@article{fdi:010087189,
  title = {{E}pidemics in {G}uinea : from infectious politics to viral ontologies},
  author = {{A}ttas, {F}anny},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{T}his article analyzes the application of epidemic response models during the {C}ovid-19 epidemic in {G}uinea and investigates the often-visible discrepancies between these models and the actual practices of care and epidemic management observed on the ground. {I}n the first part, it analyzes how protective measures confront and collide with the ways health care workers actually operate in health centers. {I}t aims to move away from the traditional understanding of {G}uinean - and more broadly {A}frican - health systems as 'dysfunctional' ({J}affr{\'e} & {O}livier de {S}ardan 2003); and from the interpretation of non-compliance with protective measures by health workers and the general population as 'resistance' or 'reluctance' ({S}ompar{\'e} 2020). {T}o this end, it proposes, in the second part, to adopt an ontological approach in order to examine the translation, adaptation and appropriation processes at work in the application of management models by caregivers and the general populace. {I}n the third part, it examines how patients manage epidemic risk within the {TC}-epi by mobilizing tactics and various ontological repertoires that enable them to negotiate with an invisible virus. {T}he challenge is to mobilize an ontological approach to rethink theories from {A}fricanist anthropology and propose new axes of analysis for {A}frican contexts, in particular regarding {C}ovid-19 in {G}uinea.},
  keywords = {{GUINEE}},
  booktitle = {{L}'{A}frique et le monde {\`a} l'heure virale = {A}frica and the world in viral times},
  journal = {{G}lobal {A}frica},
  volume = {2},
  numero = {},
  pages = {161--171},
  ISSN = {3020-0458},
  year = {2022},
  DOI = {10.57832/c3tw-z313},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010087189},
}