<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:#000000"><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;font-family:Avenir"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont;color:rgb(33,33,33)">Dear all,</span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont;color:rgb(33,33,33)"></span></div><p style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;font-family:Avenir"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont;color:rgb(33,33,33)"> </span></p><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;font-family:Avenir"><span style="color:rgb(33,33,33);font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont;font-size:12pt">We’re happy to announce that the speakers lineup for the <a href="https://wp.unil.ch/geographiesofcare/" target="_blank">Geographies of Alternative Care international conference</a> (November 26 and 27) is available online and registration is open until November 22. </span></div><p style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;font-family:Avenir"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont;color:rgb(33,33,33)"></span></p><p style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;font-family:Avenir"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont;color:rgb(33,33,33)"> </span></p><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;font-family:Avenir"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont;color:rgb(33,33,33)">The COVID-19 pandemic has made legible stark inequalities in the global distribution of care. Building on feminist, queer anti-racist perspectives, the conference Geographies of Alternative Care: Spaces, Ecologies, and Methods (November 26-27th 2020) </span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Avenir-Book,serif,EmojiFont"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont">opens an interdisciplinary conversation on three key dimensions of caring: caring </span><i><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont">for</span></i><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont"> and </span><i><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont">through</span></i><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont"> spaces; caring </span><i><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont">across </span></i><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont">species and scales; caring as a research method. This event </span></span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont;color:rgb(33,33,33)">brings together a diverse range of voices from academia and activism to explore this urgent topic. Please check the schedule here:</span></div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;font-family:Avenir"><br></div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;font-family:Avenir"><a href="https://wp.unil.ch/geographiesofcare/programme-2/" rel="noopener noreferrer" id="gmail-m_-1028293699495193339gmail-m_6809593179375137281gmail-LPlnk119036" target="_blank">https://wp.unil.ch/geographiesofcare/programme-2/</a><br><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont;color:rgb(33,33,33)"></span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont;color:rgb(33,33,33)"></span></div><p style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;font-family:Avenir"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont;color:rgb(33,33,33)"> </span></p><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;font-family:Avenir"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Avenir-Book,serif,EmojiFont;color:rgb(33,33,33)"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont">Due to the public health crisis, the conference will be</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont"> offered online. Registration is required in order to receive a link to the program:</span></span></div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;font-family:Avenir"><br></div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;font-family:Avenir"><a href="https://wp.unil.ch/geographiesofcare/conference-registration/" rel="noopener noreferrer" id="gmail-m_-1028293699495193339gmail-m_6809593179375137281gmail-LPlnk359818" target="_blank">https://wp.unil.ch/geographiesofcare/conference-registration/</a><br><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Avenir-Book,serif,EmojiFont;color:rgb(33,33,33)"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont"></span></span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont;color:rgb(33,33,33)"></span></div><p style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;font-family:Avenir"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont;color:rgb(33,33,33)"> </span></p><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;font-family:Avenir"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont;color:rgb(33,33,33)"><i>The first day there will be translations available for Spanish, French and English!</i></span></div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;font-family:Avenir"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont;color:rgb(33,33,33)">This event is sponsored by the Institute of Geography and Sustainability <span lang="FR-CH" style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Avenir-Book,serif,EmojiFont"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont">(</span></span><span lang="FR-CH" style="font-size:13px;font-family:Avenir,serif,EmojiFont"><a href="https://www.unil.ch/igd/fr/home.html" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont;color:blue">IGD</span></a></span><span lang="FR-CH" style="font-size:12pt">)</span> and the Interfaculty Platform in Gender Studies at the University of Lausanne <span lang="FR-CH" style="font-size:12pt">(</span><span lang="FR-CH" style="font-size:13px;font-family:Avenir,serif,EmojiFont"><a href="https://www.unil.ch/plage/fr/home.html" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont;color:blue">PlaGE</span></a></span><span lang="FR-CH" style="font-size:12pt">).</span>.<br></span></div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;font-family:Avenir"><br></div><p style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;font-family:Avenir"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont;color:rgb(33,33,33)"> </span></p><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;font-family:Avenir"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Avenir-Book,serif,EmojiFont;color:rgb(33,33,33)"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont">Best regards,</span></span></div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;font-family:Avenir"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Avenir-Book,serif,EmojiFont;color:rgb(33,33,33)"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont"><br></span></span></div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;font-family:Avenir"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Avenir-Book,serif,EmojiFont;color:rgb(33,33,33)"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont">Miriam Tola with </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont">Marianna Fernandes, Christophe Mager, Simone Ranocchiari and Silvia Wojczewski (and the support of Thaïs Hobi et Louisa Malatesta), UNiversité de Lausanne, Switzerland</span></span></div></div><div><br></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div name="divtagdefaultwrapper" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:16px;margin:0px"><img src="https://drive.google.com/uc?id=0B3_A6DH1l5VJMTFsSFZWVF9seXM&export=download" width="96" height="48"><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>