Covid-19 Riskscapes: Viral Risk Perceptions in the African Great Lakes
Covid-19 Riskscapes: Viral Risk Perceptions in the African Great Lakes
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Covid-19 风险景观：非洲大湖区的病毒风险认知
作者：
E. Storer;K. Dawson;C. Fergus
摘要 在本文中，我们探讨了整个非洲大湖地区的 Covid-19 风险状况。根据乌干达和马拉维的实地调查，我们的分析重点是卡车司机和移民商人这两个流动的跨境人物如何被理解为病毒风险的不断变化但核心的场所。我们认为，政治决策过程，特别是 Covid-19 测试制度和报告的疾病指标的影响，加剧了针对移动“其他人”的先前指责。我们发现，使用扎根的风险景观来检查风险的局部表现，揭示了其他被忽视的歧视性话语和实践形式。
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.