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ICAF BOOK TIP: CARE AESTHETICS by JAMES THOMPSON

We are continuing our ICAF Tip series, this time with a reading recommendation; James Thompson’s “Care Aesthetics. For Artful Care and Careful Art”, published this year by Routledge. “What if the work of a nurse, physio, or homecare worker was designated an art, so that the qualities of the experiences they create became understood as aesthetic qualities? What…

The ICAF Platform Media Library and Archive is currently in development. If you have recommendations for books, films, music, podcasts or more that you think should be featured in this space, please contact amy@icafrotterdam.com. Thank you.

In the meantime, you can enjoy the selection of texts and films we have already been collecting for our library.

Media Type	Title	Author	File
Report	Big hART’s Acoustic Life of Zinc in the Netherlands	Eugene van Erven	Here
Report	Mainstream Meets Neighbourhood: Community Opera in Barcelona	Eugene van Erven	Here
Short film Short film	La Gata Perduda Performance Documentation (Community Opera) Acoustic Life of Zinc Performance Documentation (Big hART)	Eugene van Erven Eugene van Erven	Here Here