If you are interested in Care and the State, or perhaps even what a caring state means, consider joining the open panel ‘Caring States’ at the International Political Science Association meeting at Luiss Guido Carli in Rome, Italy, from 24-28 July 2027. Continue reading CARE AND THE STATE: CALL FOR PAPERS
Art in Care: a care-ethical perspective (Part I)
This is the first part of a two-part series in which editor Tessa Roberts-Smorenburg explores the different connections between art and care from a care-ethical perspective. How they can enhance the ability of observing and perceiving in complex care situations, as found in her own clinical practice concerning oncology treatment in a specialized hospital. Continue reading Art in Care: a care-ethical perspective (Part I)
Art in Care: a care-ethical perspective (Part II)
This is the second part of a two-part series in which editor Tessa Roberts-Smorenburg explores the relationship between art and care from a care-ethical perspective. Building on the reflections developed in Part I, she examines several presentations from the international forum The Art of Observation: How Art Improves the Skills of Healthcare Personnel in Rome (November 20-21, 2024) and relates them to questions of observation, uncertainty, and power in contemporary oncology care. Continue reading Art in Care: a care-ethical perspective (Part II)
On The Art of Disguising Suffering
While graduating as a student in Humanistic Studies and Political Philosophy, Sylwin Cornielje was charmed by the critical studies, that care ethics engaged in. By any means, these studies involve the question of what ‘a good society’ means from a variety of different disciplines and outlooks. As Sylwin Cornielje describes it, care ethics – more specifically the way in which he came to learn of it – at that time practiced political theory, including a small ethical theory. Continue reading On The Art of Disguising Suffering
Remembering Virginia Held (1929–2026)
Care ethicist Joan Tronto shared sad news on the International Care Ethics Forum. One of the eldest and most famous participants, Virginia Held, has passed away at the age of 96 on May 26, 2026. Continue reading Remembering Virginia Held (1929–2026)
Being vulnerable is what we all share
Dutch journalist and writer Stevo Akkerman recently interviewed member of the Ethics of Care webteam and care ethicist Jeannet van de Kamp for the national Dutch newspaper Trouw about her PhD thesis Disguised Suffering.
The caption of the article reads “We have to face the reality that being vulnerable is our common ground.” Akkerman puts the focus in his article on only a small portion of the encompassing dissertation of Van de Kamp, e.g. her description of a contemporary hospital.
As even there human suffering is being disguised in manifold ways, this fact by itself illustrates in her opinion a wider phenomenon in our Western society. Continue reading Being vulnerable is what we all share