Studying Men and Masculinities in Global Crises: Critical Reflections on COVID-19 ‘Lockdown Masculinities’ in Uganda

Emerging public discourses around the COVID-19 crisis have characterised this pandemic as unprecedented and disruptive. How exactly do such global disruptions of unprecedented nature affect men and masculinities? What kind of narratives around men and masculinities did coronavirus and its associated preventive measures set off? What would such narratives teach us about researching and theorising men and masculinities in crises of such magnitude? These questions form part of our reflections on what we term ‘lockdown masculinities’—new insights into men’s lives, actions, interactions and negotiations between and amongst men, women and children and emerging social practices and (social) media representations associated with men during COVID-19 crisis in Uganda.