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Compiling a list of #Covid_19 readings for my Intro to Anthro students - they agreed that while they wanted to stick primarily to the topics outlined in the syllabus, they wanted some readings/discussion on the pandemic as well. Here are some that I'm sharing (short thread):
For background on anthropology and pandemics, @Ethnography911's article "Ebola at a Distance: A Pathographic Account of Anthropology's Relevance" (AQ 2017)
Two pieces from @somatosphere: Vincanne Adams' "Disasters and Capitalism... and Covid19" http://somatosphere.net/2020/disaster-capitalism-covid19.html/ and @antropologoDACA's "El Virus: A Contagion of Racism & How Networks of Care Can Stop It" http://somatosphere.net/2020/el-virus-a-contagion-of-racism-how-networks-of-care-can-stop-it.html/
@bicramrijal's piece "Social distancing in the times of coronavirus pandemic" from @anthrodendum: https://anthrodendum.org/2020/03/30/social-distancing-in-the-times-of-coronavirus-pandemic/
Hugh Gusterson's "What’s Wrong With “the Chinese Virus”?' from @SAPIENS_org https://www.sapiens.org/column/conflicted/coronavirus-name/
Two from Medical Anthropology: Oğuz Alyanak's "Faith, Politics and the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Turkish Response" https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/01459740.2020.1745482 and @raffaeta's "Another Day in Dystopia. Italy in the Time of COVID-19" https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/01459740.2020.1746300
Students will pick 2-3 articles to read and report back. I'm feeling grateful to everyone who has the presence of mind to write thoughtful, anthropologically informed analyses of the current moment. Feel free to add recommendations!
