The Epistemologies of ‘Lockdown’: closets, vulnerability, and citizenship | Zendy

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The Epistemologies of ‘Lockdown’: closets, vulnerability, and citizenship

Author(s) -

Dave Ashby,

Niharika Banerjea,

Pascale Baker,

Dhiren Borisa,

Kath Browne,

Cesare di Feliciantonio,

Zalfa Feghali,

Dylan Kerrigan,

Mary McAuliffe,

Aoife Neary,

Gavin Brown

Publication year - 2022

Publication title -

lias working paper series

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

ISSN - 2516-4783

DOI - 10.29311/lwps.202274078

Subject(s) - citizenship , human sexuality , closet , sociology , negotiation , gender studies , pandemic , vulnerability (computing) , everyday life , politics , parallels , metaphor , covid-19 , political science , social science , geography , law , philosophy , computer security , linguistics , archaeology , pathology , computer science , engineering , medicine , mechanical engineering , disease , infectious disease (medical specialty)

This paper reviews current concepts from the social sciences and humanities through which to understand and interpret the sexual and gendered politics of the COVID-19 pandemic. We revisit Sedgwick’s ‘epistemology of the closet’ to think about the ways in which sexuality and gender have become known and understood in new ways through a different form of containment, the experience of COVID-19 lockdowns. This paper sets out a framework for rethinking sexual and intimate citizenship during the COVID-19 pandemic. We examine how the pandemic has impacted on the everyday negotiation of intimacy and highlighted material inequalities that impact on the lives of women and LGBTQ+ people. Non-technical summary: This working paper provides an overview of concepts from the social sciences and humanities which might contribute to an analysis of the sexual and gendered politics of the COVID-19 pandemic. We draw parallels between the metaphor of ‘the closet’ to think about the ways in which sexuality and gender have become known and understood in new ways through a different form of containment, the experience of COVID-19 lockdowns. This paper sets out a framework for rethinking sexual and intimate citizenship during the COVID-19 pandemic. We examine how the pandemic has impacted on the everyday negotiation of intimacy and highlighted material inequalities that impact on the lives of women and LGBTQ+ people.

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