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)
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Research Seminar on Care for Life and the Common Good
Estela Roselló Soberón is the general coordinator of the Research Seminar on Care for Life and the Common Good at the research institute Centro de Ciencias de la Complejidad (C3) of UNAM, National Autonomous University of Mexico. She introduces the research programme of this Research Seminar. Continue reading Research Seminar on Care for Life and the Common Good
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)
Becoming a care ethical institution
The vice chancellor of North-West University (NWU), Optentia Research Focus Area, in South Africa invited prof. Baart during his last visit (Feb.-March 2020) to deliver an academic lecture about the question how the NWU could be (more fully) a care ethical university. Continue reading Becoming a care ethical institution
CERC 2025 Conference: Care, Aesthetics, and Repair
The third international Care Ethics Research Consortium (CERC) conference explores the intersections of art, aesthetics, and care, examining how the creative and caring practices of artists, practitioners, care workers, scholars, activists, and others shape our worlds and inspire new directions in care ethics and theory. Continue reading CERC 2025 Conference: Care, Aesthetics, and Repair
Meaning in Spiritual Care
Gaby Jacobs, member of the research network Critical Ethics of Care, presents a summary of her inaugural lecture Meaning in Spiritual Care (2020) in the following article.
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