Kinship, activism, and public health as interdependent modalities of care provision under Greek austerity
Journal
EthnoAntropologia
Type
journal article
Date Issued
2021
Author(s)
Abstract (De)
The anthropology of the economic crisis since 2007/ 08 analyses the emergence of solidarity practices among social movements, kinship, and friendship during austerity and the recession in Southern Europe. Analysing these practices alongside “resilience” allows to critically examine the interdependence of “variegated austerity” and the normative appraisal of solidarity networks and familial care practices. The article does so by proposing a 'social autopsy' of the configurations of care around an interlocutor who died in 2015 in a public hospital in Greece. It reconstructs the symbolic and material aspects of gendered obligations, alternative economies, and austerity in public health in how his daughter Kalypso organised care in his last weeks. This approach aims to contribute to foregrounding these uncanny compansionships when analysing uncertainty and resilience.
Language
English
Keywords
Care
Austerity
Solidarity
Resilience
Greece
HSG Classification
contribution to scientific community
Refereed
Yes
Volume
9
Number
1
Start page
101
End page
118
Division(s)
Eprints ID
265693