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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.
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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Editorial 2
Contents 5
Care: putting practice into theory 7
On recognition, caring, and dementia 27
Care and killing Tensions in veterinary practice 57
How to become a guardian angel Providing safety in a home telecare service 73
Care and disability Practices of experimenting, tinkering with, and arranging people and technical aids 93
Now or later? Individual disease and care collectives in the memory clinic 119
Animal farm love stories About care and economy Telecare What patients care about 141
When patients care (too much) for information 195
Care and its values Good food in the nursing home 215
Good farming Control or care? 235
Varieties of goodness in high-tech home care 257
Perhaps tears should not be counted but wiped away On quality and improvement in dementia care 277
The syndrome we care for XPERIMENT! 301
List of authors 323