Pastoralists under COVID-19 lockdown

Abstract

On 15 March 2020, two days after the frst coronavirus case was reported in Kenya, President Uhuru Kenyatta announced the frst COVID-19 lockdown measures. International fights were suspended; schools, churches, markets, and bars were closed, and social gatherings were banned. People were further advised to wash hands regularly, wear masks, and keep social distance. Those above 60 and those chronically ill were told to self-quarantine. As the coronavirus continued to spread globally, more measures were introduced, including a countrywide dawn-to-dusk curfew, a lockdown of COVID-19 hotspot counties, including Nairobi, and the closure of Kenya's borders with Somalia and Tanzania.'We have our meat and milk; what more do we need?'-Khentei, Bulgan, and Zavkhan Provinces, MongoliaIn fact, Mongolia did not have a COVID-19 pandemic in 2020. In January, the country closed the border with China. This prevented thousands of Chinese

Il ricercatore prestazionale e l'authorship

“…Sono state ipotizzate diverse soluzioni, senza trovarne nessuna veramente soddisfacente: co-researcher, resident researcher, community researcher, citizen scientist, agent. Si è comunque deciso che tutti coloro che avevano contribuito a specifici argomenti e terreni di ricerca dovessero risultare come autori a tutti gli effetti delle pubblicazioni che ne sarebbero derivate: è così che, a fianco di antropologi, geografi e storici, sono comparsi pastori, contadini, responsabili di comunità (de Pinho et al, 2022).…”