This paper extends understanding of the underground city and the workings of the urban backstage through a critical analysis of water infrastructure maintenance and repair. It is based on analysis of ethnographic work undertaken with water maintenance operatives on-site at 11 water infrastructure repair jobs between 2015 and 2016 in Bristol, England. In this paper we argue that water infrastructure maintenance and repair constitutes an important but largely unrecognized form of care work. We extend existing conceptual work by arguing that nonhumans can be vital participants within practices of care.

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照料地下：在城市水基础设施维护和维修中通过照料关系进行思考

本文通过对水基础设施的维护和维修进行批判性分析，扩展了对地下城市和城市后台工作原理的理解。它基于对2015年至2016年间在英格兰布里斯托尔进行的11个水利基础设施维修工作现场水利维护人员进行的人种学工作的分析。在本文中，我们认为水基础设施的维护和修理构成了重要的但基本上未被认可的护理工作形式。我们认为非人类可以成为护理实践中的重要参与者，从而扩展了现有的概念性工作。