Global Crisis Leadership for Disease‐Induced Threats: One Health and Urbanisation

The concept of ‘One Health' (OH) has gathered momentum among the public health and animal health communities as an important global policy agenda for drawing together these disciplines to inform urban planning and health security policies. OH research, from a risk governance perspective, is generally concerned with identifying preventative programmes that can minimise the threats posed by diseases at the animal‐human interface (e.g. Corona virus, Ebola, avian influenza, the Q virus, for example). This article, by drawing on examples of disease threats, discusses the multi‐level challenges of establishing OH with a particular focus on urban change. It considers the risks posed by the increasing urbanisation of animal habitats and what this means for achieving OH. The article concludes by discussing why social scientists need to pay greater attention to the concept of OH.

Waves in Cycle: The protests against anti-contagion measures and vaccination in Covid-19 times in Italy

Since the beginning of the pandemic, while progressive movements have mainly focused on social inequalities exacerbated by the sanitary emergency, a number of protests emerged and quickly became visible that initially targeted the policies taken to reduce contagion and subsequently focused on the vaccine and vaccination. In the attempt to account for the rapid development of these protests, social scientists have mostly turned to classical approaches used in the analysis of far-right organizations and sects, looking at broad transformations in society or at fear and a sense of insecurity at the individual level. In this article, we build upon a social movement approach to look at the main characteristics of the protests against anti-contagion measures. From a theoretical point of view, we point to the importance of disentangling the specific waves happening within broader protest cycles. Empirically, focusing on the Italian case, we present a novel development in protest event analysis looking at the specific forms of action, the actors involved, and their claims in two waves of contention during the pandemic in Italy, between 2020 and 2021.

Why 'cultures of care'?

Also embedded in these institutional cultures were ideas about the responsibility for self-care, which often failed to recognise the impact of infrastructures of care on the "capacity to care" for the self (E. R. Power, [37]). Academic discussions of care have stressed the complexity of the concept of care (Fisher & Tronto, [13]), and the difficulty of defining care "needs" and "good care" (Engster, [11];Held, [20];J. Tronto, [55]). Caring for those who care: Towards a more expansive understanding of "cultures of care" in laboratory animal facilities. The Covid "lockdowns" impacted the informal "cultures of care" within families and communities through significant reductions in, or withdrawal of, services providing care or benefits enabling care, for (amongst others) children, people with learning difficulties and people with physical disabilities, or who are frail. [Extracted from the article]

Exploring the pandemic from feminist research: social scientists, covid and university

This research aims to understand the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the research processes of women social scientists at the University of Granada from a gender perspectivep. We have also explored strategies that the researchers have developed to continue their studies. Some of these strategies have been conceived as care practices in research. On the other hand, we have collected proposals aimed at improving research practice in times of pandemic. In order to address these objectives, we have implemented a qualitative methodology based on in-depth interviews and feminist epistemological and methodological perspectives. © GKA Ediciones, authors.

Herd Racialization and the Inequalities of Immunity

At the same time, they each point to the ways that COVID-19 has been unequal not only in its direct costs for people of color in the United States but also in the immunological burdens it places on them to move the infection dynamics from pandemic to endemic. 11 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, "Risk for COVID-19 Infection, Hospitalization, and Death by Race/Ethnicity", March 10, 2022, https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/covid-data/investigations-discovery/hospitalization-death-by-race-ethnicity.html. The COVID-19 pandemic has been the context for public health institutions, epidemiologists, and a range of social scientists to make a public case for an idea concisely stated by the American Medical Association in November 2020: "Racism is a threat to public health."[1] While activists and medical historians have long noted inequalities of access and outcomes for patients as well as exploitative conditions for research subjects based on race, class, gender, sexuality, nationality, and disability, such a statement by the AMA reflects a shift in public discourse at an organization that has historically worked to entrench such inequalities through its advocacy against universal health care and an elitist approach to medical training.[2] At the moment of this public statement on racism, the intersection of the global pandemic with public activism against police violence created conditions for a reckoning with medical and health institutions' complicity in racially unequal life outcomes, which Ruth Wilson Gilmore centers as racism's production of "group-differentiated vulnerability to premature death.". [Extracted from the article] Copyright of American Quarterly is the property of Johns Hopkins University Press and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites or posted to a listserv without the copyright holder's express written permission. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. This may be abridged. No warranty is given about the accuracy of the copy. Users should refer to the original published version of the material for the full . (Copyright applies to all s.)

Book Review: Care and Capitalism

Lynch, Kathleen Care and Capitalism, Cambridge: Polity Press, 2022;248 pp.: ISBN 9781509543837, $28.95 Kathleen Lynch's I Care and Capitalism i presents on the diversified dimensions of the manifold relationship between care and capitalism. Chapter 10 and concluding remarks clarify the possibilities of care-oriented resistance to capitalism and the potential lessons drawn from the Covid-19 experience. Chapter 7 analyzes other ideologies of capitalism that can potentially harm a care-based culture. [Extracted from the article] Copyright of Capital & Class is the property of Sage Publications Inc. and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites or posted to a listserv without the copyright holder's express written permission. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. This may be abridged. No warranty is given about the accuracy of the copy. Users should refer to the original published version of the material for the full . (Copyright applies to all s.)

METODA BIOGRAFICZNA W KONTEKŚCIE BADAŃ JAKOŚCIOWYCH REALIZOWANYCH ZDALNIE – MOŻLIWOŚCI, OGRANICZENIA I ASPEKTY ETYCZNE

Pandemia koronawirusa COVID-19 i wielomiesięczny lockdown wymusiły na części badaczy społecznych kontynuowanie badań jakościowych w trybie zdalnym oraz prowadzenie wywiadów za pomocą komunikatorów internetowych. Upowszechnienie takiej formy zbierania materiału empirycznego nastręcza nie tylko trudności technicznych, lecz także stanowi kolejny problem etyczny. Celem niniejszego artykułu jest analiza zagrożeń i korzyści, jakie wiążą się z prowadzeniem wywiadów narracyjnych online ze szczególnym naciskiem na realizację wywiadów biograficznych. Główne pytanie, które poddajemy dyskusji, brzmi następująco: czy wskazane i etyczne jest kontynuowanie realizacji badań biograficznych online, biorąc pod uwagę specyfikę tej metody? Material zródlowy, bedacy podstawa tego artykulu, to, po pierwsze, literatura metodologiczna, na bazie której dokonujemy przegladu podejsc i stanowisk dotyczacych prowadzenia badan zdalnie oraz przegladu argumentów za i przeciw realizowaniu wywiadów narracyjnych przez Internet. Po drugie, opieramy sie na autoetnografi cznych obserwacjach badaczy realizujacych projekt w czasie pandemii COVID-19 i rezultatach wewnetrznych dyskusji zespolu po przeprowadzeniu próbnie trzech wywiadów biograficznych za pomoca programu Zoom, na wyrazna prosbe rozmówców. Na koniec przedstawiamy wnioski, uwagi i rekomendacje, jakie pojawily sie podczas dyskusji zespolu projektowego odnosnie do prowadzenia wywiadów biograficznych przez Internet.Alternate :The COVID-19 pandemic and many months of lockdown have forced some social scientists to continue to do qualitative research remotely and conduct interviews using online communication platforms. However, the growing popularity of such a way of collecting empirical material causes not only technical difficulties but also raises yet another ethical concern. The aim of this article is to analyse the risks and benefits of conducting online narrative interviews, with particular emphasis on doing biographical interviews. The main question we discuss is: Is it advisable and ethical to continue conducting online biographical research considering the specificity of this method? The source material which is the basis of this article consists of two parts: 1. the analysis of methodological literature - a review of approaches and standpoints regarding doing research remotely and a summary of the arguments for and against conducting narrative interviews via the Internet;2. we also rely on the autoethnographic observations of the researchers who participated in our project and the results of the project team's internal discussions after conducting a trial of three biographical interviews using the Zoom platform, at the explicit request of the interviewees. Finally, we summarize the conclusions and share the comments and recommendations which are the results of the project team's discussions about conducting biographical interviews online.

Empowering Communities, beyond Energy Scarcity †

Empowering Communities, beyond Energy Scarcity † Well-Being Well-being, at the level of local or larger-scale communities, is not only linked to decreasing fossil energy use and energy scarcity. The increased growth, although this was recently slowed down by the Covid pandemic, and the demands for welfare and well-being made by developed and developing countries, have placed increased pressure on energy resources. [Extracted from the article] Copyright of Energies (19961073) is the property of MDPI and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites or posted to a listserv without the copyright holder's express written permission. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. This may be abridged. No warranty is given about the accuracy of the copy. Users should refer to the original published version of the material for the full . (Copyright applies to all s.)

Ciencias sociales y pandemia en México: ¿respuestas convencionales frente a emergencias inéditas?

En las ciencias sociales se ha debatido desde hace décadas sobre las formas de hacer investigación cuando se pretende generar conocimiento aplicable para atender problemas de la sociedad. La pandemia de Covid-19 que inició en la primavera de 2020 produjo una sacudida global en las formas de vida y organización de las sociedades del mundo. Las ciencias sociales respondieron muy pronto a la necesidad de explicaciones sobre las causas, consecuencias y alternativas frente a la crisis sanitaria. Este artículo analiza un conjunto de iniciativas que los científicos sociales desarrollaron en México. El concepto-eje utilizado para el análisis es el de movilización de conocimiento (mc), que, desde nuestra perspectiva, se adecúa a los propósitos de este trabajo. Las acciones de movilización de conocimientos por parte de centros académicos dedicados a las ciencias sociales en diferentes regiones del país han contribuido a generar y difundir conocimiento útil para la toma de decisiones ante la emergencia.Alternate :For decades, the subject of how to carry out research in order to generate knowledge applicable to the solution of society's issues has been debated in social sciences. The Covid-19 pandemic that began in the spring of 2020 rattled the organization and ways of life of societies all over the globe. Social sciences were quick to respond to the need for explanations on the causes, consequences, and alternatives regarding the sanitary crisis. This article analyzes a series of initiatives which social scientists developed in Mexico. The concept-axis that lies at the core of this analysis is that of the mobilization of knowledge, which adapts to the purposes of this work. The actions undertaken by academic centers dedicated to social sciences across the country for the mobilization of knowledge have contributed to generating and spreading useful knowledge for decision-making during the emergency.

Diffusion of the utopias. The academy and the media in times of pandemic

At the end of the 20th century, the disappearance of the great utopias occurs. Crises are favorable moments to imagine better worlds. Social scientists and humanists - because of their knowledge of reality and its possibilities for change - are privileged to visualize the Covid-19 crisis as an opportunity for change and transfer the orientation of change to all of society. This is a transcendental translation for the consolidation of utopia in the social imaginary. This work explores the rehabilitation of utopia in the exceptional circumstances of the pandemic's start by academics. Doing this identifies, classifies, and analyzes the specific proposals that these thinkers have published in the press to move towards a happy world. We note that the pandemic has not managed to rehabilitate the utopia and that the community's proposals for change are fragmented. We consider that this fragmentation is a symptom of micro-stories, which implies a shift towards micro-routes. However, medium-range utopias proliferate in which messages appear insistently and, in that sense, may be reflected in the social imaginary.