Information about the latest local cases, the furtive yet ultimately speculative timelines for quarantine, and our universities’ tentative but wholly ambiguous (or perhaps unhelpful) instructions for online teaching and graduate packages moving forward is inundating the anthropology community. Yes, we can theorize how the extraordinary is prefigurative of the ordinary, how crisis is a chronic condition in many communities (we see you, Agamben). But right now we need practical, meaningful steps to take care of ourselves, our students, and our wider communities. As the Anthropology of Mental Health Interest Group (AMHIG), here are a few recommendations for the moment, a Coronavirus Care Package, as it were:
Think twice before you send another email. (1)
Account for the labor you request from ALL your colleagues, including student workers, and ALL students– undergrads, grad students, and post-docs. (2)
Adjust your expectations of your students and yourself. (3)
