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Introduction to the special issue: Organizing domestic work: The limits of regulations in the wake of the ILO Domestic Workers Convention

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Anthropology of Work Review Pub Date : 2025-01-15 DOI: 10.1111/awr.12278

Cati Coe, Alana Lee Glaser

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Pedagogies of awareness and subterfuge: The interpretive labor of domestic worker organizing in Buenos Aires

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Anthropology of Work Review Pub Date : 2025-01-12 DOI: 10.1111/awr.12279

María Lis Baiocchi

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Farewell note from outgoing co-editor, Mythri Jegathesan

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Anthropology of Work Review Pub Date : 2025-01-09 DOI: 10.1111/awr.12280

Mythri Jegathesan

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Roundtable discussion: Domestic worker organizing in Latin America and beyond

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Anthropology of Work Review Pub Date : 2024-12-27 DOI: 10.1111/awr.12277

María Lis Baiocchi, Cati Coe, Friederike Fleischer, Brandon Hunter-Pazzara, Erynn Masi de Casanova, Dario Valles

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“You don't need money to give alms”: The protective capacity of faith and spiritual kinship among domestic workers in Zanzibar

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Anthropology of Work Review Pub Date : 2024-12-27 DOI: 10.1111/awr.12274

Jessica Ott

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Failure of formalization: State protection of employer interests and consequences for domestic workers' organizing in India

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Anthropology of Work Review Pub Date : 2024-12-17 DOI: 10.1111/awr.12276

Maansi Parpiani

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Failed schemes of relatedness in domestic work: Filipina domestic workers in Greece

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Anthropology of Work Review Pub Date : 2024-12-17 DOI: 10.1111/awr.12275

Pinelopi Topali

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“I have nothing to complain about”: The limits of law in mitigating everyday violence in domestic workers' lives

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Anthropology of Work Review Pub Date : 2024-12-11 DOI: 10.1111/awr.12273

Friederike Fleischer

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Recognizing work: Respect and professionalism among activist domestic workers following passage of the New York City Domestic Worker Bill of Rights

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Anthropology of Work Review Pub Date : 2024-12-11 DOI: 10.1111/awr.12272

Alana Lee Glaser

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Borders, labor, and beyond: Collective reflections on Harsha Walia's writing, activism, and influence on the anthropology of work 边界、劳动和超越：关于哈沙-瓦利亚的写作、活动以及对工作人类学的影响的集体思考

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Anthropology of Work Review Pub Date : 2024-06-07 DOI: 10.1111/awr.12269

Stephen Campbell, Adrian D. Godboldt, Elise Hjalmarson, Seth M. Holmes, Saida Hodžić, Natasha Raheja, Gerardo Rodriguez Solis, Arjun Shankar, Jennifer E. Shaw

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