Tag: Covid-19 pandemic

Doing urban research on ‘hard-to-reach’ populations during the COVID-19 pandemic: advantages and ethical dilemmas using digital ethnography as a new alternative

Posted on by CASAS

CASAS’ member, Johannes Bhanye, has recently published this article in Discover Global Society with Lameck Kachena, Abraham Matamanda & Ruvimbo Shayamunda. Abstract: This paper presents insights on conducting urban research amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, emphasizing the adoption of digital ethnography as an innovative and flexible approach. Drawing from an expanding body of literature on fieldwork…

From biomedical to politico-economic crisis: the food system in times of Covid-19

Posted on by Juan Liu

Abstract: The Covid-19 disease is quickly developing into a deep, global and enduring politico-economic crisis that involves a rapid disarticulation of the production, processing, distribution and consumption of food. The badly balanced world market and the high degree of financialization of both primary agricultural production and food chains are decisive factors in this. The crisis…