Care in Practice: On Tinkering in Clinics, Homes and Farms

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 analyzed 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.Annemarie Mol is socrates professor for social theory, humanism and materialities in the department of sociology & anthropology at the University of Amsterdam.Ingunn Moser is a professor of sociology and dean of the department of nursing at Diakonhjemmet University College in Oslo.Jeannette Pols is a senior researcher in the medical ethics section for the department of general practice at Th e University of Amsterdam.