Ethnographic fieldwork reveals how fathers adapt to diabetes care using technology, suggesting new forms of paternal engagement.
Fathers to children with type 1 diabetes increasingly engage with digital technologies that monitor and regulate their child's condition, yet the embodied and emotional dimensions of this care remain underexplored. Based on ethnographic fieldwork in Greece and Denmark, we show how diabetes technologies mediate new forms of paternal attunement, aligning care work with technological competence and culturally valued masculinities. Through routine device work and remote monitoring, fathers cultivate embodied and spectral forms of presence while navigating moments of connection and disruption.
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