[Peripheral promises: expectations, coalitions and covid-19 vaccines in Argentina].

Abstract

Covid-19 vaccines have shown great promise in addressing the health crisis, including in the global periphery. This work analyzes the construction and mobilization of technoscientific promises to ensure vaccine access in Argentina. Based on the analysis of newspaper notes and interviews, in an approach bringing together social science and technology studies, we examine coalitions of key actors, technoscientific promises, and cognitive, symbolic, and material elements coordinated around "covid-19 vaccines" that materially support these promises. This work allows us to delve deeper into the legitimization repertoires for decision-making and seeks to show how a "peripheral" promise can be fulfilled and materialized.