Corona and its spatial metaphors
COVID-19 spreads best in enclosed and crowded rooms; according to this many potentially dangerous spaces have been detected. In case of outbreaks, these spaces have been locked down by the authorities. A further measure undertaken to prevent the virus from spreading further, is the defining and quar...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Urban Transcripts
2020-12-01
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| Series: | Urban Transcripts |
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| Online Access: | http://journal.urbantranscripts.org/article/corona-and-its-spatial-metaphors-paul-bostanjoglo/ |
| Summary: | COVID-19 spreads best in enclosed and crowded rooms; according to this many potentially dangerous spaces have been detected. In case of outbreaks, these spaces have been locked down by the authorities. A further measure undertaken to prevent the virus from spreading further, is the defining and quarantining of social networks within housing areas. However, the people in these networks often did not have much in common, except one thing: They were inhabitants of so called ‘social hotspots’. |
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| ISSN: | 2514-5339 |