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100 1 _aAhlin, Tanja.
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245 1 0 _aCalling family :
_bdigital technologies and the making of transnational care collectives /
_cTanja Ahlin.
260 _aLondon:
_bRutgers University Press,
_c2023.
300 _axii, 193 pages :
_billustrations ;
_c24 cm.
490 0 _aMedical anthropology: health, inequality, and social justice
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 171-187) and index.
520 _a"How do digital technologies shape how people care for each other and, through that, who they are? This is a particularly pertinent question today, as technological innovation is on the rise while increasing migration is introducing vast distances among family members. The situation has been additionally complicated by the Covid-19 pandemic and the requirements of physical distancing, especially for the most vulnerable - older adults. Based on ethnographic fieldwork with families of migrating nurses from Kerala, India, Calling Family explores how digital technologies shape elder care when adult children and their aging parents live far apart. Coming from a country in which appropriate elder care is closely associated with co-residence, these families tinker with smartphones and social media to establish what care at a distance could be and how it should be done to be considered good. Through the notion of transnational care collectives, this book uncovers the subtle workings of digital technologies on care across countries and continents when being physically together is not feasible. Calling Families is an excellent entry point into a better understanding of technological relationality which can only be expected to further intensify in the future"--
650 0 _aOlder people
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_zIndia.
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650 0 _aAdult children of aging parents
_zIndia.
_933754
650 0 _aFamiles
_zIndia
_xPsychological aspects.
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