The unexceptional im/mobilities of gender-based violence in the Covid-19 pandemic
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Authors
Murray, Lesley
Holt, Amanda
Lewis, Sian
Moriarty, Jessica
Issue Date
2022-09-08
Type
Article
Language
en_US
Keywords
Im/Mobilities , Gender-Based Violence , COVID-19 Pandemic
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Abstract
The Covid-19 pandemic has spotlighted the relationship between mobilities and gender-based violence (GBV). The national lockdowns across the world have im/mobilised people, creating extraordinary social proximities that have been associated with a ‘shadow pandemic’ of violence. Before the pandemic, GBV was often im/mobilised in academic and policy thinking in that it was located in unconnected static sites. This article is based on a transdisciplinary project that seeks to produce understandings of GBV in the Covid-19 pandemic, using the heuristic lens of im/mobilities. The project aims to do so through the creation and analysis of personal stories detailing experiences of GBV across the UK. These stories are in the form of existing first-hand accounts on campaign websites, magazines and newspapers. Through them this article investigates how im/mobilities precipitate gendered violence, both felt and experienced, and examines how embodied experiences become situated in mobile spaces—inside, outside and online—in the context of the Covid-19 pandemic. In doing so, it evolves the concept of im/mobilities.
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Citation
Lesley Murray, Amanda Holt, Sian Lewis & Jessica Moriarty (2022): The unexceptional im/mobilities of gender-based violence in the Covid-19 pandemic, Mobilities, DOI: 10.1080/17450101.2022.2118619
Publisher
Mobilities