About the group

The Coronavirus Multispecies Reading Group spontaneously emerged on Facebook in March 2020. Together we are delving into the primary literature — papers from journals like Science and Nature —alongside classic essays from the field of multispecies ethnography.

Key questions will include:

• What is the evidence that SARS- CoV-2 emerged from wild populations of bats and pangolins, via a market in Wuhan, China?

• Does the virus infect other species? Are other kinds of life vulnerable to infection or demonization?

• How to best wade through clouds of viral particles, uncertain epistemological and ontological projects, multiplying narratives, and apocalyptic dreams?

• What kinds of biopolitical, and microbiopolitical, calculations are now needed to reassemble modern life? How should we reconfigure political, economic, interpersonal, and ecological relations in this time of crisis?

About this session

More information about the reading will be provided shortly.