Open AccessMy Throat “Tickles”
Author(s) -
Maja Klausen,
Anette Grønning
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
conjunctions
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2246-3755
DOI - 10.7146/tjcp.v8i1.123038
Subject(s) - typology , perspective (graphical) , sociotechnical system , danish , sociology , vitality , public relations , knowledge management , political science , computer science , linguistics , philosophy , theology , artificial intelligence , anthropology
THIS ARTICLE INVESTIGATES THE MULTIPLE WAYS IN WHICH BODIES PRESENT THEMSELVES IN EMAIL CONSULTATIONS (ECONS) BETWEEN PATIENTS AND GENERAL PRACTITIONERS (GPs). THE DATA STEM FROM A LARGER QUALITATIVE RESEARCH PROJECT ON DIGITAL CONSULTATION IN DENMARK, FOCUSING ON THE 65+ AGE GROUP. OUR ANALYSIS DEPARTS FROM A SOCIOTECHNICAL PERSPECTIVE BY CONSIDERING THE INTRODUCTION OF THE TECHNOLOGY IN QUESTION – THE ECON BETWEEN THE PATIENT AND GP – AS CREATING NEW CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR PARTICIPATION IN AND THE EXCHANGE OF COMMUNICATION WITHIN THIS RELATIONSHIP. OUR ANALYSIS LEADS TO A SIX-CATEGORY TYPOLOGY OF BODIES IN AFFECTIVE DISCOURSE IN ECONS: SENSATIONS, EMOTIONS, COUNTINGS, MEDICATION, VISUALS AND MOVEMENTS. THE ANALYSIS BRINGS TOGETHER A THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVE, THE MUTUAL SHAPINGS OF THE SOCIAL AND TECHNOLOGICAL, WITH AN AFFECTIVE PRACTICE-BASED APPROACH. THE ECON PRODUCES WHAT WE CALL AN “UNRULY DATA VITALITY”, AS THE DATA ARE ACCESSED AND RECOMBINED IN THE LARGER DIGITAL ECOSYSTEM OF THE DANISH PRIMARY CARE SECTOR.