Volume 28 (2020): Issue 2 (May 2020)

in Social Anthropology/Anthropologie sociale

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EDITORIAL
Editorial
Editorial
FORUM ON COVID‐19 PANDEMIC
Introduction
Introduction
Waiting during the time of COVID‐19
Waiting during the time of COVID‐19
The COVID exception
The COVID exception
When rumours fly like helicopters
When rumours fly like helicopters
Towards more equitable global health research in a COVID‐19 world
Towards more equitable global health research in a COVID‐19 world
Raoult, social distancing and the rebelious French ‐ A reflection on COVID‐19 treatments online debates
Raoult, social distancing and the rebelious French ‐ A reflection on COVID‐19 treatments online debates
Viruses beyond epistemic fallacy
Viruses beyond epistemic fallacy
Pandemic vitality
Pandemic vitality
‘Home sweet home’
‘Home sweet home’
Times and metaphors of pandemics
Times and metaphors of pandemics
COVID‐19 and climate change reactions
COVID‐19 and climate change reactions
Dealing with the unexpected
Dealing with the unexpected
Overlapping values
Overlapping values
Citizenship after COVID‐19
Citizenship after COVID‐19
Visual art experience during the coronavirus pandemic
Visual art experience during the coronavirus pandemic
From wet markets to Wal‐Marts
From wet markets to Wal‐Marts
Home‐made biopolitics
Home‐made biopolitics
When the virus makes the timeline
When the virus makes the timeline
The microbiopolitics of a ‘total‐trans‐species’ social institution
The microbiopolitics of a ‘total‐trans‐species’ social institution
COVID‐19 and spatio‐temporal disjuncture in the experience of danger
COVID‐19 and spatio‐temporal disjuncture in the experience of danger
‘Virtual choirs’ and the simulation of live performance under lockdown
‘Virtual choirs’ and the simulation of live performance under lockdown
The China–US blame game
The China–US blame game
Disaster nativism
Disaster nativism
Life versus capital
Life versus capital
Touch in the new ‘1.5‐metre society’
Touch in the new ‘1.5‐metre society’
What does COVID‐19 distract us from? A migration studies perspective on the inequities of attention
What does COVID‐19 distract us from? A migration studies perspective on the inequities of attention
‘To all the anti‐vaxxers out there…’
‘To all the anti‐vaxxers out there…’
PlastiCorona
PlastiCorona
The COVID‐19 epidemic through a gender lens
The COVID‐19 epidemic through a gender lens
Business as Usual
Business as Usual
Science as a virulent myth archive
Science as a virulent myth archive
On the relationship between science and reality in the time of COVID‐19
On the relationship between science and reality in the time of COVID‐19
Compounded disasters
Compounded disasters
The nation‐state, class, digital divides and social anthropology
The nation‐state, class, digital divides and social anthropology
Viral living
Viral living
A return to class solidarity
A return to class solidarity
On epidemiological ruination
On epidemiological ruination
COVID‐19 Darwinism
COVID‐19 Darwinism
Fortifying breath in this moment of spray
Fortifying breath in this moment of spray
Contagion and memory
Contagion and memory
‘What is anthropology good for?’ Anthropologists working in public health interstices
‘What is anthropology good for?’ Anthropologists working in public health interstices
Pandemic vulnerabilities, mortality and empathy in fieldwork
Pandemic vulnerabilities, mortality and empathy in fieldwork
Quest for outsmarting fate
Quest for outsmarting fate
The enforced cooling down of an overheated world
The enforced cooling down of an overheated world
Pandemic … or syndemic? Re‐framing COVID‐19 disease burden and ‘underlying health conditions’
Pandemic … or syndemic? Re‐framing COVID‐19 disease burden and ‘underlying health conditions’
On viral concepts
On viral concepts
Youth in a viral age
Youth in a viral age
Corona conspiracies
Corona conspiracies
Partying at times of crises and pandemics
Partying at times of crises and pandemics
The legal void and COVID‐19 governance
The legal void and COVID‐19 governance
COVID‐19 as the primary agent
COVID‐19 as the primary agent
COVID‐19
COVID‐19
(In)human perspectives
(In)human perspectives
Reproductive health in the time of SARS‐CoV‐2
Reproductive health in the time of SARS‐CoV‐2
Ethnographic fieldwork quarantined
Ethnographic fieldwork quarantined
A GP, a virus and a patient
A GP, a virus and a patient
Whose responsibility? COVID‐19 in a homeless shelter in the UK
Whose responsibility? COVID‐19 in a homeless shelter in the UK
COVID‐19 and human–virus relationality
COVID‐19 and human–virus relationality
Containing the future shock
Containing the future shock
Religious returns, ritual changes and divinations on COVID‐19
Religious returns, ritual changes and divinations on COVID‐19
Public space during COVID‐19
Public space during COVID‐19
Ground glass
Ground glass
Material methods for a rapid‐response anthropology
Material methods for a rapid‐response anthropology
The national(ist) necropolitics of masks
The national(ist) necropolitics of masks
The Nation‐State after the Virus
The Nation‐State after the Virus
Living inside a globalised Panopticon
Living inside a globalised Panopticon
From sociality to social distancing
From sociality to social distancing
We need each other
We need each other
Coronavirus
Coronavirus
Taking matters into our own hands
Taking matters into our own hands
Citrus flower
Citrus flower
Definitions, differences and inequalities in times of COVID‐19
Definitions, differences and inequalities in times of COVID‐19
COVID‐19, dugnad and productive incompleteness
COVID‐19, dugnad and productive incompleteness
COVID‐19 and competitive markets of securitisation
COVID‐19 and competitive markets of securitisation
Metabolic publics
Metabolic publics
Jishuku, social distancing and care in the time of COVID‐19 in Japan
Jishuku, social distancing and care in the time of COVID‐19 in Japan
Looking into the past, living in the future
Looking into the past, living in the future
COVID‐19 testing and the Soviet biowarfare project
COVID‐19 testing and the Soviet biowarfare project
Reclaiming the social from ‘social distancing’
Reclaiming the social from ‘social distancing’
The myth of masks
The myth of masks
Mutating states
Mutating states
Imagining our futures in different keys
Imagining our futures in different keys
What does it mean to be a good neighbour?
What does it mean to be a good neighbour?
The challenge of breath
The challenge of breath
Fear of others
Fear of others
Qui habitat
Qui habitat
Anthropology and anthropologists in times of crisis
Anthropology and anthropologists in times of crisis
The coronavirus hit us strong
The coronavirus hit us strong
The Curve
The Curve
The anthropologist amidst and beyond
The anthropologist amidst and beyond
A pandemic in prisons
A pandemic in prisons
Letter from the (un)seen virus
Letter from the (un)seen virus
To value or re‐evaluate? On the anthropological perspective of a crisis
To value or re‐evaluate? On the anthropological perspective of a crisis
All in this together? Isolation and housing in ‘lockdown London’
All in this together? Isolation and housing in ‘lockdown London’
Document the quotidian transformations of the pandemic
Document the quotidian transformations of the pandemic
Urban vulnerabilities
Urban vulnerabilities
Data‐in‐terror
Data‐in‐terror
Underestimation/complacency
Underestimation/complacency
The anthropology of hot takes
The anthropology of hot takes
Where have the gatherings gone? Reweaving the social fabric in the time of pandemic and interpersonal distancing
Where have the gatherings gone? Reweaving the social fabric in the time of pandemic and interpersonal distancing
Rethinking states of emergency
Rethinking states of emergency
Local response to the global pandemic (COVID‐19) in Bangladesh
Local response to the global pandemic (COVID‐19) in Bangladesh
On the proximity of distancing
On the proximity of distancing
Teaching ethnographic methods under COVID‐19
Teaching ethnographic methods under COVID‐19
The border and the pandemic
The border and the pandemic
Care/punishment dilemma in COVID‐19 hospital treatment
Care/punishment dilemma in COVID‐19 hospital treatment
A pandemic is not a war
A pandemic is not a war
COVID‐19, malaria and animal spirits
COVID‐19, malaria and animal spirits
When a crisis is embedded in another crisis
When a crisis is embedded in another crisis
The pandemic present
The pandemic present
From sovereignty to governmentality and back
From sovereignty to governmentality and back
A poetic reflection on the COVID‐19 pandemic
A poetic reflection on the COVID‐19 pandemic
SPECIAL ISSUE ON CROSSING RELIGIOUS AND ETHNOGRAPHIC BOUNDARIES: THE CASE FOR COMPARATIVE REFLECTION
Introduction
Introduction
‘Living as Londoners do’
‘Living as Londoners do’
Crossing borders
Crossing borders
‘At least I am married’
‘At least I am married’
The shade of religion
The shade of religion
Religiosity and its others
Religiosity and its others
The comparative anthropology of religion, or the anthropology of religion compared
The comparative anthropology of religion, or the anthropology of religion compared
ARTICLES
Liquid crystal and the A1
Liquid crystal and the A1
Delighting in kinship
Delighting in kinship
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