ABSTRACT

To cure Covid-19 on a medical, political, economic, and societal level, there is a need to ‘curate’ between science and politics in such a way that decision-makers and societies can address the practical requirements at hand. This commentary introduces and discusses ‘curating’ as a socio-material practice mediating between science and decision-making. It reflects on the current Covid-19 pandemic and compares ‘curatorial’ aspects here to the field of natural catastrophe risk finance. As both areas try to manage disasters, the space between scientific knowledge and economic and/or political decision-making becomes a particularly important node. By employing a focus on catastrophe simulation modelling, this essay looks at several issues of the natural catastrophe field that may yield ways to deal with epidemic crises such as the Covid-19 pandemic. This commentary suggests putting greater emphasis on (and encourages a research focus on) the ‘curation’ between science and politics to improve decision-making for socio-material disasters.

摘要

为了在医学，政治，经济和社会层面治愈Covid-19，有必要在科学与政治之间进行“策划”，以使决策者和社会可以解决眼前的实际需求。本评论介绍并讨论了“策展”，将其作为在科学与决策之间进行调解的一种社会物质实践。它回顾了当前的Covid-19大流行，并将“策划”方面与自然巨灾风险融资领域进行了比较。随着这两个领域都在设法管理灾难，科学知识与经济和/或政治决策之间的空间变得尤为重要。通过重点关注巨灾模拟模型，本文着眼于自然巨灾领域的若干问题，这些问题可能会产生应对诸如Covid-19大流行等流行危机的方法。