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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Main Author: Paul Bostanjoglo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Urban Transcripts 2020-12-01
Series:Urban Transcripts
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Online Access:http://journal.urbantranscripts.org/article/corona-and-its-spatial-metaphors-paul-bostanjoglo/
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spelling doaj-a3bed7769ec64c5495c92471bf8de7642021-06-15T08:16:28ZengUrban TranscriptsUrban Transcripts2514-53392020-12-0134Corona and its spatial metaphorsPaul Bostanjoglo0TU BerlinCOVID-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’. http://journal.urbantranscripts.org/article/corona-and-its-spatial-metaphors-paul-bostanjoglo/coronacovid-19susan sontagmetaphordiscriminationhousingneighbourhoodpress reviewberlingöttingengermany
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corona
covid-19
susan sontag
metaphor
discrimination
housing
neighbourhood
press review
berlin
göttingen
germany
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title Corona and its spatial metaphors
title_short Corona and its spatial metaphors
title_full Corona and its spatial metaphors
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publishDate 2020-12-01
description 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’.
topic corona
covid-19
susan sontag
metaphor
discrimination
housing
neighbourhood
press review
berlin
göttingen
germany
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