Gilles GUIHEUX est sociologue de la Chine, professeur à l’UFR Langues et Civilisations de l’Asie Orientale (LCAO) et chercheur au Centre d’études en sciences sociales sur les mondes africains, américains et asiatiques (CESSMA), UMR 245 Paris Cité/INALCO/IRD. Plusieurs membres du CESSMA ont participé à cet ouvrage collectif : Véronique Dupont sur l’Inde, Isabelle Hillenkamp sur le Brésil, Laurent Faret sur le Mexique.
Présentation du volume: Presenting a wide range of international case studies, the contributors to this book study the impact of Covid-19 on the risks faced by communities around the globe. Examining cases from the Americas, Europe and Asia – including Mexico, Brazil, China, India, France, and Belgium – Kuah, Guiheux, Lim and their collaborators look at how communities have coped with the social and economic impacts of the pandemic, as well as the public health concerns. Using a framework of risks, fear, and trust, they evaluate how the global health crisis has both revealed and exacerbated a deep crisis of confidence in institutions and systems around the world. In reaction to this they also look at how individuals, social groups and communities have faced fears and built trust at a more local level. The units of spatial analysis in these cases include urban cities, neighbourhoods, slum settlements, migrant camps, schools, markets and homes, for a broad spectrum of case types and rich empirical data.