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The Making of Dangerous Communities: The "Peul-Fouta" in Ebola-Weary Senegal

Wie Risikogruppen gemacht werden: die "Peul-Fouta" und die Angst vor Ebola im Senegal
[journal article]

Onoma, Ato Kwamena

Abstract

Epidemics of contagious diseases often motivate the social constitution of "dangerous communities." These communities are defined as having a high potential to further spread the diseases involved to a wider public. Migrant communities' links with sick people in places of origin that are badly affec... view more

Epidemics of contagious diseases often motivate the social constitution of "dangerous communities." These communities are defined as having a high potential to further spread the diseases involved to a wider public. Migrant communities' links with sick people in places of origin that are badly affected by such diseases ostensibly justify the construction of these communities as epidemic dangers to their places of residence. But this depiction of certain groups as health threats is always grounded in other long-standing narratives about the populations targeted. Such narratives often portray those targeted as radically different from the wider body politic and stigmatise them in multiple ways. The situation of the Peul of Guinean origin in Senegal at the height of the Ebola virus disease outbreak in the Mano River Basin sheds light on these processes of sociogenesis and their implications for epidemic control and prevention.... view less


Um Epidemien einzudämmen, werden vielfach einzelne soziale Gruppen als "Risikogruppe" definiert. Ihnen wird ein hohes Gefährdungspotential zugeschrieben, zur weiteren Verbreitung der Infektion in der Bevölkerung beizutragen. Potentielle Kontakte von Migranten zu Erkrankten in ihrer Herkunftsregion, ... view more

Um Epidemien einzudämmen, werden vielfach einzelne soziale Gruppen als "Risikogruppe" definiert. Ihnen wird ein hohes Gefährdungspotential zugeschrieben, zur weiteren Verbreitung der Infektion in der Bevölkerung beizutragen. Potentielle Kontakte von Migranten zu Erkrankten in ihrer Herkunftsregion, die von der Infektion stark betroffen ist, scheinen deren Bewertung als Infektionsrisiko für die Bevölkerung am Wohnort zu rechtfertigen. Doch der Definition sozialer Gruppen als Gesundheitsrisiko liegen immer andere, schon lange existierende Narrative über die betreffende Bevölkerungsgruppe zugrunde. In diesen Narrativen unterscheiden sich die Mitglieder der Gruppe erheblich von der Gesellschaft insgesamt und werden in vielfältiger Weise stigmatisiert. Die Lage der aus Guinea stammenden Peul im Senegal auf dem Höhepunkt des Ebola-Ausbruchs im Mano River Basin wirft ein Licht auf solche soziogenetischen Prozesse und ihre Implikationen für die Kontrolle und Prävention von Epidemien.... view less

Keywords
discrimination; epidemic; Senegal; population group; Guinea; West Africa; stigmatization; migrant; ethnic group; stereotype; contagious disease; risk behavior; prejudice

Classification
Social Psychology
Migration, Sociology of Migration
Ethnology, Cultural Anthropology, Ethnosociology

Free Keywords
Peul; Fremdenfeindlichkeit; Ebola-Virus; anthropology; xenophobia

Document language
English

Publication Year
2017

Page/Pages
p. 29-51

Journal
Africa Spectrum, 52 (2017) 2

ISSN
1868-6869

Status
Published Version; peer reviewed

Licence
Creative Commons - Attribution-NoDerivs 3.0


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