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table of contents
  1. Cover
  2. Series Page
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright
  5. Contents
  6. Foreword
  7. Introduction
  8. Part I. Making Sense in Disaster
    1. Chapter 1. Epidemic Origins and Geographies of Blame in the Time of COVID-19
    2. Chapter 2. COVID-19 and Disaster Research: Continuities and Surprises
    3. Chapter 3. Not All Disasters Are Disasters: Pandemic Classification and Its Consequences
    4. Chapter 4. COVID-19 and the Politics of Surveillance in South Korea
    5. Chapter 5. The Politics of Producing Social Science Disaster Knowledge: From the COVID-19 Pandemic to the Cold War
  9. Part II. Disasters Compounding
    1. Chapter 6. A Crisis of Trust: Race, Policing, and Emergency Management in the United States
    2. Chapter 7. Understanding Race and COVID-19 in the United States: State Violence as Compound Disaster
    3. Chapter 8. The Effects of Reverse Migration on India’s Indigenous Communities Following the COVID-19 Lockdown
    4. Chapter 9. COVID-Cinema: Film and Media as Pandemic Archive in India
    5. Chapter 10. Misinformation and Conspiracies in COVID Times
    6. Chapter 11. COVID-19 Vaccine Politics and Policy in the United States: Implications for Democracy
    7. Chapter 12. Disaster Multiplied: COVID-19 Bereavement
    8. Chapter 13. Materialized Disaster: The COVID-19 Pandemic and Disposable Plastics
  10. Part III. Taking Care
    1. Chapter 14. Human-Animal Relationships and Extension of Care During the COVID-19 Pandemic
    2. Chapter 15. Accounting for Care in Times of Crisis
    3. Chapter 16. From Disaster to Exhaustion: The Politics of Care Work During the COVID-19 Pandemic
    4. Chapter 17. Extraction Is a Drug: A Brief Racial History of Pain, Policing, and Pandemics
    5. Chapter 18. Kids Care: Children’s Concerns and Recognition of Social Inequalities in the COVID-19 Pandemic
  11. Part IV. Coping with COVID Realities
    1. Chapter 19. Marked By Covid’s Memory Activism
    2. Chapter 20. Archiving a Pandemic: The Pandemic Journaling Project as an Experiment in Anticipatory Archiving, Grassroots Collaborative Ethnography, and Archival Activism
    3. Chapter 21. Mutual Aid, Tech, and the Problem of History
    4. Chapter 22. Long COVID Perspectives
    5. Chapter 23. Social Science Research Ethics Beyond 2020: Lessons to Learn for Institutions and Funders
  12. Epilogue. In COVID Times
  13. Contributors
  14. Index
  15. Acknowledgments

INDEX

ableism, 307–308

accessibility, 273, 342, 345; disability and accessibility, 310

accountability, 81, 198, 202, 205, 258, 265, 337; research and, 322–323, 325, 329, 341

Accredited Social Health Activist (India), 113

Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS), x–xii, 21, 160, 162, 224–226; advocacy and, 303, 305, 312, 320; blame and, 13, 23; origin myths for, 16

activism, xi, 5, 215, 231–232, 253, 264–265, 304–305; activist, 133, 204, 219, 225, 254, 258–259, 262, 264–265, 294, 325; disaster research and, 69–71, 273, 281, 342; See also disability activism, Marked By Covid

advocacy, 213–214, 264, 291; research and, 301–308, 311–312

agnotology, 1. See also conspiracy

animal: origin narratives of the COVID-19 and, 12–13, 15, 16, 18–19; spillover and, 20, 22; studies about animals during the COVID-19 pandemic, 179, 185–187; care and, 188–194

anti-immigration, 94–95, 229. See also migration.

archive: pandemic media and, 120, 122, 127; Pandemic Journaling Project and, 271–275, 280–282

asylum, 94–95

bereaved, 159–167, 237, 255, 262, 264; bereavement, 159–168, 201, 340

biopolitics, 193

Black Death, 20–21, 299, 355

Black Lives Matter, 77, 80, 231, 291–292. See also Floyd, George

care: care work, 4, 166, 193–194, 199, 204–205, 209–215, 219, 346–348; child, 40, 112, 113, 150, 153, 211–215, 339; disabled, 212, 215; elder, 215; ethics of, 346; politics of, 209, 216

China, 11–16, 18, 22, 30, 91, 94, 131, 223, 229, 356

citizen science, 303, 311. See also science communication

classroom, 281, 337, 342, 346, 349–350

climate change, 3, 19, 20, 22, 47, 71, 186, 218, 267; climate crisis, 261, 267, 357; climate disaster, 334

Cold War, 4, 64–67, 69–72, 77–78, 81, 83, 95, 202–203

coloniality, 66; colonialism, 92, 223, 318

conspiracy, 5, 19, 34, 42, 44, 129, 136, 142

COVIDCalls, 3, 7, 246, 344, 347, 353

dashboard, 198–199, 201–202, 206

democracy, 52, 92, 141, 154–155, 353

digital divide, 130, 336, 345

disability, 210, 213, 214, 217, 219, 230, 303–305, 310–312; disability activism, 303, 312

disaster relief, 78, 81, 83

Disaster Researchers for Justice, 350

discrimination, 39, 94, 308

disinformation, 2–3, 28, 30–31, 34, 129–131, 340. See also misinformation

disposability, 96, 171–175, 178

doctor, 39, 60, 90–91, 133–134, 175, 214, 229, 240, 342

Ebola, 13, 305–306

ecosystem, 20, 191, 232, 263; plastic and, 172, 175, 179

education, 39–40, 112, 122, 210–211, 214, 236, 238, 241–242, 278, 334; COVID-19 pandemic response and, 118, 338–339; (other) disasters and, 159, 167; inequality and, 97, 105, 108; mutual aid and, 289

emergency management, 37, 42–43, 46–47, 77–78, 81, 83–86, 135, 204, 337. See also US FEMA

epidemiology, 12, 16, 19, 22–23; epidemiologist, 96, 162, 175

equity, 78, 81, 86, 143, 164, 265, 280, 282, 310, 319–320, 323–324, 328–329, 348

essential worker, 4, 27, 142–143, 172, 216, 237, 255

ethnography: autoethnography, 253; collaborative, 270, 272; digital, 340; distance, 342

feminist scholarship, 68, 70, 186–187, 210, 217–218

Floyd, George, 71, 77, 91–92, 97–98, 222–227, 230–232, 277

governmentality, 65

Greenpeace USA, 175

grief, 91, 199, 259, 262, 264, 266, 283

hate speech, 58, 120

Hindu Pashupatinath temple, Kathmandu, Nepal, 191

Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV), xi, 16, 23, 131, 160, 162, 224–226, 228, 303, 305, 312, 320. See also AIDS

human rights, 52, 274

Hurricane Katrina, 2, 38, 45, 47, 80, 84, 96, 161, 245, 337, 350

Hurricane Sandy, 198, 287; Occupy Sandy movement, 291

inequality, 3, 6, 31, 33, 39–40, 66, 72, 77–78, 164, 200, 223, 236, 241, 246, 318–321, 327, 334–336, 344–346; structural inequality, 4, 71, 96–97, 114, 120, 122, 126, 232, 245, 255, 261, 329

infrastructure, 3, 42, 45, 77, 82–84, 93, 106, 161, 203, 320, 335; care and, 211–213, 267; communication infrastructure, 119, 346; health infrastructure, 96, 258, 260; social movement and, 287, 291; surveillance infrastructure, 52–53, 55–57; waste treatment and, 172–173, 176, 179 infodemic, 1, 42, 129. See also misinformation

injustice, 96, 178, 246, 254, 258, 261, 266, 308; environmental injustice, 97, 348. See also justice

insurance, 143, 145, 199, 275; health insurance, 213, 336

justice, 1, 84, 194, 245, 253–255, 261, 293, 307–308, 312, 333, 342; Disaster Researchers for Justice, 350; social science research and, 326–327, 329

labor union, 177, 288; teachers’ union, 211

Long COVID, ix, 5, 38–39, 66, 200–201, 212, 253; the origin of, 300–303; research and policy advocate, 304–312

marginalized group, x, 39, 81, 103, 110, 146, 245, 254–255, 258, 261, 267, 307–308, 319–320, 325–326

mask, ix, 3, 28, 30, 40, 43, 52, 106, 125, 141, 171, 186–187, 191, 217, 240, 243–244, 256, 291, 334, 337–339; blame and, 57–58; public demonstration and, 91; skepticism and, 5, 28, 129

memorial, x, 127, 255, 259–260, 262–263, 266; COVID Memorial Wall in UK, 206; memorialization, 5, 199, 350; National COVID Memorial in US, 254, 257

migration, 1, 231, 267, 335; migrant labor, 111–115, 119–120, 123–125, 127; reverse migration, 104–106, 108

misinformation, 2, 28, 30, 34, 41–42, 125, 129–132, 134–136, 154, 338

misogyny, 307

mortality, 31, 84, 114, 135, 162, 164, 199–202, 204, 222, 237, 255, 299, 311, 344

mutual aid, 4, 81, 83, 199, 204–206, 289–296

nationalism, 93

neoliberalism, 212–213

nurse, 39, 91, 93, 112, 240, 256, 347–349

pathogen, 9, 12, 13, 20–23, 27, 299, 300, 305, 306, 309; pathogen evolution, 21; pathogen spillover, 185, 186

personal protective equipment (PPE), 40, 44, 96, 122, 238, 258, 338

philanthropy, 325, 329,

Phra Prang Sam Yot temple, 191; Lopburi, Thailand, 192

plastics, 171–180. See also disposability

policing, 77–82, 86, 97, 202, 222–227, 230, 232, 294, 358

polio outbreak, 64, 65

pollution, 3, 66, 172, 175, 178–180, 318

postdisaster fieldwork, 68

posttruth, 26, 30, 31

privacy, 52, 56, 295, 307

public health, 2, 3, 26, 28, 30, 42–44, 54, 55, 59–61, 64, 94, 96, 97, 114, 130, 134–137, 142, 144, 154, 155, 164, 171, 173–175, 178, 180, 187, 200; mental health, 39, 64, 79, 118, 165, 201, 226, 236, 238, 239, 273, 275, 350; public safety, 55, 77, 118, 143, 173, 175

queer, 67, 229, 288, 340

racial bias, 79; racial capitalism, 91; racial disparities, 79, 97, 166; racial segregation, 80, 97, 225; racism, 66, 69, 70, 77–80, 82, 83, 91–94, 97–98, 166, 222, 258; Anti-Asian racism, 91; structural racism, 77–79, 83, 222, 258; systemic racism, 79

recycling, 174, 178; reusable, 174–175, 179

redlining, 80, 84, 97

research ethics, 318; research funding, 337, 349; research infrastructure; 161, 320

resilience, 72, 84, 115, 146, 167, 205, 212, 354, 357, 360

risk communication, 26–28, 30, 33–34, 134

sanitizer, 29, 125, 171, 178–179, 187

scientific knowledge, 174, 178, 304; science communication, 67

Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS), 12–13, 119, 305

slow disaster, 66, 70, 172, 178–180, 204, 263, 266; slow-moving disaster, 71, 167

social distancing, 13, 27, 32, 53, 58, 106, 193, 226, 237, 244, 292, 338

social media, 5, 19, 28, 30, 31, 60, 119, 129–130, 133, 135–136, 154, 232, 240, 256, 257, 281, 289, 292, 295, 301–303, 305–307, 311, 318

solidarity, 10, 26, 29, 33, 194, 205, 255, 258, 265, 287, 290, 292, 293, 343

South Korea, 52–63, 119, 171–179, 187, 188, 193, 335–337; Korean Center for Disease Control and Prevention (KCDC), 54; Korea Immigration Service, 60; Korean Ministry of the Environment (MOE), 174, 176; Korean National Institute of Ecology (NIE), 189

Southeast Asia, 193

surveillance, 160, 162, 262; digital surveillance, 55–57

survivor, 1, 84, 126–127, 159–161, 165–169, 201, 218, 254–255, 265, 301–302, 304, 311–312, 350

techno solutionism, 345

telemedicine, 345

terror, 78, 92, 93, 224, 263; antiterror, 229; terrorist, 203; terrorism, 334; state terror, 92–93; bioterrorism, 21; counterterrorism, 60, 81

transmission, 15, 20, 22, 39, 44, 95, 173, 185; droplet transmission, 171, 175; zoonotic transmission, 14, 190

trauma, 120, 167, 168, 198, 200, 205, 262, 325; collective trauma, 293, 326; traumatic, 225; post-traumatic stress, 203

Trump, Donald, 14, 28, 93, 131, 142, 155

trust, 29, 44, 77–78, 80–81, 83, 130, 135–136, 154, 167, 255, 325–327, 333, 336–339; distrust, 5, 28, 30–31, 106, 136; mistrust, 129

United Nations, 162, 230, 238

UN Population Division, 162

untact, 175–179

US Bureau of Prisons, 98

US Census Bureau, 146

US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 28, 38, 94, 95, 134, 137, 141, 237, 256, 338

US Department of Defense, 95, 353

US Department of Health and Human Services, 95

US Department of Homeland Security, 81, 85, 95

US Disaster Research Center (DRC), 65, 70

US Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), 77, 84–86, 95

US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), 131, 142

US Government Accountability Office, 84–85

US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), 95

US National Academy of Sciences, 64

US National Advisory Council, 86

US National Institute of Health (NIH), 1–2, 30

US National Institute of Mental Health’s Laboratory of Socio-environmental Studies, 64

US National Opinion Research Center, 65

US National Research Council’s Committee on Disaster Studies, 64–65, 70

US Social Science Research Council (SSRC), 2–3, 246, 319, 340

vaccine, 1, 28, 32, 40–41, 43, 93, 95, 98, 118–119, 185–186, 201, 227–228, 230–231, 238, 243–244, 292, 300, 340; antivaccine beliefs, 136; vaccine hesitancy, 5, 142; vaccine equity, 310; vaccine politics, 141–155, 340

victim, 22, 29, 199, 245, 259, 262, 265, 337; victimization, 27, 31

violence, 71, 77, 93, 94, 124–126, 202, 226, 293, 334; slow violence, 66, 70, 97, 215, 261; state violence, 90, 92, 97–98, 223; structural violence, 4, 78, 79, 96, 126, 231; police violence, 78, 81, 83, 225. See also slow disaster

Viral Pneumonia of Unknown Etiology (VPUE), 12

virologist, 175

vulnerability, 97, 113, 120, 124, 141, 143, 187, 225

war, 1, 21, 26, 29, 34, 82–83, 93–94, 96, 98, 161, 203, 205, 223–224, 229, 258; civil war, 92; Cold War, 64–72, 77–78, 81, 82–83, 95, 202, 203, ; World War, 26, 81–82, 227, 272, 353, ; War on Drugs, 223, 224–226; Opium Wars, 229

waste, 3, 171–173, 176–181; medical waste, 176–178; plastic waste, 172–173, 177–178. See also disposability

welfare, 55, 186, 188, 203, 217, 288–289

well-being, 28, 105, 114, 164, 167, 212, 237–239, 290, 308, 319

World Health Organization (WHO), 12–16, 176, 202, 222, 226, 230–231, 271, 300, 304, 311

Wuhan, Hubei Province, China, 12–13, 21–22, 299; “‘Wuhan flu”, 94; Wuhan Huanan Seafood Wholesale Market, 11; Wuhan Institute of Virology, 13–14, 18

xenophobia, 12–13, 15, 94, 96, 229

zoonosis, 21; zoonotic disease, 232

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