Almost Nothing Has Changed

Ordinary Ethics and Forms of Life in Pandemic Times

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ID4016764
AutoresCeres Víctora (0000-0001-9363-3883, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul), Patrice Schuch (0000-0002-0073-3496, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul), Monalisa Dias De Siqueira (0000-0002-5063-8411, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul)
Ano2021
Volume11
Fascículo3
Páginas843-867
Data de publicação2021-12-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoSociologia & Antropologia (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 2236-7527 • E-ISSN: 2238-3875
EditoraFapUNIFESP (SciELO) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1590/2238-38752021v1135
OpenAlexW4285328092
SCIELO_PIDS2238-38752021000400843
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas1
Referências citadas12

In this article, we reflect on the daily life of a white middle-class family living in southern Brazil during the Covid-19 pandemic. Approaching care as a practical activity sensitive to the details of everyday life, we emphasize the relevance of the notion of ordinary ethics developed by Veena Das. Through the narratives of members of this family, it is possible to see the invisible and invisiblized work necessary to maintain ordinary life and the weaving together of the ordinary and the extraordinary revealed in the relationship of three generations in the same house. Finally, we argue for the fundamental connection between ordinary ethics and forms of life, highlighting how the domestic space is not only a crucial structure of care in the Brazilian scenario of social and political vulnerability, but is also an active element in which forms of life take form and come to life

Everyday life · Nothing · Vulnerability · Anthropological Studies and Insights · Development, Ethics, and Society · Homelessness and Social Issues