Best Reads: Society and Politics
COVID-19's effects on the world will be studied for decades to come, but a substantive body of literature which helps us understand the pandemic's transformation of global society and politics has already emerged.
Conversations on the Frontline: The Politics of Negotiating Pandemic Preparedness
James Love, Director of Knowledge Ecology International, speaks with Manjari Mahajan on how global health institutions can work to settle issues such as intellectual property rights and global technological capacity gaps
Best Reads: China and the Pandemic
This first part of Pandemic Discourses' Best Reads List covers the development of the COVID-19 Pandemic during its early days in China. These specific readings were selected out of many great candidates due to their unique perspectives on the effects of the pandemic on a human as well as societal level.
Interview: How the Lockdown is Remaking Shanghai Neighborhoods
Dr. SUN Zhe discusses how lockdowns in Shanghai have reshaped neighborhoods and communities, forcing previously atomized residents to participate in community affairs and work to address challenges such as food shortages.
Pandemic Discourses Wants Your Best Reads
Pandemic Discourses welcomes recommendations for the best reads on the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Animated Pandemic: ‘Big Whites’ on Shenzhen Social Media
Questions of gender loom large in visual representations of the pandemic response and public health campaigns in Shenzhen. Mary Ann O'Donnell provides an account of how gender and animation are employed on social media by the public and state authorities as part of this campaign.
Vaccination Imbroglio in Brazil: Negligence, Political Disputes, and Technical Authority
Brazil's Covid-19 vaccination rate is quite impressive considering that it has not been achieved through the efforts of the Brazilian Presidency but despite them, writes Laís Ramalho, PhD candidate at the International Relations Institute (IRI) of the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio) and Visiting Research Scholar at Observatory on Latin America (OLA), The New School.
Conversations on the Frontline: The Future Politics and Geography of Vaccine Supply
Achal Prabhala, coordinator for the AcesssIBSA project which campaigns for access to medicines and vaccines, discusses the politics and shifting geographies of COVID-19 vaccine access.
Human Rights and Global Responses to the Pandemic in the Age of Hyper-globalization
The age of hyper-globalization requires global institutions to contain pandemics worldwide in a way that builds on international solidarity and human rights norms, writes Sakiko Fukuda-Parr, co-editor of Pandemic Discourses.