Since the 1970s, Silvia Federici has been at the front line of the international feminist movement, first in Italy and then in the United States. In 1975, she founded the American branch of the activist group Wages for Housework. Since then, Federici has been living and teaching in New York. Her writings have become a fundamental reference for feminist groups demanding the recognition of full labor rights for domestic workers worldwide. Lilian Chee is an Associate Professor at the National University of Singapore Department of Architecture. Her research investigates topics such as public housing, domesticity, and how gendered divisions of labor affect the production of space. 

Silvia Federici converses with Lilian Chee on domestic work and the role of architecture in processes of emancipation.

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