Comparative Insights on Masking (or not) in Coping with Covid-19: Customary
                         Tuareg Covering in Niger, Controversial Covering in the United States, and

                        Their Broader Implications for Theories of Danger, Pollution, and Contagion









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            * Susan Rasmussen
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            Comparative Insights on Masking (or not) in Coping with Covid-19: Customary Tuareg Coverin

            Controversial Covering in the United States, and Their Broader Implications for Theories o
            Pollution, and Contagion


            Abstract
            This article explores attitudes and practices regarding covering in comparative perspectiv
            the mask and masking and their promotion in two very different cultural settings that none

            share some broad similarities: Niger, with particular emphasis on the Tuareg case and the 
            of smith/artisans in dissemination of cultural knowledge and health education, and the Uni

            with particular emphasis on as mediators and Texas in these processes. There is analysis o
            symbolic and socio-political re-workings of meanings and uses of masking in relation to th
            prevalent, widely-held mores concerning facial covering and their wider significance for u

            theories of danger, pollution, and contagion in anthropology.

            Keywords: COVID-19; Tuareg; Africa; United States; pollution; symbolism; politics


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