Online booklaunch of the recently published book Relational Caring and Presence Theory in Health Care and Social Work: A Care-Ethical Perspective, elaborating the thesis that no form of care, help, or support can do without a relational core, with the risk that seekers of help feel abandoned. Continue reading RELATIONAL CARING: A SOFT VOICE IN TRANSFORMING SOCIETY
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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
Through the Eye of the Needle. Next steps for care ethics
Between 2014 and 2020, care ethicist Frans Vosman († 2020) wrote several articles in which he explained the need for next steps within care ethics. Some of these were mentioned in our introduction to his article Taking Refuge in the Arts (Vosman, 2016). We now add another article.
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Personal memories of Frans Vosman (1952-2020)
On June 18, 2020 during an international Zoomsession, Professor Andries Baart spoke the words as quoted below.
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Relational Caring and Presence Theory
The newly published book Relational Caring and Presence Theory in Health Care and Social Work: A Care-Ethical Perspective addresses a deep and globally felt dissatisfaction, among citizens in general but also among professionals. Continue reading Relational Caring and Presence Theory
Social Distancing
We speak of social distancing, yet of course that is not what is really going on. The transmission of the corona virus is being slowed down – or so experts are telling us and why would we not believe them? – by a package of measures being imposed upon us:
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