Title:
More eyes on COVID-19: Perspectives from Anthropology: What people believe is a lot less important than that they believe it
Author:
Jess Auerbach
Faculty of Education, Stellenbosch University
Published:
South African Journal of Science, Volume 116, Number 7/8 (2020)
https://doi.org/10.17159/sajs.2020/8491
From the article:
Anthropology compels us all to see the world from many different perspectives at once. On the rare occasions, such as a pandemic, where we all need to adopt very specific habits from the intimate to the public, these different perspectives must be taken seriously and must inform policy at every level.
Health is not only biophysical, but also emotional, spiritual, environmental and societal. Dignity, security, and purpose cannot be achieved alone, but through collective everyday experiences that are currently being radically altered.