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…
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Coronavirus and Social Isolation: 16 Insights from Digital Anthropology
GEORGIANA MURARIU Repost from Anthropology of Smartphones and Smart Ageing We recently conducted nine 16 month studies on the use of smartphones by older people, which is the main source of insights here. You can read more about the project here. Additional insights are also drawn from Daniel Miller’s The Comfort of People (Polity, 2017), a…