Mask self-production during the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic: lessons from a flash practice

IF 3.6 Q2 ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES
Franck Cochoy, Cédric Calvignac, Gérald Gaglio, Morgan M. Meyer
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Abstract This article examines the self-production of washable and reusable sanitary masks during the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic by focusing on the varied concerns, skills, and material resources that people mobilized. Based on hundreds of testimonials gathered at three key moments of the pandemic in France, we describe mask-self production as a “flash practice.” The immediate life-threatening context put the focus on basic and short-term concerns at the expense of other aspects (such as care for the environment, which played a surprisingly inconsequential role). Nonetheless, this household-based practice quickly evolved into a more collective undertaking with masks being self-produced together by sharing patterns and standards and by donating masks to others. We also show that the practice vanished very fast, as commercial masks became available again. Because flash practices disappear and can quickly fall into oblivion, we hold that researchers need to document and theorize them carefully, for flash practices raise important questions about the temporality, sustainability, and routinization of concerned practices.
2019冠状病毒病大流行早期阶段的口罩自产:来自临时做法的经验教训
本文从疫情初期可洗可重复使用卫生口罩的自主生产、技能调动和物质资源调动等方面考察疫情初期可洗可重复使用卫生口罩的自主生产情况。根据在法国疫情爆发的三个关键时刻收集到的数百人的证词,我们将自制口罩描述为“闪电实践”。直接危及生命的情况下,把注意力放在基本和短期的关注上,而牺牲了其他方面(比如环境保护,它起的作用出人意料地无关紧要)。尽管如此,这种以家庭为基础的做法很快演变成一种更多的集体事业,通过共享模式和标准以及向他人捐赠口罩,共同自行生产口罩。我们还表明,随着商业口罩再次出现,这种做法很快就消失了。由于闪电实践会消失并很快被遗忘,我们认为研究人员需要仔细地记录和理论化它们,因为闪电实践提出了有关实践的临时性、可持续性和常规化的重要问题。
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Sustainability: Science, Practice, and Policy
Sustainability: Science, Practice, and Policy Social Sciences-Geography, Planning and Development
CiteScore
12.00
自引率
0.00%
发文量
54
审稿时长
27 weeks
期刊介绍: Sustainability: Science, Practice and Policy is a refereed, open-access journal which recognizes that climate change and other socio-environmental challenges require significant transformation of existing systems of consumption and production. Complex and diverse arrays of societal factors and institutions will in coming decades need to reconfigure agro-food systems, implement renewable energy sources, and reinvent housing, modes of mobility, and lifestyles for the current century and beyond. These innovations will need to be formulated in ways that enhance global equity, reduce unequal access to resources, and enable all people on the planet to lead flourishing lives within biophysical constraints. The journal seeks to advance scientific and political perspectives and to cultivate transdisciplinary discussions involving researchers, policy makers, civic entrepreneurs, and others. The ultimate objective is to encourage the design and deployment of both local experiments and system innovations that contribute to a more sustainable future by empowering individuals and organizations and facilitating processes of social learning.
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