Author Archives: pzumbansen

Jeanette Couvaras, Sunday, August 30th, 2020 Life gets so busy in normal times, and we learn to go with the flow And then something drastic happens, and all of a sudden, the flow as we know it is disturbed. Everything is in turmoil and our lives feel shattered. Life as we know it, has changed.Continue reading “It’s the Little Things”

Stephen Minas, August 7, 2020 Lucky? At first, finding myself in Australia during what became a global pandemic seemed to be a stroke of dumb luck. Until June, Australia’s coronavirus record was one of success. The Australian government assessed that the coronavirus would develop into a pandemic long before the World Health Organization made theContinue reading “State of Disaster”

Jimena Sierra, July 27th, 2020 A FG por sus palabras, que nos ayudan a entender-nos. “Hoy y acá somos seres torvos, seres protegidos con cerraduras y candados, seres que se recogen temprano, que se mienten, seres que bailan un mapalé infinito donde nadie toca a nadie porque tenemos miedo del contacto, del contagio. Cuatrocientos cincuentaContinue reading ““Bogotá, el miedo y la pandemia””

Benjamin Zumbansen | July 21, 2020 I. Is “online school” normal? Is it even a normal word? The last few months have been crazy for everyone. One went from complaining about going to school or being bumped into in stores to it being all one wanted and longed for. I had never realized how importantContinue reading “The Life of a 14 Year Old during the Pandemic”

Priya Gupta & Peer Zumbansen, Editors, CoronaJournal Note from the Editors: The Summer offers a complex map of the virus and its varied densities and velocities around the world. We are sorry that the Journal has been a ‘quiet place’ in recent weeks. We welcome your submissions and are eager to share them with ourContinue reading “Hiatus – but “we’re open””

[Peer Zumbansen] Saturday, May 23rd, 2020 The Moon’s white beam is reflectedin the moist wooden boards of the fenceIt is night, stars only dimly cast theirLight.Who ever said that tipping a cow was a pastime?

[Ada Fama] Friday, May 22, 2020 One day you find yourself in the middle of thousands of people, all packed in a stadium to watch a match, all screaming, all cheering. Next day a roaring silence. In a few words, this is the summary of the start of my quarantine, twice as long as theContinue reading “From ‘Six Nations’ to ‘One Nation’, and What’s Next? Chronicles from Rome – 22 February-22 May”

[Vanisha H. Sukdeo & Benjamin J. Richardson] Friday, May 8, 2020 In the name of “saving the economy”, the pandemic emergency has given governments unprecedented leverage to relax environmental protections as well as labour standards perceived as hindering the survival of business or revival of economic activity. The notion that emergencies give rise to exceptionsContinue reading “Collateral Damage: Relaxing Environmental and Labour Standards During the Pandemic”

[Abdullah Azzam] Saturday, May 2nd, 2020 This pandemic reminds me of a very intriguing concept of ‘world risk society’ discussed by Ulrich Beck where he illuminates on the nature of ‘risk’ the 21st century world is facing, and how these uncontrollable risks transcends the spatial and temporal boundaries. Unlike pre-modern dangers which were attributed toContinue reading “The Corona versus Hatred: Loss of Language and the triumph of hatred in India”

[Claus Offe] Thursday, April 30th, 2020 Six Categories of People. Demographic and epidemiological models divide the population precisely and fully into up to six categories, such as: (1) Those in the resident population not infected with the Corona virus (2) Those actually infected, though not diagnosed. The quantity of this category is a major unknownContinue reading “Corona Pandemic Policy: Options and Conflicts”