Drawing on a long-term political ethnography of sites of global health governance, the paper makes methodological and substantive contributions. First of all, it shows that ethnography induces researchers to experience international organizations (IOs) and global governance as spatiotemporal phenomena. This experience overlaps with the lived realities of practitioners and spotlights aspects that are otherwise easily overlooked. Both practitioners and ethnographers have to be in specific spaces at particular times. This practical challenge illustrates that there are focal times and spaces, which are linked to the cyclical and sited character of global health governance. These focal times and spaces provide an important coordination mechanism and ease the general flow of knowledge – within IOs and between IOs and their environment. However, there is also the constant danger that they develop a self-referential life of their own and become disconnected from other processes. Similarly, not just researchers but also practitioners are struggling to develop a comprehensive understanding of IOs since they experience them only partially and in specific settings. Thus, a spatiotemporal account highlights both overlooked links and unexpected disconnections. The conclusion mentions that the current – COVID-19-induced – mainstreaming of digital technologies will impact the spatiotemporal dimension of global health governance.

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焦点时空：民族志如何突出国际组织的时空性和全球治理

本文借鉴全球卫生治理场所的长期政治民族志，在方法论和实质性方面做出了贡献。首先，它表明民族志引导研究人员将国际组织（IOs）和全球治理视为时空现象。这种经验与从业者的生活现实重叠，并突出了容易被忽视的方面。从业者和民族志学家都必须在特定时间处于特定空间。这一实际挑战表明，存在与全球卫生治理的周期性和定位特征相关的焦点时间和空间。这些焦点时间和空间提供了一种重要的协调机制，并简化了知识的一般流动——在 IO 内部以及 IO 与其环境之间。然而，也存在持续的危险，即他们发展出自己的自我参照生活，并与其他过程脱节。同样，不仅研究人员，而且从业人员都在努力全面了解 IO，因为他们只是在特定环境中部分体验到 IO。因此，时空帐户突出了被忽视的链接和意外的断开连接。结论提到，当前由 COVID-19 引起的数字技术主流化将影响全球卫生治理的时空维度。不仅研究人员，而且从业者都在努力全面了解 IO，因为他们只是部分地在特定环境中体验它们。因此，时空帐户突出了被忽视的链接和意外的断开连接。结论提到，当前由 COVID-19 引起的数字技术主流化将影响全球卫生治理的时空维度。不仅研究人员，而且从业者都在努力全面了解 IO，因为他们只是部分地在特定环境中体验它们。因此，时空帐户突出了被忽视的链接和意外的断开连接。结论提到，当前由 COVID-19 引起的数字技术主流化将影响全球卫生治理的时空维度。