‘Monitoring vital signs or mediating loving care and connection: the social codes of new care technologies’

Ingunn Moser and Jeanette Pols – University of Oslo/University of Amsterdam:
Download power point presentation> Telecare_IMJP

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Notes written by students of Theo Vurdubakis -Department of Organisation, Work and Technology, Lancaster University:
Ingunn’s presentation focused upon the growing recognition of the need for a deeper understanding of care technologies and the complexities of material, social, [...]

Discussion

Why did Aibo go out of production? We don’t know.
Do carers really care? The Eros-Thanatos relation is more complicated. Hate is also mediated through these technologies. There are times in care when this happens.
To what extent does the telecare offer surveillance of care-work? What kinds of pre-emptive effects arise? Do they displace protection or [...]

Workshop 2 : CODES & CONDUCT starts tomorrow

I will be back in Lancaster on Monday to hear all about workshop 2: Codes and Conduct. Check out the tab to read more about the various subjects that will be discussed including the remote management of aged care, demonic media, hospitality management, airport passenger management, highways, hacker cultures and agriculture.

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