We are pleased to invite you to the sixth session of the seminar organized by CRESPPA (Sociological and Political Research Center in Paris). This session is organized with the support of the "Who cares? Rebuilding care in a post pandemic world," an international project of the Transatlantic Platform (T-AP)/Call RRR, and with the backing of the French National Research Agency (ANR):

"Pandemic and (in)equality".

Monday 4 April 2022 from 2:00 pm to 4:30 pm CET in the Pouchet conference room

Simultaneous translation provided (English/French)

Hybrid session: conference room + Zoom/Youtube

Vidéo de la conférence traduite (conference video with translation)  https://youtu.be/g9svbqzXpy0

At the CNRS Pouchet Center : 59/61 rue Pouchet, Paris 17e 

Speakers

Judith Butler

(Philosopher, European Graduate School and University of California, Berkeley)

and

Jacques Rancière

(Philosopher, European Graduate School and University of Paris 8-Vincennes-St. Denis)

After the pandemic and the globalization of the coronavirus crisis, the assertion that care is only relevant for dependent people seems meaningless: we are all vulnerable, and the pandemic has highlighted the interdependence between human beings. The questions of equality versus class, race and gender inequalities; of interdependence, versus the "principle of independence" are central. Judith Butler and Jacques Rancière will address the notions of "pandemic" and "interdependence", "equality" and "inequality" in the face of the coronavirus pandemic. Judith Butler will discuss the pandemic in the light of the phenomenology of senses, and how it has shed light on inequalities, interdependence and new violence in the world. She will also address the close connections between precarious life situations and the current health crisis. Jacques Rancière will analyze how the pandemic was managed in a way that confirmed consensus seeking which in turn infers assumed inequality. The lockdown measures lead us to query the purpose of work within a shared world. The last question we will address is whether we can start reflecting on the post-pandemic era?