Covid-19 riskscapes: viral risk perceptions in the African Great Lakes

Storer, Liz, Dawson, Katherine and Fergus, Cristin ORCID: 0000-0002-7819-2087 (2022) Covid-19 riskscapes: viral risk perceptions in the African Great Lakes. Medical Anthropology, 41 (4). 387 - 403. ISSN 0145-9740

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Abstract

In this article we explore Covid-19 riskscapes across the African Great Lakes region. Drawing on fieldwork across Uganda and Malawi, our analysis centers around how two mobile, trans-border figures – truck drivers and migrant traders – came to be understood as shifting, yet central loci of perceived viral risk. We argue that political decision-making processes, with specific reference to the influence of Covid-19 testing regimes and reported disease metrics, aggravated antecedent geographies of blame targeted at mobile “others”. We find that using grounded riskscapes to examine localised renditions of risk reveals otherwise neglected forms of discriminatory discourse and practice.

Item Type:	Article
Official URL:	https://www.tandfonline.com/journals/gmea20
Additional Information:	© 2022 The Authors
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Subjects:	R Medicine > RA Public aspects of medicine > RA0421 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine H Social Sciences > HV Social pathology. Social and public welfare. Criminology
Date Deposited:	01 Mar 2022 13:15
Last Modified:	17 Apr 2024 20:06
URI:	http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/113881

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