Pandemic

The first part of this chapter explores Cultural Geographies of the Pandemic as a space where long-established epidemiological knowledges became frontpage news, but also came under increasing scrutiny as the expertise, uncertainties, and miscalculations of medical science and policy played out on the world stage. As the pandemic fades from view, we argue cultural geographers can ensure the experiences of those marginalized through COVID-19 and the reconfiguration of human-virus relations left in its wake remain visible. Part two, Cultural Geographies in the Pandemic, examines how the practices of geographers were reconfigured by COVID-19. The rapid transition to quarantine revealed previously invisible capacities to work (or not), including colleagues’ and students’ caring responsibilities, whilst also stimulating the development of creative, participatory and care-full ways of working. We close with five key reflections on what should be kept in focus as we learn to live with the COVID-19 pandemic and its legacies.