Open Access“Have You Ever Seen Zelensky Without a Haircut?”: Quarantine in Ukraine: The State and the People
Author(s) -
Tetiana Tkhorzhevska,
Liubov Yakymynska,
O. B. Salamatina
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
anthropologica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.18
H-Index - 18
eISSN - 2292-3586
pISSN - 0003-5459
DOI - 10.18357/anthropologica63220211041
Subject(s) - quarantine , state (computer science) , construct (python library) , ethnography , political science , sociology , public relations , anthropology , medicine , algorithm , pathology , computer science , programming language
An anthropological study of the state requires an understanding of everyday practices in human-state interaction. This study, which came about when state-imposed pandemic restrictions required that citizens go into quarantine, draws primarily from auto-ethnography. The conditions under a quarantine brought an end to well-established social practices, presenting a unique opportunity to study them. We explore the ways in which citizens construct the state, looking at citizens working in different institutions and attempting to access various services. This is done by evaluating the quarantine measures implemented by the state in an attempt to understand them.