EPISODE · Aug 14, 2020 · 39 MIN
Socially Distanced?
from Being Human · host Public Anthropologists
In this week’s episode, host Dr Jennifer Cearns is joined by Professor Noel Salazar (University of Leuven), Dr Costanza Currò (University of Helsinki), and Dr Julius-Cezar MacQuarie (Central European University) to discuss the idea of ‘social distancing’: a term many of us have suddenly become familiar with in the light of COVID-19. What does it mean to socially distance oneself? What does that look like? And what are the ramifications of this at a societal and individual level? In this episode we set out to unpack some of these questions. Our guests come to these questions from some pretty diverse research backgrounds: Prof. Salazar’s research focuses upon ideas of mobility and immobility, which you can read more about here: https://soc.kuleuven.be/immrc/cumore Dr Currò’s research interests also look at ideas of 'being stuck'. Her current work looks at hospitality in prison, as part of the ERC-funded project “Gulag Echoes in the ‘multicultural prison”, which you can find out more about here: https://blogs.helsinki.fi/gulagechoes/ Dr MacQuarie’s work considers groups of people who are marginalised from mainstream society through their working practices. His research centres upon ‘night ethnography’, which you can find out more about here: https://nightworkshop.myportfolio.com/ To subscribe to the Being Human Show, search for ‘Being Human’ in your preferred podcast player, or find us over on our RSS feed . This podcast is produced by Jennifer Cearns and Laura Haapio-Kirk, and edited by Antónia Gama, in partnership with the Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland. All rights reserved.
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In this week’s episode, host Dr Jennifer Cearns is joined by Professor Noel Salazar (University of Leuven), Dr Costanza Currò (University of Helsinki), and Dr Julius-Cezar MacQuarie (Central European University) to discuss the idea of ‘social distancing’: a term many of us have suddenly become familiar with in the light of COVID-19. What does it mean to socially distance oneself? What does that look like? And what are the ramifications of this at a societal and individual level? In this episode we set out to unpack some of these questions. Our guests come to these questions from some pretty diverse research backgrounds: Prof. Salazar’s research focuses upon ideas of mobility and immobility, which you can read more about here: https://soc.kuleuven.be/immrc/cumore Dr Currò’s research interests also look at ideas of 'being stuck'. Her current work looks at hospitality in prison, as part of the ERC-funded project “Gulag Echoes in the ‘multicultural prison”, which you can find out more about here: https://blogs.helsinki.fi/gulagechoes/ Dr MacQuarie’s work considers groups of people who are marginalised from mainstream society through their working practices. His research centres upon ‘night ethnography’, which you can find out more about here: https://nightworkshop.myportfolio.com/ To subscribe to the Being Human Show, search for ‘Being Human’ in your preferred podcast player, or find us over on our RSS feed . This podcast is produced by Jennifer Cearns and Laura Haapio-Kirk, and edited by Antónia Gama, in partnership with the Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland. All rights reserved.
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Socially Distanced?
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