: : Author: Laura Haapio-Kirk, PhD researcher, UCL Anthropology. Laura is also a member of the Anthropology of Smartphones and Smart Ageing (ASSA) team. Fieldsite: Laura conducted fieldwork in […]
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A pandemic in a city of contradictions: care and surveillance in Rio
: : Author: Marina Frid, a postdoctoral researcher in Communication and Culture at UFRJ, Brazil. You can contact her at marina_frid@yahoo.com.br. Fieldsite: I am staying […]
Continue readingProtecting the locals from the virus (and from tourists)
: : Author: Andrea Friedmann Rozenbaum, anthropologist, University of Amsterdam alumna. You can contact her at andy.rozenbaum@gmail.com Fieldsite: In isolation in the north-coast of São Paulo […]
Continue readingAre we watching our neighbours or watching for our neighbours?
: : We are entering our third month of lockdown in Argentina and now -more than ever-, we are asked not to relax our focus […]
Continue reading“Covidiots” and caution tape: Care, surveillance, and the elderly in Singapore
: : Author: Kellynn Wee, Research Associate, Asia Research Institute (Singapore). She can be found on Twitter and contacted at kellynn.wee@nus.edu.sg. Fieldsite: This report draws from six weeks of ethnography […]
Continue readingTechnology as innovation and intrusion in the age of Covid-19
: : Author: Rina Arya is Professor of Visual Culture and Theory at the University of Huddersfield Fieldsite: Rina Arya’s research takes place from her […]
Continue readingSurveilling Caringly: Watchful Government Support in South Korea
: : Author: Julia Nagai, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) alumna. You can contact her at: nagaijuli@gmail.com Fieldsite: David Park*, my main research participant, is currently […]
Continue readingContact tracing or community control?: Social media reactions to guidelines in Phase One of the reopening of New Orleans
: : Author: Asad El Malik, PhD candidate in Intercultural Studies (Columbia International University – USA). You can contact him at asadelmalik@gmail.com Field site: In […]
Continue readingSpells of moral panic and flashes of pride: Digital Kinois’ engagements with the search for a COVID-19 cure
: : Author: Katrien Pype, associate professor, Institute for Anthropological Research in Africa, KU Leuven University (Belgium). She can be contacted at katrien.pype@kuleuven.be Fieldsite: Kinshasa, the capital […]
Continue readingCare and Surveillance in Ireland
: : Author: Daniel Miller, UCL Anthropology and Pauline Garvey, Maynooth University. Fieldsite: Ireland In this instance, the question of the balance between care and […]
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