Anthropology and pandemic: scales and concepts

Author(s)

Taniele Rui ^[1] ; Isadora Lins França ^[2] ; Bernardo Fonseca Machado ^[3] ; Gustavo Rossi ^[4] ; José Maurício Arruti ^[5]

Affiliation

^[1] Universidade Estadual de Campinas - Brasil

^[2] Universidade Estadual de Campinas - Brasil

^[3] Universidade Estadual de Campinas - Brasil

^[4] Universidade Estadual de Campinas - Brasil

^[5] Universidade Estadual de Campinas - Brasil

• Document type: Journal article
• Source: Horiz. antropol.; v. 27, n. 59, p. 27-47, 2021-05-03.

Abstract

Abstract Due to the profusion of intellectual responses to the Sars-Cov-2 pandemic, this article systematizes some publications carried out by humanities from March to June 2020. The proposal was initially thought of as content for undergraduate students and dealt with texts present in the volume Wuhan soup, on the n-1 website, the “CEMI Observatory - COVID-19” (Unicamp), the Anpocs Bulletin, and the anthropoLÓGICAS Epidêmicas website (UFRGS). Such production is marked by relatively short texts, in varied compositions, of fast writing and circulation. Some of them have an essayistic format, and others have an analytical approach. In this article, we discuss both the content and methodological perspectives of the material. We present a transversal reading of this production, suggesting two main thematic axes regarding 1) the problem of scale; 2) the problem of biopower and governments. With this effort, we emphasize the perspectives and concepts of social science to apprehend the contemporary world. (AU)

• FAPESP's process: 19/08713-2 - The "Truth" on stages -The use of "truth" as a category in educational institutions for actors and actresses
• Grantee: Bernardo Fonseca Machado
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Post-Doctoral