Category Archives: Uncategorized

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””

[Priya Gupta with Kunal Chaudhury] Wednesday, May 27, 2020 As India entered into lockdown at the end of March, millions of people lost their jobs. In April 2020 alone, 122 million jobs were lost. Millions of people working as domestic help, as drivers, as day laborers, began a long journey back to their hometowns. TrainsContinue reading “An “autopsy of the corpse of neoliberal policy,” National Highway 1, and Parle-G Biscuits”

[Defne Sökmen] Sunday, May 24, 2020 Where Were We When The Clock Struck Midnight? Two and a half months after the first case of Covid-19 reported in Turkey (11 March 2020, relatively late considering its neighbours on both sides were already recording Covid-19 related deaths), and as the month of fasting for Ramadan comes toContinue reading “Turkey Amidst Crisis: What’s New?”

[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”

[Kudrat Dev] Saturday March 28/ Monday May 18, 2020 Yes it is me talking to you.Why so surprised? The way you spot me in the skyI spot you on earth