Brendan
Churchill

Authored by: A Francisco, M Evans, B Churchill

The gig economy is where individuals and businesses provide work for an on-demand workforce either online or in-person. It is an attractive alternative for both men and women when the traditional labour market no longer works. But it also presents challenges: it is a site where gender inequalities in the traditional workplace are reproduced.

Over 2.6 million Australians provide informal, unpaid care to a family member or friend who lives with a disability, long-term health condition, terminal illness, or frailty. Inevitably, all informal care experiences come to an end, though the circumstances may vary; for example, the person being cared for may recover or improve, others may take over caring duties, or caring may end in bereavement.

Over 2.6 million Australians provide informal, unpaid care to a family member or friend who lives with a disability, long-term health condition, terminal illness, or frailty. Former carers have been shown to experience profound aftereffects of caring, including poor health, loneliness, limited employment opportunities, and financial precarity.

This five-volume publication features contributions by over eighty authors from around the globe and casts a wide gaze across themes that are drawn from the works in the exhibition. Intended to operate in a broader setting than a traditional exhibition catalogue, the volume presents discourses from a variety of perspectives, including those of academics, journalists, literary figures, social commentators, artists and curators.