Chapter on “Worker Co-operatives”

Presented by Ada Reichhart,
for the Handbook of Forgotten Institutions at the international conference on “Forgotten Institutions. Utopian Archives and Democratic Futures”,
organised by Sara Gebh, post-doctoral fellow in the ERC Research Project “Prefiguring Democratic Futures. Cultural and Theoretical Responses to the Crisis of Political Imagination” (principal investigator: Oliver Marchart).

When? 28th-30th November 2024

Where? University of Vienna, Austria

https://predef.univie.ac.at/forgotteninst

“Penser la démocratie radicale à partir des Scop comme forme de vie coopérative au travail”

Paper given by Ada Reichhart,
at the “Ethnographies of Radical Democracy” conference,
organised by Federico Tarragoni (Prof. of Political Sociology – University of Caen/IUF), Pascale Devette (Ass. Prof. of Political Science – University of Montréal), Yohan Dubigeon (Ass. Prof. of Education Sciences – University of Saint Étienne), Audric Vitiello (Ass. Prof. of Political Science – University of Tours).

When? 6th-7th November 2024

Where? University of Caen, France

« Peut-on trouver du sens à l’activité de nettoyage ? Enquête dans une coopérative non-mixte et critique féministe du travail reproductif »

Paper given by Ada Reichhart,
at the conference on “The Meaning of Work” : Psychological, Social and Political implications of the Activity of Work.

When? 3rd-4th October 2024

Where? CNAM, Paris, France

https://lise-cnrs.cnam.fr/le-laboratoire/evenements-et-actualites-du-lise/evenements-scientifiques/le-sens-du-travail-enjeux-psychiques-sociaux-et-politiques-de-l-activite–1465959.kjsp

“One woman, one voice”: Women-run cooperatives and their struggle for democracy at work

Presented by Ada Reichhart,
at the “Gender(ed) Labor” conference,
organised by the Swiss Association for Gender Studies (SAGS).

When? 14th-15th September 2023

Where? University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland

“Feminist utopias at work: the example of a women-run worker cooperative”

Paper given by Ada Reichhart,
at the “New Work – New Problems? Gender Perspectives on the Transformation of Work” conference, organised by the Gender Studies Committee of the Swiss Sociological Association and Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts (LUASA).

When? 7th-8th September 2023

Where? Luzern, Switzerland

https://www.hslu.ch/de-ch/soziale-arbeit/agenda/veranstaltungen/2023/09/07/new-work-2023

“Women’s Self-Management & the Politics of Labour”

Talk given by Ada Reichhart.

Recognized for their transformative potential in democratizing labor relations, worker co-operatives are not just a men’s story. Women have also used these models to redefine workplace equality. Let’s explore how feminist ideals have taken shape in these concrete utopias!

When? 14th May 2024, 8 p.m.

Where? @ The People Bar – 7 Rue de la Krutenau, 67000 Strasbourg

https://pintofscience.fr/event/peut-on-rendre-le-travail-plus-humain

“Gender and Inequalities in Worker Co-operatives: Historical and Theoretical Overview of the WE-COOP Project”

Lecture given by Ada Reichhart, guest speaker for the Social Economy Chair at the University of Haute-Alsace.

When? 17th April 2024, 4-6 p.m.

Where? University of Haute-Alsace – Fonderie Campus

“What Is Meaningful About Cleaning Work?”

Paper given by Ada Reichhart,
at the “Workplace Democracy and Meaningful Work” workshop organised by Matias Petersen (Universidad de los Andes, Chile) & Joaquín Reyes (Universidad San Sebastián, Chile),
during the MANCEPT Workshops.

When? 4th-6th September 2024

Where? University of Manchester, U.K.