ABSTRACT
This volume brings together academics, activists, social work practitioners, poets, and artists from different parts of the world during the Covid-19 pandemic. It sheds light on how the pandemic has exposed the inequities in society and is shaping social institutions, affecting human relationships, and creating new norms with each passing day.
It examines how people from diverse societies and fields of work have come to conceptualise and imagine a new world order based on the principles of social and ecological justice, care, and human dignity. It prioritises the realm of imagination, creativity, and affect in understanding social formations and in shaping societies beyond the positivist approaches. Documenting the myriad experiences and responses to the pandemic, the volume foregrounds varied processes of making meaning; understanding impulses, resistances, and coping mechanisms; and building solidarities. Further, it also acts as a tool of memory for future generations, and articulations- artistic, political, socio-cultural, scientific- of hope and perseverance. This spectrum of expressions intends to value visceral experiences, build solidarities, and find solace in art.
Its uniqueness lies in the way it brings together a much-needed interface between science, social sciences, and humanities. A compelling account on our contemporary lives, the volume will be of great interest to scholars of sociology and social anthropology, politics, art and aesthetics, psychology, social work, literature, health, and medical sciences.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part |20 pages
Touch
part |42 pages
Home and the World
chapter 7|17 pages
Post-Covid-19 Urbanscape
part |41 pages
Governance
chapter 11|10 pages
Domestic Violence during the Covid-19 Lockdown
part |21 pages
Religion and Godlessness
chapter 16|12 pages
Handling Pandemic
part |25 pages
Creative Communications
chapter 20|12 pages
Re-imagining Indigenous Knowledge in Post-Covid-19 Social Work in Uganda
part |25 pages
Questioning the ‘Normal’ and the Normative
chapter 24|9 pages
Covid-19 and the Intersectional Consequences for Women with Disabilities
part |23 pages
Education
chapter 25|10 pages
The Private Liberal Arts University and the Pandemic
part |14 pages
Of Trauma and Loss
part |40 pages
Creative Re-imaginings