CAMILA RUIZ SEGOVIA Night had fallen at the coastal state of Veracruz, Mexico, when a group of men kidnapped Luis Guillermo, 29. He was an independent businessman by day and a DJ by night, according to Lucía, his mother. The date was June 28, 2013. Nearly seven years after he went missing, his whereabouts remains…
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2009 Mexico Swine Flu – 2020 Italy Covid19: How I Experienced A Double Quarantine
SARA SALVATORI In this article, I will briefly describe my experiences during the two pandemics, swine flu and COVID-19, when I accidentally lived through quarantine in the most affected countries: Mexico in 2009 and Rome, Italy. When in 2008 I decided to go to Mexico to undertake fieldwork for my doctoral thesis, I could never…
Toward an Anthropology of ‘Foreign Bodies’: Migrant Health in the Age of Coronavirus
SCOTT SPIVEY PROVENCIO Invasion. Infestation. Contamination. Border closures. National lockdowns. Citizens only. Are we talking about the coronavirus pandemic or worldwide migrant and refugee ‘crises’? Every day, news headlines keep pouring in surrounding the mass proliferation of COVID-19, an entity that respects no borders. Doctors and politicians keep pushing for the halting of mobility and…
Same Virus, Different Temporalities: Anticipations From Mexico
LAURA MONTESI 21st of March – Oaxaca, Mexico – Day 5 of voluntary quarantine It’s the 21st of March and the official epidemiological record in Mexico reports 203 confirmed cases of Covid-19, 606 suspicious cases, and 2 deaths. Compared with the 47,021 cases of people detected with SARS-Cov-2 in Italy or the 19,980 in Spain…
Type 2 diabetes: It’s time for a justice-based model of prevention: Insights from ethnography
Dr. Laura Montesi In May 2019, an interdisciplinary conference that explores the history, cultures and sociopolitical configurations of the Americas will take place in Perugia, Italy. Drawing on my ongoing ethnography of diabetes in Mexico, particularly among rural, indigenous communities, I will participate with a conference paper entitled “Type 2 diabetes: It’s time for a…