We are delighted to announce that the blog “Medical Anthropology” (Blog Medizinethnologie, https://www.medizinethnologie.
Its first contribution by Brandaan Huigen is entitled “‘Stay on your continent! Coronavirus and the alarm of European spread in South Africa” (https://www.
We are inviting further 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 other themes related to the Corona pandemic whose understanding will benefit from a (medical) anthropological perspective.
The contributions may range from theory- or ethnography-based articles to more personally tinged reflections in the form of a think piece. They can be in English or German. Pictures, drawings, small videos etc. are welcome (please provide captions and copyright information)!
Please send your contributions to medizinethnologie@gmail.com. We are very much looking forward to your submissions!
You can also follow us on social media:
- Medical Anthropology / Medizinethnologie Blog: @medethnoblog; https://www.facebook.com/
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Best wishes,
Hansjörg Dilger, Dominik Mattes, Ehler Voss, Martina Gockel-Frank, Clemens Greiner, Christine Rath
(on behalf of the “Witnessing Corona” editorial team)
Prof. Dr. Hansjörg Dilger
Institute of Social and Cultural Anthropology
Freie Universität Berlin
Landoltweg 9-11
14195 Berlin