Browsing Institutt for tverrfaglige kulturstudier by Journals "Sociology of Health and Illness"
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DIY gerontechnology: circumventing mismatched technologies and bureaucratic procedure by creating care technologies of one's own
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)This study analyses ‘Do‐It‐Yourself’ (DIY) gerontechnologies and shows that they can be viable and valuable alternatives to ‘ready‐made’ gerontechnologies. Using the concept of innosumption, we analyze the work of care ... -
Ethics as ritual: smoothing over moments of dislocation in biomedicine
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)Applications of biomedical R&D currently imply substantial societal concerns. This paper explores, based on semi‐structured interviews with scientists in Norway, how biomedical researchers experience and tackle such concerns ...