[Commlist] Call for chapter proposals: The pandemic of the Forgotten: strategies of endurance among deprived groups in Ibero-America during the COVID-19 emergency

*Call for chapter proposals. Edited volume Helsinki University Press 
(HUP). Extended Deadline January 29, 2023.*

The pandemic of the Forgotten: strategies of endurance among deprived 
groups in Ibero-America during the COVID-19 emergency. Helsinki 
University Press (HUP). David Ramírez Plascencia (University of 
Guadalajara) and David Dalton (University of North Carolina at 
Charlotte) invite abstracts for the edited collection The pandemic of 
the Forgotten: strategies of endurance among deprived groups in 
Ibero-America during the COVID-19 emergency, which will be submitted to 
Helsinki University Press (HUP). The University press area has already 
expressed great interest in the project.


The irruption of the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020 has brought several 
negative impacts on the world economically, socially, and in the realm 
of public health. Governments were forced to establish quarantines and 
other similar preventive measures to slow the expansion of the virus, 
people were required to work from home, and students continued their 
education virtually. Despite numerous efforts, both public and private, 
the effects of the pandemic were terrible: economic recession and 
inflation; the massive closure of companies; and, in many countries, a 
massive loss of jobs. According to World Health Organization, there have 
been about 600,000,000 identified cases of Covid-19 and 14.9 million 
people have died either directly or indirectly because of the virus. 
That said, the effects go much further. For example, many of those 
fortunate enough to have avoided infection have confronted mental health 
issues such as depression and anxiety. Covid-19 has differed from past 
pandemics because its outbreak appeared among a digitally interconnected 
background. Digital media allowed people to follow the expansion of the 
pandemic almost in real time and in first person. Many people 
broadcasted their experiences live on social media, while government 
officials and international organizations provided reliable information 
in a timely fashion. During the early months of the health emergency, 
the pandemic was a principal trending topic in digital and traditional 
media. It also became an important topic of academic production. Indeed, 
researchers explored all facets of the disease: from the development of 
a vaccine to the relationship between the pandemic and the rise of 
oppressive regulations and measures across the globe. Beyond this 
omnipresence of the pandemic in the mediatic coverture, little attention 
was given to those forgotten members of society.

Here we refer to those who lived in a deprived situation. Many were 
racial and ethnic minorities, people marginalized due to their gender or 
sexuality, refugees, sex workers, disabled people, essential workers 
(drivers, medical, staff farm workers), elderly citizens living in 
nursing homes, mentally ill, homeless, etc. This edited book looks for 
contributions on relevant cases from Ibero-America (Latin America, 
Spain, and Portugal) that discuss the negative impact of the pandemic on 
forgotten members of society from marginalized groups. Possible topics 
include but are not limited to public repression, negligent attitudes, 
xenophobic attacks, negative media framing, human rights violations, 
labor exploitation, etc. Other topics include the strategies that 
marginalized individuals and communities employed to weather the 
economic, social and health challenges of the pandemic. Comparative 
studies related to past pandemics and historical studies focused on 
marginalized groups under a pandemic context are very welcomed as well.

We are particularly interested in those proposals that focus on 
describing the resilience mechanisms developed by these groups. These 
may include examples of street and digital mobilizations, the use of 
social media to create solidarity, local and international solidarity 
networks, the role of social organizations and community initiatives, 
etc. We are open to receiving proposals from multidisciplinary, 
comparative, and historical approaches. You are warmly invited to 
provide a document with a brief bio (no more than 250 words with titles, 
affiliations, and contacts) and an abstract (500-750 words).

Please send the proposal to the following addresses: 
(davidrapla /at/ gmail.com) and (david.dalton /at/ uncc.edu)

• *Deadline January 29, 2023 *



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