David Somekh and Caroline Whyte spoke with Mark Garavan, who is a senior lecturer in Social Care at the Atlantic Technological University and the author of the recently-published book ‘Care’. Topics discussed include the double-edged role of technology, the power of dominant narratives -  including those concerning inequality and economic growth - modernity’s quest to eliminate all suffering, and the adaptability of human beings.

David Somekh and Caroline Whyte spoke with Mark Garavan, who is a senior lecturer in Social Care at the Atlantic Technological University and the author of the recently-published book ‘Care’. Topics discussed include the double-edged role of technology, the power of dominant narratives - including those concerning inequality and economic growth - modernity’s quest to eliminate all suffering, and the adaptability of human beings.

Care and the wellbeing economy

This series of podcasts is a collaboration between Feasta and the European Health Futures Forum. 

Feasta is an open-membership think tank whose aims are to identify the characteristics  - economic, cultural and environmental -  of a truly sustainable society, articulate how the necessary transition can be effected and promote the implementation of the measures required for this purpose. While rooted in Ireland, Feasta has international membership and its focus is often on the global-level systemic changes that we believe to be vital to our future.

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This series of podcasts is a collaboration between Feasta and the European Health Futures Forum. Feasta is an open-membership think tank whose aims are to identify the characteristics - economic, cultural and environmental - of a truly sustainable society, articulate how the necessary transition can be effected and promote the implementation of the measures required for this purpose. While rooted in Ireland, Feasta has international membership and its focus is often on the global-level systemic changes that we believe to be vital to our future.

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