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HISTORY 547S · also PUBPOL 547S

The Political Economy of Care: Sustaining Households, Communities, and Environments

Jocelyn H. Olcott

Description from DukeHub

This seminar explores the ways that ideas about political economy have informed the value that societies place on various forms of care, including for non-human environments, for social and cultural practices that connect societies, and for members of those societies who are unable to care for themselves. It is connected to an ongoing working-papers seminar that forms part of the Revaluing Care in the Global Economy research project. This seminar is open to graduate students and advanced undergraduates and can serve as a capstone for History majors.

Skills

  • writingdescription: "writing" and 1 more

AI-resilient: 2 of 5

  • No: Physical, lab or field work
  • No: Live work with people
  • Yes: Judgment someone is accountable for · "ethical"
  • No: A craft you practice with your hands or body
  • Yes: Small, in-person format · seminar, 15 seats per section

The checks lean on Microsoft Research, Working with AI (2025), which found generative AI applies least to physical work and hands-on work with people. A signal, not a promise. How the score works

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