Skype Mothers and Facebook Daughters: How Technology is Transforming Care Work in Transnational Families
Guest Speaker Dr. Valerie Francisco-Menchavez, assistant professor of Sociology at San Francisco State University. She will share research from her new book The Labor of Care.
Dr. Franciso's talk examines care work and intimacy between transnational family members shaped by the advancement in communication technologies, specifically, Skype and Facebook. New care providers, patterns of care work and forms of care emerge through these particular technological platforms. Although, technology brings new possibilities of supporting relationships over long distances, it also sometimes hinders relationships through its “all seeing eye.”
This talk is hosted by CU Denver International Studies Program with the support of CU Denver Ethnic Studies program, CU Denver Asian American Student Services, CU Denver College of Liberal Arts & Sciences Council on Diversity and Inclusion, and the CU President’s Diversity Fund for Development and Support.