Facemasks, material and metaphors
An analysis of socio-material dynamics of the Covid-19 pandemic
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3324008 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Annerose Böhrer (0000-0002-1568-5335), Marie-Kristin Döbler (Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg), Marie‐kristin Döbler (0000-0002-9190-6734, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg), Heta Tarkkala (0000-0001-5284-3091, University of Helsinki) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 71 |
| Issue | 6 |
| Pages | 1362-1384 |
| Publication date | 2023-11-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Sociological Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0038-0261 • E-ISSN: 1467-954X |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/00380261231161970 |
| OpenAlex | W4360838331 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 52 |
In 2020, not only did the Sars-Cov-2 virus become a global pandemic, but public life also changed in the wake of various infection control measures. Increased use of masks was one of the first clearly visible changes. With the masks came stories about masks. Who wore them, where people should wear them, and why? It quickly became clear, however, that stories about 'the facemask' also have a metaphorical content, negotiating not only problems of the pandemic as a social crisis, but also other social issues amalgamated through the use of masks and the surrounding narratives. Thus, masks not only prevented infection, but also fed and materialised the public imaginary of the pandemic and its challenges. From this perspective, we explore three exemplary cases from Germany and Finland in 2020 in which the mask played different roles as a socio-material phenomenon, linking theoretical perspectives on materiality and metaphors. Additionally, the analysis presents illustrations done by a visual artist. These illustrations capture the key content of the analysis in the form of drawings
Aesthetics · Art · Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) · Dynamics (music) · Literature · Materiality (auditing) · Media studies · Narrative · Negotiation · Pandemic · Perspective (graphical) · Psychoanalysis · Social science · Sociology · The Imaginary · Visual arts · Geographies of human-animal interactions · History · Medicine · Psychology · Visual Culture and Art Theory
Researching Social Life
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Boundaries of solidarity
Narratives, masks and Covid-19
Socializing Affordances
The Ideal Victim
Pandemics, Publics, and Narrative
An Epidemic of Rumors
Face masks as layers of meaning in times of Covid-19
Face masks as floating signifiers during the Covid-19 pandemic in Belgium
Some Reflections on the History of Masked Societies in East Asia
Self-made Motormen
The sci-commodity sensibilities of performative Covid-19 face masking
The Zimbabwe Bush Pump
A mask between you and me
Cultures of consumption of car aficionados
Notes on Materiality and Sociality
The Social Construction of What
Sozialfiguren – zwischen gesellschaftlicher Erfahrung und soziologischer Diagnose
Writing against “Mask Culture
To Mask or To Unmask, That Is the Question
Automobility and the Geographies of the Car
Regarding the pain of others
Masked States and the "Screen" Between Security and Disability
Stigma and blame related to Covid-19 pandemic
Korean mothers' morality in the wake of Covid-19 contact-tracing surveillance
The Body Multiple
Mask Refusal Backlash
Risk, ritual and health responsibilisation
Durkheim's Theory of Anomie
| Unique citing works | 3 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2023 - 2025 (3) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |