Airports, localities and disease: Representations of global travel during the H1N1 pandemic

In this paper the authors explore the biopolitics of public health in the UK through an analysis of the representation of H1N1 in UK national and regional newspapers. Airport as a site for control The authors uncover new discourses relating to the significance of the airport as a site for control and the ethics of the treatment of the traveller as a potential transmitter of disease. Conclusion: spread of diseases associated with biosecurity They conclude by highlighting how the global spread of infectious diseases is grounded in particular localities associated with distinctive notions of biosecurity and the traveller. Paper: Airports, Localities and Disease: Representations of Global Travel During the H1N1 Pandemic More related papers: Airneth file: Pandemic influenza and air transport