LSE: Responses to COVID-19 must focus on communities and not just past epidemics
In the current global pandemic, there is a lot that can be learned from past epidemics. What is poignantly missing, however, is acknowledgement of local perspectives to disease outbreak and response. Jeremy Allouche and Dienedort Wandji argue we need to better understand how individuals and local communities in Africa, and beyond, have learnt and developed social, cultural and institutional mechanisms to deal with protracted crises.
Read more: https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/africaatlse/2020/04/06/responses-lessons-covid19-ebola-focus-on-communities-epidemics/
When hip-hop saves lives: UNESCO, i4Policy, UNHCR join forces in #DontGoViral campaign to fight infodemic around COVID-19
“The success of the DontGoViral campaign underlines the resilience and creativity of women and men on the African Continent to harness the power of cultural diversity to effectively combat the infodemic that is proving to be just as viral as the pandemic itself. Their contributions highlight the fact that cultural players are a much-needed part of the solution,” said Audrey Azoulay, Director-General of UNESCO.
Read more here: https://en.unesco.org/news/when-hip-hop-saves-lives-unesco-i4policy-unhcr-join-forces-dontgoviral-campaign-fight-infodemic?fbclid=IwAR04T46gUMwV4bRx6TXXJwff_ZlPa8cvgS-a2UQFNLnbbb7vpt8C8pM0AnM
Webinar : Digital Activism in Times of Pandemic
This webinar is organized by the Centre of Digital Culture and International Sociological Association Research Committee on Social Classes & Social Movements. It was filmed in May 2020.
View here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ImBgHO4iMaQ&feature=youtu.be&fbclid=IwAR0NOFeT1Uj-lZiz7_bMu9utYU0CTCzPqUpkhHccN3U0VYMXBV5jesyEg34
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