Peter Safronov. Independent scholar, Nashy Penaty School; 92, Profsouyznaya st., Moscow, 117485, Russian Federation;

e-mail: psafronov@nashipenati.ru

This essay addresses the question of visibility under pandemic. Relation of visible and invisible is first presented as a part of personal urban experience. The author then proceeds to the analysis of the overall effects on visibility produced by infrastructural inequalities of urban life. Discussion rotates around the notions of parastate and paraeconomy emerging through pandemic forms of government and communication. The essay crystallizes the distinction between continuous cosmopolitan globalization of humans and intermittent mondialisation of virtual objects.

Keywords: COVID-19, inequality, urban life, parastate, paraeconomy

DOI: 10.22394/978-5-93255-592-7_7