The main aim of this project is to investigate and gain insight, through a six-month study, the disruptions and opportunities to everyday mainstream news production wrought by the global outbreak of Covid-19 in three selected countries—South Africa, Zimbabwe, and Botswana. In the history of newsroom evolution, every disruption brought to the journalism profession has conversely …
The Covid-19 pandemic presents not just a global health crisis but also a major disruption to economic and social life. While workers on precarious contracts and those in the informal and gig economy have experienced heightened insecurity for the future of their jobs, during the pandemic many low-paid jobs have a shift of status from …
Covid-19’s impact on the incarcerated population is a pressing humanitarian issue. Inmates are disproportionately more likely to be afflicted by the disease, and large percentages of inmates have tested positive. In response, advocates have encouraged people to reach out to elected officials and call for the release of non-violent and/or at-risk offenders. Whether this call …
Mobilizing for the Release of Inmates in a Pandemic Read More »
Public health messaging during the Covid-19 pandemic has emphasized protecting oneself and family members by avoiding, isolating, and distancing. Among forward castes in India, such messaging has offered a veneer of modern reasoning for historical discrimination premised on “touch avoidance” caste practices—directed this time towards the Muslim. Prejudice against the Muslim and the anxiety about …
The Threat of Touch: Othering Bodies During the Covid-19 Pandemic Read More »
We investigate the everyday governance and decision-making practices of educators to care for the health and well-being of pre-K–12 students during the COVID-19 pandemic. Through multi-sited, multi-scaled, mixed-methods, community-engaged research at two schools in the San Gabriel Valley region of Southern California, we examine how teaching models for physical and mental well-being are being adapted …
Our project focuses on the health, economic, and social impact of Covid-19 on African, Asian, and Latinx immigrant and refugee communities in the United States. Our research will contribute to a curated digital collection of news reports, data, perspectives, and other resources documenting the experiences of immigrants and refugees across the country. Created at the …
The closure of universities and the move to online classes due to the Covid-19 outbreak have emphasized inequalities in regions such as Latin America. This research looks at the impact of Covid-19 on higher education in this region. Drawing on Colombia’s largest public university, the National University of Colombia (UNAL), this study sets out to …
This project examines the effects of South Korea’s Covid-19 pandemic response on the Korean nation, governance, and citizenship. In particular, it examines how the surveillance technologies and techniques, lauded by many around the world as a template for contact tracing elsewhere, deliberately target non-normative behaviors and practices of Korean citizens (such as collecting financial data …
Queering the Surveillance Assemblage: Covid-19 and Homophobia in South Korea Read More »
Loneliness is a heavy burden, with long-term costs to well-being and public health. LGBTQ+ individuals are especially vulnerable to loneliness and its consequential impacts over time, including increased suicidal behavior, clinical depression and anxiety, elevated risk of heart failure and stroke, and cognitive decay. During this pandemic, social restrictions have created an environment especially facilitative …
Our project aims at examining the colonial government’s response to pandemics in Nyasaland, now known as Malawi, especially the Spanish influenza of 1918–1919. The project focuses on lessons that can be drawn from past epidemics in responding to Covid-19. The following questions will be addressed: What practices were used to contain past pandemics? How successful …
