Surveillance technologies (ST) such as video surveillance, GPS tags and movement sensors are increasingly being used in residential care for vulnerable people, even though they raise various concerns. What does morally good care with surveillance technologies entail? Continue reading Alistair Niemeijer about his PhD thesis ‘Surveilling Autonomy, Securing Care’
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Lecture: ‘Bodily and Social Vulnerability: a phenomenological perspective on the practice of care’
On 26 November 2014 prof. Christina Schües (Professor at the Institute for the History of Medicine and Science Research, University of Lübeck, Germany) held a lecture entitled ‘Bodily and Social Vulnerability: a phenomenological perspective on the practice of care’ . Continue reading Lecture: ‘Bodily and Social Vulnerability: a phenomenological perspective on the practice of care’
Practice Theories Conference 2014
On September 24th and 25th 2014 the Graduate School of the University of Humanistic Studies, Utrecht, the Netherlands presented a two-day conference on Practice Theories entitled ‘An Inquiry into theories of practice: Rethinking actors, materiality and organisations’. Continue reading Practice Theories Conference 2014
Lecture: ‘Bioethics and conflicts of care in the hospital arena’
On 19 November 2014 prof. Helen Kohlen (Professor of care policy at Philosophical-Theological University of Vallendar/Koblenz and Adjunct Professor at the University of Alberta) held a lecture entitled ‘Bioethics and conflicts of care in the hospital arena – How care ethics can (not) serve nursing issues’ . Continue reading Lecture: ‘Bioethics and conflicts of care in the hospital arena’
Lecture: ‘Empirical Grounded Ethics of Care: a methodological perspective’
On 3 December 2014 prof. Andries Baart (Chair Presence of Care, University of Humanistic Studies, Utrecht, The Netherlands) held a lecture entitled ‘Empirical Grounded Ethics of Care: a methodological perspective’ as part of a seminar series.
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Lecture: ‘Beyond autonomy: A relational perspective on an Ethics of Care’
On 12 November 2014 prof. Elisabeth Conradi (Baden-Württemberg Cooperative State University, Stuttgart, Germany) held a lecture entitled ‘Beyond autonomy: A relational perspective on an Ethics of Care’. Continue reading Lecture: ‘Beyond autonomy: A relational perspective on an Ethics of Care’