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

Call for proposals. Edited book. *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 farther. 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, farm workers), elderly citizens 
living in nursing homes, 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. 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 receive 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) <mailto:(davidrapla /at/ gmail.com)> and 
(david.dalton /at/ uncc.edu) <mailto:(david.dalton /at/ uncc.edu)>

     • *Deadline December 15, 2022.*

Please feel free to contact us with any questions.

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