Guided Tour: Women's Paid and Unpaid Labor through Fotoarchiv Blaschka Photography

This guided tour explores the realities of women's work, focusing on the balance between paid employment and unpaid caregiving. It utilizes press photographs from the 1950s and 1960s, specifically from the Fotoarchiv Blaschka, to discuss the visibility of women's labor then and now.

This guided tour, titled "Führung: Alles Arbeit. Frauen zwischen Erwerbs- und Sorgetätigkeit, Fotoarchiv Blaschka 1950–1966," delves into the societal discourse surrounding women's work, touching upon concepts like the 'Gender-Pay-Gap,' 'part-time trap,' 'poverty in old age,' and 'care work.' It highlights the fundamental role of women's unpaid or poorly paid caregiving activities in the functioning of society and economy. The tour invites participants to reflect on the relationship between paid, precarious, and unpaid labor, using press photographs from the Styrian press archive Blaschka from the 1950s and 1960s. Through these images, the discussion aims to address the (in)visibility of female labor, both in the past and in the present.

The tour lasts approximately 60-90 minutes. The tour fee is € 4.50 per person, or € 3.50 for concessions, plus museum admission. Admission is free on Thursday evenings from 6 PM to 8 PM. Tickets are available at the museum's ticket counter due to limited participant numbers. Further information on opening hours and prices can be found via the provided link.