Globally, the COVID-19 pandemic has been an inflection point, bringing heightened awareness around the preparedness and resilience of public health systems in dealing with severe shocks. While the pandemic has...
Tag: vulnerability
Against Resiliency: An Ethnographic Manifesto
Using ethnography as an analytic tool to examine the concept of resiliency, we call for a shift in our practice and praxis. Research subjects and ethnographic practitioners are tired of working against and...
Toilet Talk: The Subtle Art of Awkward Research
https://player.vimeo.com/video/882744984?badge=0&autopause=0&player_id=0&app_id=58479 Imagine you are dealing with bladder or bowel problems, and while sometimes your life is joyful, you also sometimes struggle so much you feel you have to hide from others. How likely are you to have a...
Resisting Resilience: An Anthropologist’s Paradox
Resilience can be a tremendous asset to any individual’s ability to carry on despite difficulties. At the same time, revering resilience without a healthy amount of respect for emotional vulnerability—by which I...