Consequences of the Covid-19 crisis on Social Inequalities and Convivial Relations in Three Paraguayan Border Cities

Covid-19 危机对巴拉圭三个边境城市社会不平等和欢乐关系的影响

• 批准号: 468330077
• 负责人: Professor Dr. Sergio Costa
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: Lateinamerika-Institut (LAI)
• 依托单位国家: 德国
• 项目类别: Research Grants
• 财政年份: 2021
• 资助国家: 德国
• 起止时间: 2020-12-31 至 2022-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gepris.dfg.de/gepris/projekt/468330077?language=en
• 关键词: Consequences; Covid; 19; crisis; Social

Building on previous theoretical elaboration, the research project explores how the COVID-19 pandemic and its containment measures have affected different convivial spheres (family, neighborhood, public spaces) and the dynamics of production and reproduction of social inequalities in the three most important border cities of Paraguay: Asunción (the capital city), Ciudad del Este, and Encarnación. These are the main crossing points between Paraguay and its border countries (Argentina and Brazil), however, the level of integration and interrelation of these cities with their foreign neighbors varies widely. While Ciudad del Este relies heavily on border trade to keep its economy running, Asunción does not. Encarnación, for its part, occupies an intermediate position, relying both on border trade and the agro-industrial sector. Along these lines, the impact that border closures have had on the economy and convivial interactions in these cities differs from one case to the other. The project will combine a quantitative approach (survey) and a qualitative one (focus groups), allowing to identify different impacts of the containment measures regarding factors such as gender, social stratum, ethnicity, and region. By focusing on Paraguay, the project enables a deeper understanding of how people in countries with high levels of inequality, elevated degrees of informality and lack of social security were affected by Covid-19 containment measures, and how the population organized to cope with these difficult circumstances. The results will not only offer a description of the situation in the selected cities but will also make it possible to compare how the closure of borders affected their inhabitants, inviting further discussions of different models of integration in border regions.

在先前理论阐述的基础上，该研究项目探讨了COVID-19大流行及其遏制措施如何影响巴拉圭三个最重要的边境城市的不同欢乐领域（家庭，邻里，公共空间）以及社会不平等的生产和复制动态：亚松西翁（首都），埃斯特城和恩卡纳西翁。这些是巴拉圭与其边境国家（阿根廷和巴西）之间的主要过境点，然而，这些城市与外国邻国的一体化和相互关系水平差异很大。虽然埃斯特城严重依赖边境贸易来维持经济运行，但亚松西翁却并非如此。Encarnación处于中间地位，既依赖边境贸易，也依赖农工业部门。沿着这些路线，关闭边界对这些城市的经济和欢乐互动的影响因情况而异。该项目将结合联合收割机的定量方法（调查）和定性方法（重点小组），以便确定遏制措施对性别、社会阶层、种族和区域等因素的不同影响。该项目以巴拉圭为重点，使人们能够更深入地了解高度不平等、非正规程度较高和缺乏社会保障的国家的人民如何受到COVID-19遏制措施的影响，以及人民如何组织起来科普这些困难的情况。调查结果不仅将说明选定城市的情况，而且还将比较关闭边界对居民的影响，从而进一步讨论边界地区不同的一体化模式。