Intensive Geographien – die Versorgung von extremen Frühgeburten in Deutschland aus praxistheoretischer Perspektive
<p>In Germany each year, more than 65 000 children are born prematurely as ‚preterm infants‘ (or ‚preemies‘). Some 4500 of these are born extremely premature. Despite being sites of enormous human suffering und huge financial costs, the places of treatment of these babies are alm...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | deu |
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Copernicus Publications
2018-11-01
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| Series: | Geographica Helvetica |
| Online Access: | https://www.geogr-helv.net/73/321/2018/gh-73-321-2018.pdf |
| Summary: | <p>In Germany each year, more than 65 000 children are born prematurely as
‚preterm infants‘ (or ‚preemies‘). Some 4500 of these are
born extremely premature. Despite being sites of enormous human suffering und
huge financial costs, the places of treatment of these babies are almost
non-existent in societal discourse. Therefore, the aim of this article is to
understand this place, the so-called ‚NICUs‘ – Neonatal Intensive
Care Units, places that seem isolated from the rest of society, but are
tightly connected to it.</p><p>In order to reach this aim, a ‚dense description‘ of a single NICU
in Germany will be given, based on a stay of 5 months by the author. The
underlying perspective of that dense description is the practice theoretical
approach of social philosopher Theodore Schatzki.</p><p>The description of the NICU shows that corporeality, materiality, and not
least emotionality are important aspects of social phenomena. As will be
seen, the underlying practice theory is a relational ontology that resists
the urge to draw on micro-macro-dichotomies to understand these phenomena.</p> |
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| ISSN: | 0016-7312 2194-8798 |