Alone Together

IF 1.1 Q2 ANTHROPOLOGY

Anthropology in Action-Journal for Applied Anthropology in Policy and Practice Pub Date : 2020-12-01 DOI:10.3167/aia.2020.270303

Vanthanh Nguyen

引用次数: 4

Abstract

In this article, based on my ethnographic experience of Ho Chi Minh City’s lockdown, I argue that COVID-19 acted as an accelerator of intimacies, allowing people to negotiate alternative forms of sociality both within and outside the domestic space. On the one hand, by confining people at home it brought to light social and housing inequalities in urban Vietnam. On the other, it forced people to find imaginative ways to cope with social-distancing protocols. Since mobility during lockdown was limited, the normatively private space of the house became an incubator for social life, affording people – even those outside the circle of close friends and relatives – the opportunity to be alone together, sharing their temporary stuckness to challenge normative patterns of intimacy and sexuality.

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单独在一起

在这篇文章中，基于我对胡志明市封锁的人种学经验，我认为新冠肺炎加速了亲密关系，使人们能够在国内外协商其他社会形式。一方面，通过将人们限制在家中，它揭示了越南城市的社会和住房不平等。另一方面，它迫使人们找到富有想象力的方法来应对社交距离协议。由于封锁期间的流动性有限，房子里规范的私人空间成为了社交生活的孵化器，为人们——甚至是亲密朋友和亲戚圈子之外的人——提供了单独在一起的机会，分享他们暂时的僵硬，以挑战亲密和性行为的规范模式。

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来源期刊

Anthropology in Action-Journal for Applied Anthropology in Policy and Practice ANTHROPOLOGY-

CiteScore

3.10

自引率

7.10%

发文量

审稿时长

24 weeks

期刊介绍： Anthropology in Action (AIA) is a peer-reviewed journal publishing articles, commentaries, research reports, and book reviews in applied anthropology. Contributions reflect the use of anthropological training in policy- or practice-oriented work and foster the broader application of these approaches to practical problems. The journal provides a forum for debate and analysis for anthropologists working both inside and outside academia and aims to promote communication amongst practitioners, academics and students of anthropology in order to advance the cross-fertilisation of expertise and ideas. Recent themes and articles have included the anthropology of welfare, transferring anthropological skills to applied health research, design considerations in old-age living, museum-based anthropology education, cultural identities and British citizenship, feminism and anthropology, and international student and youth mobility.