abstract:

Assistive care technologies, developed to replace, support, or extend human capabilities and to address the surging demands of care, have been gaining prominence recently. The current trend summons a posthuman approach through decentering the privileged role of humans in several spaces of caregiving, such as hospitals and eldercare homes. The existence of these cutting-edge assistive technologies, exciting as they are, hints at a possible future when the distinction between humans and technology will be blurred, thus transforming care relations. However, these technological advances carry equal promises and dangers. While care robots may reduce the burden of caregiving, they also threaten to minimize human contact with vulnerable populations. This critical assessment reviews technological advances in care and close-reads several single-panel cartoons to theorize the impact of technologies on caring relations. The article also examines the neoliberal underpinnings of such technologies and the moral dangers of their unreflective use.

摘要：

辅助护理技术旨在取代、支持或扩展人类能力并满足不断增长的护理需求，最近越来越受到重视。当前的趋势呼唤一种后人类方法，通过将人类的特权角色分散到医院和养老院等多个护理空间中。这些尖端辅助技术的存在虽然令人兴奋，但也暗示着未来可能会模糊人类与技术之间的区别，从而改变护理关系。然而，这些技术进步同样带来希望和危险。虽然护理机器人可以减轻护理负担，但它们也可能会最大程度地减少人类与弱势群体的接触。这项批判性评估回顾了护理领域的技术进步，并仔细阅读了几幅单幅漫画，以理论化技术对护理关系的影响。文章还探讨了此类技术的新自由主义基础以及不加反思地使用它们的道德危险。