Gender, domestic space and pandemic: the production of senses about care practices
Gender; care practices; pandemic; production of senses
The pandemic has called into question the increase in the demand for care and implies questioning the accountability and naturalization of care practices for women, especially in domestic work and raising children. The distribution and exercise of care work are permeated by inequalities that cross not only the gender marker, but also race and class, so the intersectional perspective is essential in understanding the theme. The socio-historical invisibility of domestic work is related to the devaluation of it and its paid and unpaid workers. By assuming care as an inherent dimension of the human condition, we affirm its value and place the theme at the center of the various contemporary debates that are relevant to it. Since care is so present and essential for the maintenance of life, it is important to recognize it as such and, above all, to understand the forms and effects that emerge from this experience. Considering the notion of situated knowledge (HARAWAY, 1995) and production of senses (SPINK, 2004), this research intends to understand the produced senses about the care practices of women in the domestic environment, starting from the context of the pandemic.