Anthropology Department, Amsterdam Institute for Social Science Research (AISSR), University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Cult Med Psychiatry. 2019 Jun;43(2):236-255. doi: 10.1007/s11013-018-9613-8.
Building on insights from science and technology studies-inspired anthropological research on reproduction, this paper uses a praxiographic approach to analyze homebirth midwifery practices in Germany. I show that such practices are syncretic, and that techniques of routinizing and multiplying obstetrical interventions are combined in more or less coherent ways to configure pregnancies and births as physical, emotional, and social becomings. In the process of attending, homebirth bodies learn to co-respond to each other, to the midwifery techniques, and to the homebirth environment. Understanding how and with which aims midwives and women invest in those longterm engagements specific to homebirth surroundings may inform clinical practices.
本文运用科学技术研究启发的人类学生殖研究中的行动者网络理论，以一种实践论的方法分析德国的家庭分娩产中护理实践。我表明，这些实践是融合的，将例行化和倍增产科干预的技术以或多或少连贯的方式结合起来，将妊娠和分娩配置为身体、情感和社会的形成过程。在护理过程中，家庭分娩的身体学会相互配合，配合产中护理技术和家庭分娩环境。理解助产士和女性如何以及出于何种目的投资于家庭分娩环境特有的长期参与，可能为临床实践提供信息。
