{"title":"Alexandra Middleton","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAlexandra Middleton\u003c\/strong\u003e crafts insightful works that delve into the dynamics of human connection and communication. Her books, such as \u003cem\u003eThe Connector\u003c\/em\u003e, offer thoughtful perspectives on building meaningful relationships and navigating social networks.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eRooted in \u003cem\u003eEducation \u0026amp; Reference\u003c\/em\u003e, Middleton’s writing blends practical guidance with engaging storytelling, making her titles valuable resources for readers seeking to understand the power of interpersonal bonds in personal and professional life.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"the-connector-by-alexandra-middleton-9781478033745","title":"The Connector","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eThe Connector\u003c\/em\u003e, Alexandra Middleton examines how the frontiers of experimental medical science are always the everyday lived experiences for patients and their families and communities. Drawing on fieldwork and interviews conducted in Swedish labs and clinics that develop neuromusculoskeletal prostheses, as well as in the homes of patients enrolled in clinical trials as they live with these new forms of prosthetics, Middleton shows how patients’ sensory experiences and domestic worlds become key spaces of scientific knowledge production that extend well beyond their visits to the lab.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThrough storytelling that centres the patients’ embodied knowledge and labour, along with the scientists who work closely with them, Middleton depicts how “connection” entails inhabiting the liminal space between ideation and materialisation, a space punctuated not only by breakthroughs and breakdowns, but the slow work of the everyday. \u003cem\u003eThe Connector\u003c\/em\u003e critically examines where biomedical innovation, scientific discovery, and the “cutting edge” come from in ways that foreground the importance of the domestic spaces in which experimental science takes place.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47934299668716,"sku":"9781478033745","price":347.51,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781478033745-the-connector.jpg?v=1783910385"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.pro\/collections\/alexandra-middleton.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}