COVID-19 and the reenactment of mass masking in South Korea

Heewon Kim, Hyungsub Choi

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Abstract

How can we explain the divergence of social commitment to mass masking as public health measures in the global response to COVID-19? Rather than searching for deep-rooted cultural norms, this essay views the contemporary practice as a reenactment of multiple layers of accumulated socio-material conditions. This perspective will allow us to pursue a comparative study of the social history of mask-wearing around the world.

Original languageEnglish
Article number44
JournalHistory and Philosophy of the Life Sciences
Volume43
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - Jun 2021

Keywords

  • COVID-19
  • Mass masking
  • South Korea

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