Schadler Cornelia
University of Vienna.
J Fam Theory Rev. 2016 Dec;8(4):503-514. doi: 10.1111/jftr.12167. Epub 2016 Dec 1.
Within the past few decades, the configuration "family" has included diverse living arrangements, yet traditional definitions of family persist. Accordingly, family studies scholars have discussed research strategies and theoretical approaches to define the shifting boundaries of family. In this article I propose the approach of new materialism for a contemporary definition of family that focuses on situated processes and the complex interplay of material-discursive differentiation processes. This perspective enriches current debates on defining family by adding concepts of intracontextual posthuman practices and multilocal forms of agency to the discussion, thus allowing for a definition of family that helps make comprehensible today's ever-transforming configurations.
在过去几十年里，“家庭”这一结构涵盖了多样的生活安排，但传统的家庭定义依然存在。因此，家庭研究学者们探讨了界定家庭不断变化的边界的研究策略和理论方法。在本文中，我提出用新物质主义的方法来对家庭进行当代定义，该定义聚焦于情境化过程以及物质-话语分化过程的复杂相互作用。这一视角通过在讨论中加入情境内后人类实践和多地点行动形式的概念，丰富了当前关于家庭定义的辩论，从而得出一个有助于理解当今不断变化的结构的家庭定义。
