Faltering care: why mothers experiencing homelessness in Dublin, Ireland, miss their childcare visits.

IF 1.5 4区 社会学 Q2 ANTHROPOLOGY
Hannah Lucey
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This paper takes as its focus the caregiving efforts of a group of mothers in Dublin who were homeless, struggling with addiction, and separated from their children. It explores their ongoing orientation towards their distant children, in terms of their affective longings, practical actions, and moments of faltering, for despite yearning for an ongoing role in their children's lives, many of my interlocutors struggled to maintain a consistent caregiving engagement. The paper argues that the halting nature of my interlocutors' caring efforts does not preclude the sincerity of their affective concerns for their children, and that if we only judge care based on practical action and output, we overlook the tough realities of caregiving on the ground. Moreover, appreciating this fluctuating pattern of caregiving is necessary to understanding my interlocutors' oscillating trajectories through homelessness and substance use, and how these trajectories were shaped by their vacillating relationship with hope. This paper thus introduces the concept 'faltering care': care which encompasses conjoined moments of lapsed practical action and sustained affective concern, but which nonetheless reflects the care provider's hopeful reach towards leading a moral life.

摇摇欲坠的照顾:为什么爱尔兰都柏林无家可归的母亲错过了他们的托儿服务。
本文以都柏林一群无家可归、与毒瘾作斗争、与孩子分离的母亲的照顾工作为重点。它从情感渴望、实际行动和犹豫不决的时刻等方面探讨了他们对远方孩子的持续取向,因为尽管他们渴望在孩子的生活中扮演持续的角色,但我的许多对话者都在努力维持一种持续的照顾参与。这篇论文认为,我的对话者在照顾孩子方面的努力是断断续续的,但这并不妨碍他们对孩子情感关怀的真诚,如果我们只根据实际行动和产出来判断照顾,我们就忽视了照顾孩子的艰难现实。此外,欣赏这种照顾的波动模式对于理解我的对话者通过无家可归和物质使用的摇摆轨迹,以及他们与希望的摇摆关系如何塑造这些轨迹是必要的。因此,本文介绍了“摇摇欲坠的护理”这个概念:护理包括了实际行动失败和持续的情感关注的结合时刻,但它仍然反映了护理提供者对领导道德生活的希望。
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