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September 5, 2025Feminist Encounters A Journal of Critical Studies in Culture and PoliticsOpen Access

Therapy-Poesis: Prosthetic Care for Damaged and Undamaged Bodies

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LGLona GaikisWLWalter LunzerBRBarbis Ruder

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Overview

Transdisciplinary project investigates aesthetic experience in arm prosthesis wearers, highlighting psychological impacts.

Key Points

  • The study reveals that the experience of wearing an arm prosthesis is more aesthetic than functional.
  • Participants expressed profound psycho-physical implications, challenging the healthcare industry's conventional views.
  • This analysis employs a transdisciplinary approach, incorporating insights from philosophy, medical design, and performance art.
  • Findings suggest a need for reevaluation in prosthetics development to better address emotional and aesthetic concerns.

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Gaikis et al. (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/68bb49cc6d6d5674bccffb33https://doi.org/10.20897/femenc/16782
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