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The Slightest Attachment: When Psychiatric Spaces Enact Affinities
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Abstract While the disciplinary architecture of hospitals has long prevailed in psychiatry, many care teams now work in smaller structures, within communities. The author explores one of these places: Drawing on fieldwork in a psychiatric day center for teenagers, she traces how spatial arrangements matter i... view more
While the disciplinary architecture of hospitals has long prevailed in psychiatry, many care teams now work in smaller structures, within communities. The author explores one of these places: Drawing on fieldwork in a psychiatric day center for teenagers, she traces how spatial arrangements matter in the care practice. From a corner in which one can withdraw, to a kitchen inviting to hang around, or displayed artworks that pique one's curiosity, caregivers use the material environment to stir up the slightest affinity from teenagers. This study thus expands our idea of what attachment is, and makes us more able to recognize the subtle dynamics between care, things, and spaces. With a preface by Jeannette Pols.... view less
Classification
Sociology
Free Keywords
Care; Architecture; Community Psychiatry; Attachment; Space; Society; Medicine; Sociology of Medicine; Sociology of Culture; Sociology
Document language
English
Publication Year
2023
Publisher
transcript Verlag
City
Bielefeld
Page/Pages
190 p.
Series
VerKörperungen/MatteRealities - Perspektiven empirischer Wissenschaftsforschung, 27
DOI
https://doi.org/10.14361/9783839465561
ISSN
2751-2886
ISBN
978-3-8394-6556-1
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed