Presentation

Labour and social norms

The concept of labour varies significantly and has transformed over time. Whether it is market-related or not, work is an activity that is essential in economic terms and human relations. At various points in History, major changes in labour patterns have been preceded by dramatic events. Examples include the First and Second World Wars and, more recently, the Covid-19 pandemic. Such events have a major and widespread impact on labour. The way people work, the reasons that lead them to work, and how much time they devote to work are all affected by social, cultural, economic, and geographical factors that undergo significant change.

The XLII Annual Meeting of APHES welcomes paper and session proposals focusing on labour and social norms, irrespective of geographical and chronological frameworks. We particularly welcome papers that examine, from an interdisciplinary perspective, the evolution of work and the perception and organization of labour over time and in different geographies.

Topics may include, without being limited to:
– Career/work life experiences (guild structures, professionalization, domestic and international labour markets)
– Child labour
– The conceptualization of work and non-work
– Domestic work and work outside the household
– The gender division of labour
– Labour conditions (work contracts, incentives, and (un)paid work), markets, and relations
– Religion and attitudes toward work
– Slavery and forced labour
– Social and employment policies
– The social organization of work and social inequalities
– Work and leisure

About the event

The XLII Annual Meeting of APHES welcomes paper and session proposals focusing on labour and social norms, irrespective of geographical and chronological frameworks. We particularly welcome papers that examine, from an interdisciplinary perspective, the evolution of work and the perception and organization of labour over time and in different geographies.

Scientific Commission

Gaspar Martins Pereira (CITCEM/FLUPorto) – presidente

Amélia Branco (GHES/CSG-ISEG, Lisboa)

Dulce Freire (CES/FEUCoimbra)

Elísio Estanque (CES/FEUCoimbra)

Filipa Ribeiro da Silva (IIHS – Amesterdão, Holanda)

Joana Sequeira (UMinho)

Jorge Pedreira (IHC-Nova Lisboa)

José Manuel Lopes Cordeiro (UMinho)

Laurinda Abreu (CIDEHUS/UÉvora)

Maria da Conceição Meireles Pereira (CITCEM/FLUPorto)

Nuno Luís Madureira (ISCTE/IULisboa)

Virgílio Borges Pereira (IS/FLUPorto)

Organising Committee

Inês Amorim (CITCEM/FLUPorto) – presidente

Bruno Lopes (CITCEM/FLUPorto)

Carla Sequeira (CITCEM/FLUPorto)

Hugo Ribeiro da Silva (CITCEM/FLUPorto)

Maria João Pinho (CITCEM/FLUPorto)

Sara Pinto (CITCEM/FLUPorto)

CITCEM

Founded in 2007, CITCEM is a Research & Development (R&D) Unit based at the Faculty of Arts and Humanities of the University of Porto. Anchored in the wider field of the humanities and social sciences, CITCEM operates as a transdisciplinary research platform, exploring the close connections between several disciplines, such as history, archaeology, art history, cultural and literary studies, demography, information, communication and heritage sciences, amongst others.

Briefly put, CITCEM focuses on the transdisciplinary study of memory and heritage themes in connection with the evolving interactive construction of economic, social, political, cultural and territorial identities and spaces, with a particular but not exclusive emphasis on North-western Portugal. This focus encompasses the study of identitary memories, cultural heritage in its material and immaterial forms, environmental history, rural and urban landscapes, population mobility, religious practices, and other associated research topics.

CITCEM currently comprises over 400 researchers, a number which includes both integrated and collaborating members. This is a highly-skilled, multi-layered and motivated transdisciplinary team, working towards the mature operations of a Centre which has just completed a decade of successful functioning.

From its inception, CITCEM has been working in close partnership with local authorities, independent institutions and interested parties in general, building strong regional ties which have managed to catalyse further successful national and international collaborations. Drawing upon this solid track record of regional impact and cooperation, and in close contact with policy makers and independent promoters, CITCEM remains fully committed to continuing to foster meaningful engagements between state-of-the-art academic research and local communities.

Consequently, CITCEM aims to retain and expand its fundamental role in the wide-reaching dialogue taking place in North-western Portugal and beyond about the future of the region and its wider links with the overall country and internationally. As a dynamic partner in this dialogue, the Centre is committed to offering vital, interdisciplinary and trans-national contributions from the humanities and social sciences into finding positive responses to the region’s present and future challenges, in close alignment with the priorities of the H2030 Agenda.