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Abstract
The spread and growth of ubiquitous smart technology to deliver public
health outcomes, particularly within/at home, urgently requires greater
scholarly attention. This paper uses data from interviews with
professionals in Scotland who are designing and implementing
Technology-Enabled Care (TEC) for current and future homes.
Theoretically informed by both critical geographies of home and futures
scholarship, this paper presents a three-part framework –
“homes-that-are,” “homes-that-ought,” and “homes-to-be” – to explore the
techno-solutionist accounts of home, bringing to bear the messiness and
complexity of home, both its conceptualisation and experience. It
highlights prediction as an emerging form of anticipatory practice,
generating new questions and conceptualisations about the openness of
futures. Moreover, it demonstrates the importance of understanding the
underlying assumptions of those who make decisions when planning for
future TEC and housing; about who they imagine they are planning for,
and how diverse these futures are.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 108-122 |
Number of pages | 15 |
Journal | Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers |
Volume | 47 |
Issue number | 1 |
Early online date | 1 Aug 2021 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 1 Mar 2022 |
Keywords
- Futures
- Healthcare
- Home
- Scotland
- Technology
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Homes That Care: Smart Homes: Homes That Care: Exploring Health Smart Homes In Scotland
Reid, L. (PI)
The Royal Society of Edinburgh
19/08/19 → 1/06/21
Project: Standard
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Homes That Care: Homes That Care: How are Health Smart Homes Envisioned in Scotland?
Reid, L. (PI)
1/06/19 → 31/08/21
Project: Standard