Care is ongoing attentive tinkering amid complex ambivalence, not straightforward apprehension.

Evidence

In contrast to an emphasis on public civilities, this commitment can be understood in terms of an ethic of care and joint commitment. Annmarie Mol and her colleagues define care as a practice of ‘persistent tinkering in a world full of complex ambivalence and shifting tensions’ (Mol et al., 2010, p. 14). Rather than assuming that others, or their experiences and challenges, can be apprehended in a straightforward way, practices of care involve an ongoing attentiveness, that generate situated forms of responsiveness,commitment and skill (cf. Tronto 1993; Sevenhuijsen 1998). — Farhan Samanani, Conviviality and its others, 55

Categorization

• DEFINE: Gives the working definition of ‘care’ — persistent tinkering — that anchors an ethic contrasting with public civility.
• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Farhan Samanani, Conviviality and its others: for a…, 55
• XREF: connects to: Attention slowly forms through care and constitutes the social bond — Yves Citton, The Ecology of Attention, 489

Broader Connections

• Attention slowly forms through care and constitutes the social bond #complicates (0.80) — Yves Citton, The Ecology of Attention, 489