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Conceptualising 'materialities of care

Making Visible Mundane Material Culture in Health and Social Care Contexts

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ID2249355
AuthorsChristina Buse (0000-0002-0217-8238, Department of Sociology University of York, corresponding author), Daryl Martins (0000-0002-5685-4553, University of York), Daryl Martin (Department of Sociology University of York), Sarah Nettleton (0000-0002-5184-2764, Department of Sociology University of York)
Year2018
Volume40
Issue2
Pages243-255
Publication date2018-02-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueSociology of Health & Illness (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0141-9889 • E-ISSN: 1467-9566
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/1467-9566.12663
PMID29464775
OpenAlexW2787990707
LanguageEN
Citations received146
References cited47

Materialities of care' is outlined as a heuristic device for making visible the mundane and often unnoticed aspects of material culture within health and social care contexts, and exploring interrelations between materials and care in practice. Three analytic strands inherent to the concept are delineated: spatialities of care, temporalities of care and practices of care. These interconnecting themes span the articles in this special issue. The articles explore material practice across a range of clinical and non-clinical spaces, including hospitals, hospices, care homes, museums, domestic spaces, and community spaces such as shops and tenement stairwells. The collection addresses fleeting moments of care, as well as choreographed routines that order bodies and materials. Throughout there is a focus on practice, and relations between materials and care as ongoing, emergent and processual. We conclude by reflecting on methodological approaches for examining 'materialities of care', and offer some thoughts as to how this analytic approach might be applied to future research within the sociology of health and illness

Aesthetics · Health care · Materiality (auditing · Political science · Public relations · Social care · Sociology · Temporalities · Geographies of human-animal interactions · Law · Medicine · Nursing · Participatory Visual Research Methods · Qualitative Research Methods and Ethics

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Citation span2018 - 2026 (9)
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