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The scope and range of issues touched by the C-19 event are vast. The Institute for Social Responsibility (ISR) asked the Edge Hill University research community to submit articles on a range of issues detailing how the pandemic has affected their field and they responded. Every day through April-May, ISR posted a new viewpoint on the pandemic. Limited to 500 words (approx.), each post was academic, apolitical yet provocative in nature. Professor Jo Crotty, Director: Institute for Social Responsibility
Contents Back in the USSR: C-19 and the Normalising of a Surveillance State Is it kindness that matters? Where is the Balance – Democracy in the Lockdown The Arts and COVID-19: A Time of Danger and Opportunity? Lockdown 2020 – The Impact on Social Care Fingerprints, DNA and Policing Powers during COVID-19 Hannah Arendt: A Theorist for Troubled Times What is the new ‘normal’? Autism, Routine and Covid-19 Pandemic, Press Conference and Performance: What future for the politician’s ‘Direct Address’? COVID-19 lockdown: What are the implications for individual freedom? COVID-19 & the (dis)proportionate case for lockdown Who Needs Society? Authoritarianism and COVID-19 Ministry without the Ministered: Reflections from a Vicar in Lockdown COVID-19: Lockdown when you are Locked Up In Troubled Times, Philosophy CAN Help Wither Fake News: COVID-19 and its Impact on Journalism Coronavirus and Calais refugees: How can you stay safe without soap? Lockdown and Educational Inequality: Some Reflections Re-imagining a ‘Good Society’ in the wake of COVID-19 Slackening of Statutory Measures to Safeguard Children: An Outcome of the Coronavirus Outbreak Temporary or Fixed? Changing Business Models in a Global Pandemic New Realities? New Culture? What next for HR post Covid-19? Blitzed by Myths: The ‘Spirit’ of the Blitz and COVID-19 Dig where you stand: Histories of where you live in a Global Pandemic Images in the Head; the Pervasiveness of Dreaming in Isolation Citizen Science to tackle Poor Air Quality post COVID-19 COVID-19 and Child Abuse in Institutions The Road to Nowhere? Tourism after Covid-19 Constructing a ‘New Normal’: What Changes when it’s all over? Pandemics, Prohibition and the Past: COVID-19 in Historical Perspective Flattening the Acceptance Curve: Transitioning a more Inclusive World after COVID-19 How to Stay ‘Engaged’ at a Distance: Youth Work and COVID-19 “Coming Out” and Covid-19 We Make the Road by Walking: A ‘Kinder’ Society after COVID-19? Everyday Creativity: Why the Arts need to Rethink What Matters Emerging from Lockdown: Shared Experience as we (re)commune together Covid-19: An Opportunity for Nature and Outdoor Education Epidemics: A View from Italy Towards a ‘Next Normal’: HE and Reflection at Speed Covid-19: Hollywood’s Next 9/11? Streaming and CGI? The future of TV and Film after COVID-19? Creative Resilience and going OFFLine during Lockdown Constructive Opposition in a Time of Crisis: Can the new Labour Leadership Rise to the Challenge? Covid-19, Higher Education and the rise of video-based learning Experts at Bereavement? Listen up! Schools have always been much more than places for Education Covid-19: Liberation from the Clock (for some) Returning to ‘normal’: Better or Worse for those with special need and/or disabilities? Staging Apocalypse: Endgame, by Samuel Beckett To the Moon and Back: Summing up the ISR/EHU Covid-19 Blog
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