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Migration, technology and care: what happens to the body?

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Pages 407-420 | Received 03 Apr 2018, Accepted 31 Aug 2018, Published online: 01 Jan 2019
 

Abstract

Migration is a social phenomenon impacting upon family life and conceptualisations of care. Simultaneously, technological advances allow families to stay connected. Care issues in the context of disability and aging may affect family relationships and how families develop. What is little understood is how these issues in migrant families affect a ‘family life course’. We use the case of a South African family with a daughter who is deaf and has other impairments. We argue that when communication is foregrounded and other, embodied, aspects of family care are relegated to the background, we lose the opportunity to understand family care patterns. We relate our discussion to broader theoretical questions regarding the body and care in disability studies.

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Funding

This work was supported by the National Research Foundation [Grant Number MARC015].

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