Bringing Care and Maintenance Under the Same Skin: Deep Brain Stimulation and Temporalities of Care
Marilena Pateraki
Abstract:By following a posthumanist and Science, Technology and Society approach, this study analyzes technological care in deep brain stimulation for Parkinson's disease. The results are based on a survey of implanted patients with PD in Greece. I stress that, in implantation, the issue of functionality is paramount, but it also involves a "dance of agency", an interplay of actors and actants, while the "liveliness" of the technological parts imposes temporal and spatial constraints. I distinguish and analyze three m… Show more
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