[Online] Caring at the Hospital Bedside: Thinking with and beyond Hochschild in the Emotion Practice of Nursing by Dr. Marci Cottingham
Part of 'The Emotional Turn in Contemporary Public and Academic Debates' lecture series
- Date
- 6 October 2020
- Time
- 10:45 -12:15
| Abstract: | This talk focuses on the distinct contribution of sociology to how we conceptualize emotion and the strengths and limits of Hochschild's emotion management framework in the context of nursing. As other scholars note, a focus on emotion management can limit our ability to understand how social forces shape not just the management of emotion but also its emergence from social contexts and interactions. Unlike psychological approaches that emphasise universality, sociological approaches emphasise the inherently context-specific nature of emotions as felt, expressed and managed. Looking to the case of nursing, we can see how a number of social factors - such as race, gender, years of experience and unit environments - shape what and how nurses feel on the job. I draw on nurse audio diaries to illustrate how we might incorporate emotional labor and emotion practice perspectives into the study of care work. |
| Speaker: |
Dr. Marci Cottingham is assistant professor of sociology at the University of Amsterdam. Her work examines emotion and inequalities broadly and in connection with healthcare and biomedical science. She is interested in how our emotions are shaped by social connections and our positions in social hierarchies (social class, gender, race) and occupations. Her prior research has focused on the emotional labor of men in nursing and the ways in which individual men and healthcare organisations reconcile masculinity with a caring profession. Her other projects have examined the emotional dynamics of sports fandom, sexual assumptions in clinical trials and healthcare, and the emotional dimensions of risk. |
| Zoom link: | Access the lecture. |
| Meeting ID: | 946 5206 2849 |
| Zoom password: | emotionauc |
| Convenor: | Dr. Maxim Kupovykh |