Rapid Response publishes essays that relate to rapidly evolving experiences.
Members of the MAQ community are invited to submit material for Rapid Responses–either contributions to an existing series or ideas for a new series–directly to the Online MAQ Editor for consideration. Submissions will be reviewed expediently and posted as quickly as possible.
Rapid Response publishes pieces from SMA’s “Takes A Stand”, an initiative which encourages medical anthropologists to collaborate on policy-related reviews and briefs.
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Issue 1 | Medical anthropology weekly: COVID-19
mid-April – May 4 In an effort to highlight the vital perspectives of medical anthropology and neighboring disciplines, as well as to help manage the volume of material being published online, the Society for Medical Anthropology, Medical Anthropology Quarterly, and Somatosphere are collaborating to publish a…
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The Cruelty of War: Repairing COVID-19 Through Healing and Care
*Con traducción al español “We are at war” says the head of the World Health Organization, warning the world that “the virus threatens to tear us apart.” “We’re at war with a virus,” the former US vice-president says at a presidential debate.…
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Thinking about the common good: COVID-19 and governance in Taiwan
While writing a blog article for Synapsis: a health humanities journal on Taiwan’sgovernance in relation to COVID-19, I found myself ill-equipped to talk about meanings of the common good when thinking of border controls, resource allocations, and policy communications. Considering Michel Foucault…
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“Extraordinary Medicine”
“Any breakthroughs on the ‘extraordinary medicine’ yet? Not even in the U.S.? How about vaccines? When can we start using it?” My informant was disappointed when I told him there was no “extraordinary medicine” for COVID-19 yet, nor would any vaccine be…
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La crueldad de la guerra: reparación de COVID-19 a través de la curación y el cuidado
*For English, click here *Traducido por Arturo Ramírez “Estamos en guerra“, dice el jefe de la Organización Mundial dela Salud, advirtiendo al mundo que “el virus amenaza con destrozarnos”. “Estamos en guerra con un virus“, menciona el ex vicepresidente de Estados Unidos…
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‘Social Distancing’ is more than standing 6 feet away
As of early April 2020, nearly half of the global population are under orders to cease public life as usual, to shelter in place in their homes, and to maintain safe distance from those not in their households to mitigate the transmission…