Social Support Networks During the COVID-19 Pandemic

The Production of "Solidarity" in a Community Northeast of the Province of Buenos Aires

  • Erik Said Lara Corro Laboratorio de Investigación en Ciencias Humanas (LICH-UNSAM/CONICET)
  • María Roberta Mina Centro de Investigaciones "María Saleme Burnichón" (CIFFYH-UNC/CONICET)
  • Yamila Vega Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales (FLACSO. Sede Argentina)
DOI: https://doi.org/10.34096/runa.v45i1.12288
Keywords: Social Networks; Solidarity; Socio-Sanitary Crisis; Pandemic; COVID-19

Abstract

The SARS-CoV-2 virus pandemic has caused several social and economic problems. The context of crisis and uncertainty shows us how people –as individuals and as social groups– mobilize in the name of "solidarity". This ethnographic account analyzes the construction and articulation of social support networks from different social spaces of the Partido de San Andrés de Giles. Attention is focused on processual and relational dimension of networks – based on community, kinship and reciprocity. These characteristics produced a field of actions, strategies and organizations to face the socio-sanitary crisis. We consider that this must receive special attention from social anthropology.

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Author Biographies

Erik Said Lara Corro, Laboratorio de Investigación en Ciencias Humanas (LICH-UNSAM/CONICET)
Erik Said Lara Corro es Doctorando en Antropología (FFyL-UBA) y Maestro en Ciencias (Cinvestav-IPN). Becario CONICET en el Laboratorio de Investigación en Ciencias Humanas (UNSAM). Integrante del Grupo de Trabajo CLACSO "Educación e Interculturalidad" y de Cátedra Sur "Cte. Lucio Cabañas". Profesor de tiempo parcial en la Maestría en Docencia de las Ciencias Sociales (FFyL-UAGro).
María Roberta Mina, Centro de Investigaciones "María Saleme Burnichón" (CIFFYH-UNC/CONICET)
María Roberta Mina es Doctoranda en Antropología y Licenciada en Antropología (FFYH-UNC). Becaria CONICET en el Centro de Investigaciones "María Saleme Burnichón" (CIFFYH-UNC).
Yamila Vega, Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales (FLACSO. Sede Argentina)
Yamila Vega es Maestranda en Estudios Sociales Agrarios (FLACSO. Sede Argentina) y Licenciada en Historia (UNLu). Integrante del Grupo de Estudios Rurales (GERu-UNLu), la Red Federal de Docentes por la Vida y Ambiente Saludable San Andrés de Giles. Profesora de Enseñanza Media y Superior.
Published
2024-02-01
How to Cite
Lara Corro, E. S., Mina, M. R., & Vega, Y. (2024). Social Support Networks During the COVID-19 Pandemic. RUNA, Archivo Para Las Ciencias Del Hombre, 45(1), 205-226. https://doi.org/10.34096/runa.v45i1.12288
Issue
Vol 45 No 1 (2024): Ethnographic challenges. Anthropological studies of communities in contemporary times.
Section
Open Space - Original Articles

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