Whose Crisis? COVID-19 Explored through Arts and Cultural Practices of African Communities
The “Whose Crisis?” project is in response to a continually evolving global health pandemic, COVID-19. In this context, the dominant discourses have been generated in the Global North, overwhelmingly by a minority of wealthy and powerful authors, reflecting narrowly on a crisis that, while impacting...
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| author | Mia Perry Dane Mathendele Armstrong Bosco Exson Chinkonda Richard Kagolobya Rebecca Nthogo Lekoko George Olusola Ajibade |
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| description | The “Whose Crisis?” project is in response to a continually evolving global health pandemic, COVID-19. In this context, the dominant discourses have been generated in the Global North, overwhelmingly by a minority of wealthy and powerful authors, reflecting narrowly on a crisis that, while impacting the whole world, is experienced in vastly different ways. This article frames and contextualises data from this project through an introduction to the background, contexts, and methods of a project designed to reflect the lived experiences of, perspectives on, and responses to COVID-19 in vulnerable communities across sub-Saharan Africa. The project has been carried out by a large team of collaborators who prioritise the lived experiences, customs, and needs of the communities engaged through a culturally responsive and arts-based research approach. The article points to the methodological implications of arts-based research to explore plural perspectives in participatory ways, and the socio-political possibilities of amplifying the voices of under-represented and under-served communities in Africa, in terms of global health in a pandemic context. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-7ed9d85126e846279a4085b8a47125cb2025-08-20T02:18:55ZengUbiquity PressJournal of Open Humanities Data2059-481X2021-11-01710.5334/johd.5248Whose Crisis? COVID-19 Explored through Arts and Cultural Practices of African CommunitiesMia Perry0Dane Mathendele Armstrong1Bosco Exson Chinkonda2Richard Kagolobya3Rebecca Nthogo Lekoko4George Olusola Ajibade5College of Social Science, University of Glasgow, ScotlandYebo! (Contemporary Art Gallery and Design Studio)Department of Sociology, Chancellor College, ZombaDepartment of Performing Arts and Film, Makerere University, KampalaFaculty of Education, Ba Isago University, GaboroneDepartment of Linguistics and African Languages, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-IfeThe “Whose Crisis?” project is in response to a continually evolving global health pandemic, COVID-19. In this context, the dominant discourses have been generated in the Global North, overwhelmingly by a minority of wealthy and powerful authors, reflecting narrowly on a crisis that, while impacting the whole world, is experienced in vastly different ways. This article frames and contextualises data from this project through an introduction to the background, contexts, and methods of a project designed to reflect the lived experiences of, perspectives on, and responses to COVID-19 in vulnerable communities across sub-Saharan Africa. The project has been carried out by a large team of collaborators who prioritise the lived experiences, customs, and needs of the communities engaged through a culturally responsive and arts-based research approach. The article points to the methodological implications of arts-based research to explore plural perspectives in participatory ways, and the socio-political possibilities of amplifying the voices of under-represented and under-served communities in Africa, in terms of global health in a pandemic context.https://openhumanitiesdata.metajnl.com/articles/52covid-19participatory researcharts-based researchafricacommunities |
| spellingShingle | Mia Perry Dane Mathendele Armstrong Bosco Exson Chinkonda Richard Kagolobya Rebecca Nthogo Lekoko George Olusola Ajibade Whose Crisis? COVID-19 Explored through Arts and Cultural Practices of African Communities Journal of Open Humanities Data covid-19 participatory research arts-based research africa communities |
| title | Whose Crisis? COVID-19 Explored through Arts and Cultural Practices of African Communities |
| title_full | Whose Crisis? COVID-19 Explored through Arts and Cultural Practices of African Communities |
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| title_short | Whose Crisis? COVID-19 Explored through Arts and Cultural Practices of African Communities |
| title_sort | whose crisis covid 19 explored through arts and cultural practices of african communities |
| topic | covid-19 participatory research arts-based research africa communities |
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