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Research Article

Shapes of hot water: the ontological politics of handwashing during the COVID-19 pandemic

Formas del agua caliente: la política ontológica del lavado de manos durante la pandemia de COVID-19

Formes d’eau chaude : la politique ontologique du lavage de main pendant la pandémie de COVID-19

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Received 03 Aug 2022, Accepted 19 Oct 2023, Published online: 13 Dec 2023

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Figure 1. News morning show TV4 invited medical doctor Mikael Sandström to demonstrate handwashing. Heading in Swedish reads in English: “Doctor Mikael’s lesson in handwashing: how to limit infection by 90% (news morning show TV4)” (Nyhetsmorgon TV4, Citation2018). ©2018 TV4.

Figure 1. News morning show TV4 invited medical doctor Mikael Sandström to demonstrate handwashing. Heading in Swedish reads in English: “Doctor Mikael’s lesson in handwashing: how to limit infection by 90% (news morning show TV4)” (Nyhetsmorgon TV4, Citation2018). ©2018 TV4.

Figure 2. Prior to the covid-19 pandemic WHO posted videos to demonstrate handwashing under the headline: “how to handwash? With soap and water” (WHO, Citation2015). ©2015 WHO.

Figure 2. Prior to the covid-19 pandemic WHO posted videos to demonstrate handwashing under the headline: “how to handwash? With soap and water” (WHO, Citation2015). ©2015 WHO.

Figure 3. Is doing the dishes also washing hands? (image by Siv).

Figure 3. Is doing the dishes also washing hands? (image by Siv).

Figure 4. Picture of bathroom sink with running water from the tap and the tap handle turned as far as possible in the direction of ‘only hot tap water’. (image by Sven).

Figure 4. Picture of bathroom sink with running water from the tap and the tap handle turned as far as possible in the direction of ‘only hot tap water’. (image by Sven).

Figure 5. Parts of the video sequence recorded in summer of 2020. (video by Sonja).

Figure 5. Parts of the video sequence recorded in summer of 2020. (video by Sonja).