State, Gender and Covid-19: women's transit in public administration during times of pandemic

• Published in: Mana (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) Vol. 28; no. 1; p. 1
• Main Author: Lacerda, Paula
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English; Portuguese; Spanish
• Published: Rio de Janeiro Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro. Departamento de Antropologia 01-01-2022
• Subjects: Black people; Coronaviruses; COVID-19; Pandemics; Public administration; Public services; Social dynamics; Social relations; Social systems; Women
• ISSN: 0104-9313; 1678-4944
• DOI: 10.1590/1678-49442022v28n1a205

The article analyzes state practices during the Covid-19 pandemic, as well as the reactions and perceptions of Black women living in the city of Altamira, in the Brazilian state of Pará. Through an ethnographic perspective, the article argues that Covid- 19 presents new elements for the study of public administration, both in terms of its practices and in terms of representations of services and public sectors. The Covid-19 pandemic, understood as an exceptional event incorporated into the flow of social relations and the dynamics of public services, points to the fragile tendency of rights that affects, first and foremost, the dynamics of women's daily lives, since they are implicated in care and dedicate their time to others.