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2020-12-15Zeitschriftenartikel
Ebola separations: trust, crisis, and ‘social distancing’ in West Africa
dc.contributor.authorBrown, Hannah
dc.contributor.authorMarí Saéz, Almudena
dc.date.accessioned2024-08-12T13:29:55Z
dc.date.available2024-08-12T13:29:55Z
dc.date.issued2020-12-15none
dc.identifier.other10.1111/1467-9655.13426
dc.identifier.urihttp://edoc.rki.de/176904/11889
dc.description.abstractThe Ebola outbreak in West Africa involved the introduction of new forms of social and physical separation that aimed to curtail the spread of the disease. People changed the ways they lived to avoid contact with those who might be sick. A suite of governmental instruments was introduced, ranging from by-laws and public health campaigns to the use of specialist treatment centres and military force. These events transformed social connections and affected possibilities for trust in intimate, governmental, and therapeutic relations. Drawing upon fieldwork in Sierra Leone, Liberia, and Guinea, this article explores these forms of separation and social distance ethnographically, with a focus on material objects, touch, and spaces of separation. In doing so, we contribute to discussions on the constitution of trust and distance within social relations, and the ways in which separation can enable certain kinds of closeness. Our analysis offers insights for those seeking to understand the impact of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic on the ways that people relate to, and care for, others.eng
dc.language.isoengnone
dc.publisherRobert Koch-Institut
dc.rights(CC BY 3.0 DE) Namensnennung 3.0 Deutschlandger
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/de/
dc.subject.ddc610 Medizin und Gesundheitnone
dc.titleEbola separations: trust, crisis, and ‘social distancing’ in West Africanone
dc.typearticle
dc.identifier.urnurn:nbn:de:0257-176904/11889-2
dc.type.versionpublishedVersionnone
local.edoc.container-titleJournal of the Royal Antropological Instistutenone
local.edoc.container-issn1467-9655none
local.edoc.pages21none
local.edoc.type-nameZeitschriftenartikel
local.edoc.container-typeperiodical
local.edoc.container-type-nameZeitschrift
local.edoc.container-urlhttps://rai.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/14679655none
local.edoc.container-publisher-nameJohn Wiley & Sons, Incnone
local.edoc.container-volume27none
local.edoc.container-reportyear2021none
local.edoc.container-firstpage9none
local.edoc.container-lastpage29none
dc.description.versionPeer Reviewednone

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