Send us a text Read this article here The Work We Do But Won’t Name Scholars who study labor have a term for work that involves “particularized knowledge and sustained personal attention.” They call it intimate labor. According to scholar Viviana Zelizer’s framework, this work includes things like shared secrets, bodily information, awareness of personal vulnerability, interpersonal rituals, and private languages. Read that list again. Now think about what happens in a massage therapy session...
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Send us a text Read this article here The Work We Do But Won’t Name Scholars who study labor have a term for work that involves “particularized knowledge and sustained personal attention.” They call it intimate labor. According to scholar Viviana Zelizer’s framework, this work includes things like shared secrets, bodily information, awareness of personal vulnerability, interpersonal rituals, and private languages. Read that list again. Now think about what happens in a massage therapy session...
Send us a textCorey Rivera and Cal Cates explore the existence of rubbing robots and how (unsurprisingly?) they prompt a critical examination of what defines massage therapy. This episode dives into what the robots can and cannot do, why they're happening now, and how you need a human to do massage therapy.Unreal Rubbing Robot ImagesMichael and Aubrey's PodcastAescapeAlex: Massage RoboticsPhill the Nightstand 2023 ISPA U.S. Spa Industry Study2024 ISPA U.S. Spa Industry Study Massage Cost Opti...
The Rub: a podcast about massage therapy
Send us a text Read this article here The Work We Do But Won’t Name Scholars who study labor have a term for work that involves “particularized knowledge and sustained personal attention.” They call it intimate labor. According to scholar Viviana Zelizer’s framework, this work includes things like shared secrets, bodily information, awareness of personal vulnerability, interpersonal rituals, and private languages. Read that list again. Now think about what happens in a massage therapy session...
