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. 2022;35(3):1081-1117.
doi: 10.1007/s11196-021-09821-1. Epub 2021 Feb 4.

Pandemica Panoptica: Biopolitical Management of Viral Spread in the Age of Covid-19

Anne Wagner  1 , Aleksandra Matulewska  2 , Sarah Marusek  3
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Pandemica Panoptica: Biopolitical Management of Viral Spread in the Age of Covid-19

Anne Wagner et al. Int J Semiot Law. 2022.

Abstract

The current pandemic period has triggered a series of changes in society, at both individual and collective behavioral levels. These changes were perceived as either positive or negative by the impacted bodies, leading to both social change and positive interactions in a tense context. In this paper, the authors will deal with Pandemica Panotpica, subjugation infiltrating all levels of society, and the approach adopted by several countries in trying to find countermeasures to combat the virus' proliferation. Our research scope began at the onset of the pandemic and ended on early January 2021.

Keywords: Bodies; Covid-19; Discipline; Immobility; Mobility; Modern panopticon; Punish; SARS-CoV-2 pandemic.

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Hunters with help action
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Venison from hunters to medical and paramedical staff
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The ambulance financed by the Association of Hunters from the Region of Zielona Góra
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Meals prepared by the restaurant “At hunters” in Poznań and Polish Association of Hunting—Poznań District for staff of the hospital in the City of Poznań, Poland
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Graduation Ceremony at Zhejiang University—23 July 2020 (Respect of Social Distancing) (The official puppet is called “Tuo4huang1 Ox”, in Chinese “拓荒牛”)
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Shops in Boulogne-sur-Mer, France (respect of face covering)
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Haidresser’s front door in Boulogne-sur-Mer, France (respect of face covering)
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