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Mapping out the Affect of Covid-19 on Cancer Care in the UK: Reflections on a Changed Landscape
CLARA FABIAN-THEROND
As a medical anthropology PhD student my plan was to start ethnographic research, examining the socio-cultural impact of personalised therapeutics in the NHS colorectal and ovarian cancer treatment setting, in late spring. The arrival of coronavirus in the UK, however, halted this planned start date. Instead, over the last three or so months I have been at home working and thinking about how Covid-19 is impacting cancer patients and health professionals at the forefront of these developments.
From Transmutation to Strangeness: The House under Scrutiny
MARÍA FLORENCIA BLANCO ESMORIS
La Matanza, Buenos Aires, Argentina
The Making of a Paper Crisis: Coexisting with COVID-19 in Indonesia
GEGER RIYANTO
The COVID-19 pandemic is certainly far from over in Indonesia. In fact, as I write this piece (June 6th), the COVID-19 infections are constantly escalating. Each day we set a new record of infection numbers. However, many people do not feel like we are approaching a critical juncture of the pandemic. The public, for one, is not as vigilant compared to the first weeks after the first and second infections announced by the President.
The Case Against The ‘Singularity’
GRAHAM WILKES
The definition of a ‘Singularity’ is something with ‘an unusual or distinctive manner or behaviour’. Something, or an event, that is ‘out of the ordinary’. Something that can be perceived to be so rare that it doesn’t warrant serious consideration, even though its impact may be devastating. So, does that mean that we shouldn’t be prepared for such events? If not, why not? Are ‘Singularities’ real, or merely constructs of a risk-averse human culture?
Caring in the times of Corona
PARAS ARORA
How does one write about social isolation, mental health issues, and care work-induced fatigue in a local context already scarred with abandonment, loneliness and chronic caregiving? In what ways has the pandemic entered these contexts and what can we gain by attending to the pandemic’s mode of entry into already fragile lives?
The Virus And Fear: How Will We Deal With These Two Pandemics?
MARTA ABATEPAULO DE FARIA
Considered the most severe respiratory syndrome since the Spanish flu (an H1N1 pandemic) in 1918, which killed between 20 and 50 million people worldwide[1], the Covid-19 pandemic has been spreading fear and uncertainty in the population.
Lives and Deaths with Dementia During Covid-19: Our Shameful (But Hopefully Transformative) Post-Pandemic Legacy
CRISTINA DOUGLAS
“How do I escape from here?” The question took me by complete surprise. “This is a care home, Muriel. Your daughter brought you here because it’s safe for you.” Little did I know at that time, only about two months ago, that this will change so dramatically in a matter of weeks.
It’s More Than A Juxtaposition: On Discussing Black Lives Matter Demonstrations in the ‘Land of the Free’ and the COVID-19 Pandemic
TIFFANY LOERA
No te preocupes hija, estamos bien, my mom says reassuringly to me over the phone as we discuss the current state of the United States.
Pain and Plight of People with Disabilities during COVID-19 Pandemic: Reflections from Nepal
OBINDRA B. CHAND
Goethe wears a mask against COVID-19
INAYAT ALI
Did Johann Wolfgang von Goethe—the eminent German intellectual of the modern era—wear a mask in his lifetime?
Although the question is interesting, the answer is unknown. Nonetheless, during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, Goethe is wearing a mask–on his statue on Vienna’s renowned Ringstrasse (Ring Street), near to Austria’s National Opera House. Masks are certainly symbolic, and symbols are pregnant with multiple meanings, literal as well as metaphorical.
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