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23/03/20
 
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„Witnessing Corona“ is inviting contributions of max 2000 words that address questions of: – Social solidarity and moral blaming – Living a life in social and/or physical isolation – Unequal biosocial and/or psychological vulnerabilities – Political-economic implications for healthcare infrastructures – Historically contingent forms, possibilities, and risks of governmental intervention – And a host of […]
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Kennedy Mkutu Agade
28/03/20
Watching Coronavirus in Kenya
Here in Kenya the sun is shining and a beautiful breeze is blowing through the house. But the house is where we have been, and largely stayed for over a week now since 16th of March, when schools closed and most families kept their children home. If it is somewhat frustrating for us, how must it […]
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Moisés Kopper
27/03/20
Silent Encroachments
Counting and grappling with Covid-19 in unequal Brazil
Life, as we know, has been abruptly disrupted. In Brazil, talk about the coronavirus and the mechanics of contagion and containment come into contact with political exasperation and make salient the contours of the country’s deep-seated social and economic inequality. The politics of virus recognition—whether the virus is actually discernible and should be taken seriously—has […]
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Yanyin Zi
26/03/20
Observations from Japan
In general Compared to the Chinese “lockdown”, it is business as usual in Japan, almost as if nothing has happened. Since many Japanese people wear masks as protection against flu and/or hay fever, during the transition from winter to spring, it is now difficult to tell whether or not they are wearing masks because of […]
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Gerda Kuiper
25/03/20
Impressions from Lindi, Tanzania
Whereas other parts of the world were already in turmoil because of the new corona-virus, Lindi in Tanzania was until a few days ago as tranquil as ever and Tanzanians were minding their everyday business. There were occasional jokes and discussions about the virus. When looking at the stern measures taken elsewhere, some did already […]
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Gil Hizi
23/03/20
Kölner Corona
This Corona thing is not quite comparable to any memorable situation. The anthropologist’s mind attempts to reach insights about social responses to this crisis, but there are few constants in this equation. Even stories I hear from friends and family back home do not ring familiar. This leaves me wondering to what degree my experience […]
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Brandaan Huigen
23/03/20
‘Stay on your continent!’
Coronavirus and the alarm of European spread in South Africa
When the first cases of infection started to appear in southern Germany, Jens Spahn, the Federal Minister of Health, was optimistic about the ability of German health authorities to contact trace and isolate infected persons (n-tv, 2020). Everyday life would continue while specialist tracer teams were hard at work. The borders would certainly remain open. […]
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Curare Editorial Team
23/03/20
Curare Corona Diaries Project
Call for Diaries in the Strict Sense of the Term
In the meantime the diaries are published at: https://boasblogs.org/curarecoronadiaries/ The editorial board of „Curare. Journal of Medical Anthropology“ is planning a special issue on the current corona pandemic. For this purpose, we are collecting ethnographic material written down as (auto-)ethnographic diaries, which record what is happening in one’s own environment. This is perhaps a unique […]
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Witnessing Corona Editorial Team
23/03/20
Witnessing Corona
„Witnessing Corona“ is inviting contributions of max 2000 words that address questions of: – social solidarity and moral blaming – living a life in social and/or physical isolation – unequal biosocial and/or psychological vulnerabilities – political-economic implications for healthcare infrastructures – historically contingent forms, possibilities, and risks of governmental intervention – and a host of […]
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