Care in Practice: On Tinkering in Clinics, Homes and Farms (MatteRealities / VerKörperungen Download

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Care in Practice: On Tinkering in Clinics, Homes and Farms (MatteRealities / VerKörperungen: Perspectives from Empirical Science Studies)

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. Download Care in Practice: On Tinkering in Clinics, Homes and Farms (MatteRealities / VerKörperungen medical books for free.
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 ad Get Care in Practice: On Tinkering in Clinics, Homes and Farms (MatteRealities / VerKörperungen our bestseller medical books.

Care in Practice: On Tinkering in Clinics, Homes and Farms (MatteRealities / VerKörperungen Download

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 hus, 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 ad

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