Caring for the silkworm: Labour, affect and disease in sericulture practices

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Description

This essay explores the contingent caring relation between silkworms and Chinese farmers in feeding, hosting and doctoring practices. It analyses how proximity, chronic uncertainties, and silkworm’s biological, ecological and cultural attributes shape farmers’ caring labour, affect and knowledge.
PeriodMar 2021
Event title
ASA2021 (Association of Social Anthropologists of the UK): RESPONSIBILITY
Event typeConference
Degree of RecognitionInternational