I first mused about the end of the Corona epoch (a.k.a “COVID-19") two years ago. I did it again a…

If a “lived experience” is one that one has, personally, experienced, then I have never experienced COVID (the virus). I…

In recent years, students have heard me wince when they talk about “lived experienced.” “Could there be ‘dead experiences’?” I…

Nurse to other nurses (in a health care setting where nurses and patients must wear masks, but where the “office”…

Balzac was one of the first writers to make bureaucracy the subject of serious fiction, notably ..., where he takes…

A while ago I mused about the ending of the Corona epoch. Many parts of the world are now in…

On March 5 2020, I left New York City headed for California. I was to give a series of lectures…

The peak Corona epoch is ending. This may be deemed optimistic if one only listens to the New York Times…

I rarely I find a New York Times analysis that echoes something I wrote. On October 1, 2020, Carina Chocano…

Six months into Corona, I “decided” to get tested for the virus I label 'C19.' I had no symptoms but,…

In my last post, I asked readers to marvel at the multiplicity of institutional responses to similar triggers. It is…

For many weeks, I was struck by the extent to which media like the New York Times, or governors like…

I am not an epidemiologist. Or am I, as an anthropologist concerned with production of human activity and its diffusion?…

To recapitulate: A question like “What time is it?” or an order like “Do no enter!” are to be taken…

Our department decided to improvise a graduation Zoom event. I was asked to say something about “COVID-19” (as it appears…

April 24, 2020 I like to quote Rousseau’s origin myth for humanity: THE first man who, having enclosed a piece…

My earlier posts were mostly about ways to analyze the evolution and spread of Corona as what Mauss called a…

This post is an exercise in imagining what social scientists need to do in order to learn about the spread…

Again, C19 may kill you, Corona closes restaurant. (March 28, 2020) So, what is “Corona”? In my younger days, I…

Corona is neither simply juxtaposed to nor simply superposed over COVID-19. In a way, Corona substitutes itself to COVID-19, in…

Let’s settle one thing first. A virus can kill a body but cannot close a restaurant. Only some people can…

Rancière is altogether optimistic about “ignorant school masters” ([1987] 1999 ). He advocates for a radically “democratic,” non stultifying education…

In my case, and while on the road, about everything I have learned about the virus I learned through the…