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Annemarie Mol & Ingunn Moser 
Care in Practice 
On Tinkering in Clinics, Homes and Farms

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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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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.
Language English ● Format PDF ● Pages 326 ● ISBN 9783839414477 ● File size 4.4 MB ● Editor Annemarie Mol & Ingunn Moser ● Publisher transcript Verlag ● City Bielefeld ● Country DE ● Published 2015 ● Edition 1 ● Downloadable 24 months ● Currency EUR ● ID 4063446 ● Copy protection Social DRM

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