The many faces of contact on caring

Abstract

This paper emerged from a group experience about a theme related to human care: the contact. The experience is described, unveiling feelings and memories perceived while constructing the activity, building a concept of contact, here seen as one of the fundaments of human care. Human care was studied on an anthropological approach, lived in a group technique. Our meanings of contact were expressed with the words: senses, sensibility, representation, confidence, relationship. Each significance was worked and detailed since our concept of contact arose from the interrelation of them. Some theoretical reflection about the theme was done and constructs of this kind of care were elaborated, since it is considered one of the fundaments of human care.