Covid-19 discloses unequal geographies

Covid-19 discloses unequal geographies

Kirsi Pauliina Kallio, Marcelo Lopes de Sousa, Katharyne Mitchell, Jouni Häkli, Simone Tulumello, Isabel Meier, Anna Carastathis, Aila Spathopoulou, Myrto Tsilimpounidi, Gemma Bird, Amanda Russell Beattie, Jelena Obradovic-Wochnik, Patrycja Rozbicka, James Riding

The collective editorial discusses inequalities that scholars in Europe and the Americas world have paid attention to during 2020 when the Covid-19 pandemic has unevenly and unpredictably impacted on societies. The critical reflections reveal that the continuing ramifications of the pandemic can only be understood in place; like other large-scale phenomena, this exceptional global crisis concretizes very differently in distinct national, regional and local contexts. The pandemic intertwines with ongoing challenges in societies, for example those related to poverty, armed conflicts, migration, racism, natural hazards, corruption and precarious labor. Through collective contextual understanding, the editorial invites further attention to the unequal geographies made visible and intensified by the current pandemic.

2020

10.11143/fennia.99514

Fennia: International Journal of Geography

Geographical Society of Finland

Geography (General)