Petra Schaftenaar, member of the research network Critical Ethics of Care, presents a summary of the results of her PhD-thesis Aiming at contact. Relational caring and the everyday interaction as effective principles in clinical forensic care (2018) in the following article. Continue reading Aiming at contact. Relational caring and the everyday interaction as effective principles in clinical forensic care
Category Archives: Academic Exchange
Perception, an Art?!
On April 17th 2018, professor Andries Baart (NL) gave a lecture about how the Arts can contribute to a better perception of care (practices).
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Petr Urban: Enactivism and Care Ethics
In early January, the Institute of Cognitive Science – University of Osnabrück organised an interesting presentation by Petr Urban (Prague, Czech Academy of Sciences) on Enactivism and care ethics: Foregrounding the relational domain. Continue reading Petr Urban: Enactivism and Care Ethics
Masterclass Normative Professionalisation
Critical Ethics of Care organized its annual Masterclass on November 8 2018, ‘Normative Professionalisation: searching for the good – dedicated professionals between complexity and scarcity’. Introductions were given by professor Gaby Jacobs, lecturer Mariël Kanne and care ethics consultant & counselor Michael Kolen. Continue reading Masterclass Normative Professionalisation
Contested care – how to approach it in a care-ethical way?
German, Canadian and Dutch academic teachers and students came together in a workshop on care ethics which was organized at the university of Vechta (Germany) on June 15, 2018. Continue reading Contested care – how to approach it in a care-ethical way?
Bach and Care Ethics
Has Bach got anything to do with care ethics? Yes, indeed, so I will argue. Although he was a composer of the Early Eighteenth Century, living in the context of protestant Germany, his sacred vocal work can be understood in a way that from a care ethical point of view still has significance for people in present-day society. Continue reading Bach and Care Ethics