Covidscapes: The Pandemic in the Philippines

This introductory essay develops the notion of Covidscapes, taking a cue from Arjun Appadurai. Despite mutations, a single type of coronavirus has gone around the world causing the Covid-19 disease. Yet experiences with the pandemic have varied widely across and even within countries for reasons tha...

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Main Author: Aguilar Jr., Filomeno V.;
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Published: Archīum Ateneo 2020
Online Access:https://archium.ateneo.edu/phstudies/vol68/iss3/1
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spelling ph-ateneo-arc.phstudies-10512024-08-07T03:42:03Z Covidscapes: The Pandemic in the Philippines Aguilar Jr., Filomeno V.; This introductory essay develops the notion of Covidscapes, taking a cue from Arjun Appadurai. Despite mutations, a single type of coronavirus has gone around the world causing the Covid-19 disease. Yet experiences with the pandemic have varied widely across and even within countries for reasons that go beyond the pathogen. The concept of Covidscapes captures the simultaneous sharing of a global phenomenon along with diversity and difference. Covidscapes are profoundly perspectival and disjunctive. State–societal factors suggest countries can have their own Covidscapes. The contributions in this issue shed light on the peculiar dynamics and contradictions of the Philippine Covidscape. KEYWORDS: COVID-19 • MIGRATIONS • HISTORY • STATE RESPONSE • MUTUALITY • ETHICS OF CARE 2020-10-28T07:00:00Z text application/pdf https://archium.ateneo.edu/phstudies/vol68/iss3/1 info:doi/10.13185/2244-1638.1051 https://archium.ateneo.edu/context/phstudies/article/1051/viewcontent/Covidscapes_20_5Bvol._2068_20nos._203_E2_80_934_20_282020_29_20287_E2_80_9399_5D.pdf Philippine Studies: Historical and Ethnographic Viewpoints Archīum Ateneo
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description This introductory essay develops the notion of Covidscapes, taking a cue from Arjun Appadurai. Despite mutations, a single type of coronavirus has gone around the world causing the Covid-19 disease. Yet experiences with the pandemic have varied widely across and even within countries for reasons that go beyond the pathogen. The concept of Covidscapes captures the simultaneous sharing of a global phenomenon along with diversity and difference. Covidscapes are profoundly perspectival and disjunctive. State–societal factors suggest countries can have their own Covidscapes. The contributions in this issue shed light on the peculiar dynamics and contradictions of the Philippine Covidscape. KEYWORDS: COVID-19 • MIGRATIONS • HISTORY • STATE RESPONSE • MUTUALITY • ETHICS OF CARE
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author Aguilar Jr., Filomeno V.;
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Covidscapes: The Pandemic in the Philippines
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title Covidscapes: The Pandemic in the Philippines
title_short Covidscapes: The Pandemic in the Philippines
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title_fullStr Covidscapes: The Pandemic in the Philippines
title_full_unstemmed Covidscapes: The Pandemic in the Philippines
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