Care in Practice: On Tinkering in Clinics, Homes and Farms (Matterealities / Verk?rperungen: Perspectives from Empirical) ... empirischer Wissenschaftsforschung) - Softcover

Annemarie Mol

 
9783837614473: Care in Practice: On Tinkering in Clinics, Homes and Farms (Matterealities / Verk?rperungen: Perspectives from Empirical) ... empirischer Wissenschaftsforschung)
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ISBN 10: 3837614476 ISBN 13: 9783837614473
Verlag: Transcript, 2010

Inhaltsangabe

In what way is 'care' a matter of 'tinkering'? Rather than presenting care as a (preferably 'warm') relation between human beings, the various contributions to the volume give the material world (usually cast as »cold«) a prominent place in their analysis. Thus, this book does not continue to oppose care and technology, but contributes to rethinking both in such a way that they can be analysed together. Technology is not cast as a functional tool, easy to control - it is shifting, changing, surprising and adaptable. In care practices all »things« are (and have to be) tinkered with persistently. Knowledge is fluid, too. Rather than a set of general rules, the knowledges (in the plural) relevant to care practices are as adaptable and in need of adaptation as the technologies, the bodies, the people, and the daily lives involved.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Annemarie Mol is Socrates Professor for »Social Theory, Humanism and Materialities« in the Department of Sociology & Anthropology of the University of Amsterdam. Ingunn Moser is Professor of 'Sociology' and Dean of the Department of Nursing of Diakonhjemmet University College in Oslo. Jeannette Pols is Senior Researcher in the 'Medical Ethics' section of the Department of General Practice of the University of Amsterdam.

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In what way is »care« a matter of »tinkering«? Rather than presenting care as a (preferably »warm«) relation between human beings, the various contributions to the volume give the material world (usually cast as »cold«) a prominent place in their analysis. Thus, this book does not continue to oppose care and technology, but contributes to rethinking both in such a way that they can be analysed together.Technology is not cast as a functional tool, easy to control – it is shifting, changing, surprising and adaptable. In care practices all »things« are (and have to be) tinkered with persistently. Knowledge is fluid, too. Rather than a set of general rules, the knowledges (in the plural) relevant to care practices are as adaptable and in need of adaptation as the technologies, the bodies, the people, and the daily lives involved.

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Verlag
Transcript
Erscheinungsdatum
2010
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
3837614476
ISBN 13 
9783837614473
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Taschenbuch
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1
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326
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