As my summer wraps up, I am beginning to think more and more about the aspects of this experience that I thought went very well for me, and other aspects that I wish had been different. I loved having the connections with the women of SEDOAC, if not just for personal reasons, I think the…
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The Downward Flow of Discourse
Due to the nature of SEDOAC’s work, it was impossible to get one-on-one time with the women during the meetings, and they all worked full hours during the week, and did not have free time to sit down and talk about interviews. What I decided to do to compensate for this was to use an…
Self-Defense and Solidarity
For my last unprompted blog post, I was inspired to branch out a bit from what I have been focusing on for my research, and it has actually led me to some new conclusions about what SEDOAC does that matters most to their members. A couple weeks ago, SEDOAC had an even that focused on…
Delving Into Comparisons
At the start of my research, my goal was to inform my experiences working with SEDOAC through my experiences with Domestic Workers United (DWU), a similar organization in New York. A large difference between the two organizations is that SEDOAC focuses its work around Latinx female migrant domestic workers, while DWU focuses its work around…
Mapping Solidarity
SEDOAC is an interesting organization to map out, because they do not have an office or a traditional workspace. Therefore, there do not have a “home base” from which to map, or a set location for their events or for their members to convene. This is partly because all of the members of SEDOAC have…
Labor Unions and the “Right to the City”
As I have previously explored, SEDOAC has a complicated relationship with the groups it is most similar to, other organizations that work towards advancing domestic workers’ rights. SEDOAC also has a complicated relationship within general labor movements and far left-wing movements within Spain, where they often wish to align themselves with labor movements so that…
Individual Goals and Collective Movements
SEDOAC works within the “field” of domestic workers rights throughout Spain. Over the past week, I have been able to see exactly how SEDOAC works within this context, and how a coalition of different domestic workers can work together as a collective movement in order to reach a wider audience and have a bigger influence….
Sources, Intersectionality, and Confirmation Biases
Over the past few weeks starting my research, I have begun to develop a solid list of sources to aid me in my research. At this point, I am mostly relying on academic articles and portions from books. Because there is a lack of research surrounding domestic workers, I have found that the best research…
The Context Surrounding SEDOAC – Race, Gender, and Class
Rather than focus on the history of Madrid while researching the context in which I am doing my research, I elected to focus on the history of domestic workers specifically throughout Spain. More importantly, why domestic workers are abused in Spain, and the roots that lead to the oppressions of domestic workers in Spain. The…
