Precarity

Infrastructures of Wellbeing

Another webinar! Join us to learn about the link between geography, gender, and subjective well-being in Italy through research by Erica Aloè (Sapienza University of Rome), Roberta Di Stefano (Sapienza University of Rome), Marina Zannella (ISTAT), and Alessandra De Rose (Sapienza University of Rome).

🗓️ Friday, March 27, 2026
⏰12:00-1:15PM (EDT)
📍Online
🎫Registration free but required

The Courage and the Scourge of Caring: Coal Miners’ Earthquake Search and Rescue Work

The Soma coal miners translated their underground skills into life-saving care after the February 6, 2023, earthquakes, acting swiftly where the state failed. Using traditional mining techniques, they reinforced the rubble, creating moments of survival through expertise, solidarity, and sheer physical courage. Their intervention exposes how care under capitalism remains reactive—yet, when organized, it holds the potential to resist collapse and build a different future.