour? What happens to the practices of hospitality when society becomes secularised? Recent studies \;(e.g.
Scott 2017) show that there is a much closer relationship between increased gender inequality \;and \;the rise of secularism\, than earlier presumed. Especially religious women have fallen under the \;double burden of being seen as a-rational due to both their gender and their religious views. \;However\, one may also ask: does a religious worldview have a unique contribution to offer in an \;increasingly secular society where the values of market economy and new public management are \;spreading across institutions and political structures? Are there forms of resistance to be found in \;the values of religions and faiths\, which can offer tools to combat the increased marginalisation of \;people in our secular society? Recent studies in Finland\, where churches offer refuge for \;immigrants seems to point in this direction (Ahonen 2019) Hence\, the symposium strives to explore \;what can be discovered at the intersection of:
We invite papers that approach any combination of these themes from different theoretical and \;methodological perspectives and in relation to various religious and philosophical traditions.
\nThe conference is organised by the network Hospitality and Solidarity: Feminist Philosophy in \;Thought\, History and Action of the Nordic Summer University in collaboration with Å\;bo \;Akademi and the Donner Institute for Research in Religion and Culture.
\nMore information: \;http://nordic.university/study-circles/3-hospitality-solidarity-feminist-philosophy-thought-history-action/
ORGANIZER;CN=Nicole des Bouvrie;CN=Laura Hellsten;CN="Johanna Sjöstedt": METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR