Joshi Ishani Anwesha, Venkatesan Sathyaraj
Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu, 620015, India.
J Med Humanit. 2024 Jul 10. doi: 10.1007/s10912-024-09864-y.
Close-reading sequential comics and cartoons such as He Zhu's "Lockdown," Rivi Handler-Spitz's "Morning Commute," Yang Ji's "Quarantine," and Thi Bui, Will Evans, Sarah Mirk, Amanda Pike, and Esther Kaplan's "In/Vulnerable," this article investigates the networked spatial crises that have emerged during COVID-19. As the global pandemic reshaped social, economic, and cultural landscapes, it is crucial to understand the spatial implications of these transformations. By analyzing graphic medical texts, which serve as visual narratives that capture the lived experiences and perceptions of individuals within these crises, the present essay offers a nuanced exploration of the intricate relationships between space, society, and the effects of the pandemic. The article identifies and examines the various spatial crises that have emerged in the COVID era, such as disrupted urban environments, altered social dynamics, spaces of contamination, contraction of space, and the reconfiguration of workspaces. Drawing on theorists like Michael Foucault and Henri Lefebvre, this essay illustrates how these crisis-induced spatial transformations are represented, experienced, and contested. Ultimately, the article not only contributes to a deeper understanding of the complex interplay between the pandemic and space but also addresses the challenges of our evolving world.
通过仔细阅读诸如何柱的《封锁》、里维·汉德勒 - 斯皮茨的《早高峰通勤》、杨吉的《隔离》以及蒂·布伊、威尔·埃文斯、莎拉·米尔克、阿曼达·派克和埃丝特·卡普兰的《脆弱之中》等系列漫画和卡通作品，本文探讨了新冠疫情期间出现的网络化空间危机。随着全球大流行重塑了社会、经济和文化景观，理解这些转变的空间影响至关重要。通过分析图形医学文本，这些文本作为视觉叙事捕捉了处于这些危机中的个人的生活经历和感知，本文对空间、社会和疫情影响之间的复杂关系进行了细致入微的探索。文章识别并审视了新冠时代出现的各种空间危机，如城市环境的扰乱、社会动态的改变、污染空间、空间收缩以及工作空间的重新配置。借鉴迈克尔·福柯和亨利·列斐伏尔等理论家的观点，本文阐述了这些由危机引发的空间转变是如何被呈现、体验和争议的。最终，本文不仅有助于更深入地理解疫情与空间之间的复杂相互作用，还应对了我们不断演变的世界所面临的挑战。
