Abstract

Monique Lanoix convincingly argues that what she calls ancillary work requires both communicative and strategic action. As she makes clear, in residential care communicative work is foundational both because strategic speech acts are not enough to fulfill the needs of either residents or care providers and because the space in which they live and work is a home; it is not a system but a lifeworld. As is the case with most interesting articles, this one prompts expansion and additional questions that further complicate the work. I raise some of them below with the goal of promoting further development of the complex issues she addresses. While there are multiple spaces for complementary discussion, I ..