Care in Critical Times

Harvard FAS

What is care? How do individuals and communities mobilize care as a form of social intervention, political resistance, and a foundation for intimacy, healing, and hope? In an era marked by profound social upheaval and global uncertainty, the imperative to care—for ourselves and for one another—has never been more urgent. Yet, care is not a neutral or purely personal practice; it is embedded in social structures, shot through with inequalities, and profoundly shaped by systems of power. This…