Health in the postpandemic city
Contested spatializations and biopolitical implications
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 13432483 |
|---|---|
| Authors | I Dzudzek (0000-0003-1232-2827, corresponding author), Henning Füller (0000-0002-0720-1679) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 76 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 185-197 |
| Publication date | 2022-09-26 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Erdkunde (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0014-0015 • E-ISSN: 2702-5985 |
| Publisher | Erdkunde (PUBLISHER • DE) |
| DOI | 10.3112/erdkunde.2022.03.03 |
| OpenAlex | W4297359941 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
Health and disease have been conceived as problems of urban space throughout history, and public health interventions have repeatedly been employed as spatial strategies. Critical perspectives have already utilized this special relation: Urban health is often a showcase for modes of biopolitics. We follow this example, investigating the current rearticulation of public health in the aftermath of the worldwide COVID-19 pandemic. We draw together the German debate on health in the post-pandemic city, both in the general media and in planning literature, using a discourse-analytical method and find that two contrasting narratives emerge. The urban is considered either as the expression of pathogenic spatial density or as the site of healthy social interactions. While each narrative prefigures a very different mode of intervention, both encourage a spatialization of health, with powerful implications. Distinguishing the competing rationales thus allows better decisions on ways to promote health in the city
Art · Biopower · Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19 · Disease · Geography · Health geography · International health · Narrative · Pandemic · Political science · Politics · Public health · Sociology · Spatialization · Anthropology · Health and Medical Studies · Medicine · Health Policy
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| Citations per year | 2 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2024 - 2025 (2) |
| Highly cited | No |