DIVJE VODE: CIKEL PREDAVANJ SONAR-CITIES - Susan Levine: Militarizacija pandemije COVID-19 v Južni Afriki // WILD WATERS: SONAR-CITIES LECTURE SERIES - Susan Levine: The militarisation of the COVID-19 Pandemic in South Africa

Divje vode: cikel predavanj Sonar-Cities

Militarizacija pandemije COVID-19 v Južni Afriki 

V sredo, 16. 4. 2025 ob 14.40, bo potekalo predavanje Susan Levine iz Univerze v Cape Townu. Srečanje, ki bo izvedeno v okviru cikla dogodkov Divje vode mednarodnega znanstvenega projekta Sonar-Cities in kot del dogodkov FORME – mreže za medicinsko antropologijo na Balkanu, bo potekalo na Oddelku za etnologijo in kulturno antropologijo Filozofske fakultete, Zavetiška 5, v predavalnici P3. Pogovor bo potekal v angleškem jeziku, mogoče pa ga bo spremljati tudi prek zooma: 

https://uni-lj-si.zoom.us/j/94899780450

Susan Levine s predavanjem o militarizaciji pandemije COVID-19 v Južni Afriki razmišlja o duhovih vojaškega aparata apartheida, ki so se ponovno pojavili med pandemijo COVID-19 v Južni Afriki. Trdi, da je del agresivnega odziva države na virus izhajal iz prejšnjega režima, ki ni storil ničesar za preprečevanje smrti zaradi aidsa tudi takrat, ko je že obstajala možnost protiretrovirusnega zdravljenja. Predavanje bo obravnavalo načine, na katere so Južnoafričani tolerirali intenzivne, celo kaznovalne ukrepe pri odzivu na COVID na podlagi njihovega kolektivnega spomina na smrt ter izčrpanost na vrhuncu zanikanja aidsa.

Susan Levine je predstojnica antropologije na Univerzi v Cape Townu ter vodja programa Zdravstvena humanistika in umetnost. Njeno delo poteka na presečišču medicinske, politične in vizualne antropologije. Ukvarja se z različnimi področji antropologije, vključno s politično ekonomijo, antropologijo mladosti in otroštva, etnografskim filmom in medicinsko antropologijo. Njena trenutna raziskava o COVID-19, politikah cepilnega nacionalizma ter zadržanosti do cepljenja temelji na prejšnjih raziskavah HIV/aidsa v Južni Afriki.

Vabljene, vabljeni!

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Wild Waters: Sonar-Cities Lecture Series 

The militarisation of the COVID-19 Pandemic in South Africa 

On Wednesday, April 16, 2025, at 14:40, there will be a seminar with Susan Levine from the University of Cape Town. The event, which is part of the Wild Waters lecture series within the international research project Sonar-Cities, and as a part of events of the network for medical anthropology in the Balkans FORMA, will take place at the Department of Ethnology and Cultural Anthropology, Faculty of Arts, Zavetiška 5, in lecture hall P3. The discussion will be held in English, but it will also be available via Zoom: 

https://uni-lj-si.zoom.us/j/94899780450

Susan Levine considers how the ghosts of apartheid’s military apparatus resurfaced during the COVID-19 pandemic in South Africa.  She argues that part of the state’s aggressive response to the virus grew out of an earlier regime that did nothing to prevent AIDS deaths, when there was a clear pathway to gaining access to antiretroviral treatment. This seminar will consider the ways in which ordinary South Africans tolerated the intensive, and sometimes punitive COVID response based on their collective memory of death and debilitation at the height of AIDS denialism. 

Susan Levine is Head of Anthropology at the University of Cape Town, and Convenor of the Programme in Health Humanities and the Arts. Her work is positioned at the intersection of medical, political and visual anthropology. Her research spans a variety of subfields in anthropology, including political economy, youth and childhood studies, ethnographic film, and medical anthropology, with current work on COVID-19, vaccine hesitancy, and the politics of vaccine nationalism, building on previous HIV/AIDS research in Southern Africa. 

Warmly welcome!