‘They all know how to use their phones at home!’ Normalising and undervaluing digital skills in complex social care work

Kendra Briken; Alina McCandless Baluch; Ian Cunningham

‘They all know how to use their phones at home!’ Normalising and undervaluing digital skills in complex social care work

Kendra Briken, Alina McCandless Baluch, Ian Cunningham

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Abstract

Gendered notions of the endless capacity to care have long reinforced the undervaluation of a largely female, low paid workforce in social care.

Original language	English
Type	Blog post
Media of output	Website
Publisher	Digital Futures at Work Research Centre
Place of Publication	Online
Publication status	Published - 19 Oct 2022

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