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‘Ebola is a business’: an analysis of the atmosphere of mistrust in the tenth Ebola epidemic in the DRC
dc.contributor.authorPark, Sung-Joon
dc.contributor.authorBrown, Hannah
dc.contributor.authorWema, Kennedy Muhindo
dc.contributor.authorGobat, Nina
dc.contributor.authorBorchert, Matthias
dc.contributor.authorKalubi, Josepha
dc.contributor.authorKomanda, Gaston
dc.contributor.authorMorisho, Nene
dc.date.accessioned2024-09-05T12:40:18Z
dc.date.available2024-09-05T12:40:18Z
dc.date.issued2022-10-06none
dc.identifier.other10.1080/09581596.2022.2128990
dc.identifier.urihttp://edoc.rki.de/176904/12110
dc.description.abstractThis paper examines the atmosphere of mistrust that permeated the response to the tenth Ebola epidemic in Eastern DRC (2018–2020). The concept of an ‘atmosphere of mistrust’ that we develop in this article directs attention to the elusive-yet-pervasive presence of mistrust in interactions between responders and communities during the Ebola epidemic. This analysis focuses on the popular notion that ‘Ebola is a business’. Our interviewees frequently used this saying during our research on the Ebola response to explain why mistrust had emerged, how it materialized, and against whom it was directed. Based on these interviews, we examine ‘Ebola is a business’ as a slogan that enabled people to voice mistrust. This slogan, as we aim to show, resonated with a wider atmosphere of mistrust that governed the emergency situation in Eastern DRC. In using it, people responded to their perceptions of mistrust whilst simultaneously perpetuating and extending this atmosphere of mistrust. Our analysis of the atmosphere of mistrust highlights the power of atmospheres in governing situations, mobilizing people, and disrupting structures of discrimination. It aims to contribute to a better understanding of the barriers inhibiting the collaborations between affected communities and responders, which are required to deliver effective epidemic responses. Moreover, we argue that voice and the atmosphere are important analytics for exploring the histories of mistrust that Ebola epidemics ask for.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.subjectebola epidemicseng
dc.subjectmistrusteng
dc.subjectatmosphereseng
dc.subjectDemocratic Republic of the Congoeng
dc.subject.ddc610 Medizin und Gesundheitnone
dc.title‘Ebola is a business’: an analysis of the atmosphere of mistrust in the tenth Ebola epidemic in the DRCnone
dc.typearticle
dc.identifier.urnurn:nbn:de:0257-176904/12110-3
dc.type.versionpublishedVersionnone
local.edoc.container-titleCritical Public Healthnone
local.edoc.container-issn1469-3682none
local.edoc.pages11none
local.edoc.type-nameZeitschriftenartikel
local.edoc.container-typeperiodical
local.edoc.container-type-nameZeitschrift
local.edoc.container-urlhttps://www.tandfonline.com/journals/ccph20none
local.edoc.container-publisher-nameTaylor & Francisnone
local.edoc.container-volume33none
local.edoc.container-issue3none
local.edoc.container-reportyear2022none
local.edoc.container-firstpage297none
local.edoc.container-lastpage307none
dc.description.versionPeer Reviewednone

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