"Interweaving history, original reportage, and personal narrative, Pandemic explores the origins of epidemics, drawing parallels between the story of cholera-- one of history's most disruptive and deadly pathogens-- and the new pathogens that stalk humankind today"--

In this rich, eye-opening, and uplifting digital anthology, dozens of esteemed writers, poets, and artists from more than thirty countries send literary dispatches from life during the pandemic. Net proceeds benefit booksellers in need. As our world is transformed by the coronavirus pandemic, writers offer a powerful antidote to the fearful confines of isolation: a window onto lives and corners of the world beyond our own. In Mauritius, a journalist contends with denialism and mourns the last days of summer, lost to the lockdown. In Paris, a writer struggles to protect his young son from fear. In Chile, protesters who prevailed against tear gas and rubber bullets are now halted by a virus. In Queens, after thirteen-hour shifts in the ER, a doctor dons running shoes and makes the long jog home. And We Came Outside and Saw the Stars Again takes its title from the last line of Dante's Inferno, when the poet and his guide emerge from hell to once again behold the beauty of the heavens. In that spirit, the stories, essays, poems, and artwork in this collection--from beloved authors including Jhumpa Lahiri, Mario Vargas Llosa, Eavan Boland, Daniel Alarcón, Jon Lee Anderson, Claire Messud, Ariel Dorfman, and many more--detail the harrowing experiences of life in the pandemic, while pointing toward a less isolated future. Together, they comprise a profound global portrait of the defining moment of our time, and send a clarion call for solidarity across borders. Our literary culture depends on bookstores--and those irreplaceable sources of conversation and community, of inspiration and solace, have been decimated by the lockdown. Net proceeds from And We Came Outside and Saw the Stars Again will go to the Book Industry Charitable Foundation, which helps the passionate booksellers we readers depend upon.

The Covid-19 crisis, with all the horrors it has caused, has offered humanity an opportunity to reflect on itself and evaluate its point, even if it is delayed. In a very short time, we found ourselves worried about whether we could reach the objects we needed, whether we would lose our jobs or keep our freedom. Alienation is described as withdrawing or separation of a person or a person's affections from an object or position of former attachment: alienation viewed as a sense of detachment from the values of one's society, family, and even from one's own feelings from the values of one's society and family (S. L. Halleck). Different forms of alienation, such as cultural alienation, professional alienation, and religious alienation, are among the current issues. It is obvious that we need to define different forms of alienation along with the pandemic. I believe this book will not be the first nor the last research book published on the Covid-19 pandemic. Our aim is to leave a resource on the subject for the next generation of researchers. I would like to thank everyone who contributed to the book and hope it will be beneficial for the academic community. Covid-19 krizi yaşattığı tüm dehşetle birlikte insanlığın kendi üzerinde düşünmek, gelmiş bulunduğu noktayı değerlendirmek için de, gecikmeli olsa bile bir imkan sunmuştur. Kendimizi çok kısa bir süre içerisinde ihtiyacımız olan nesnelere ulaşıp ulaşamayacağımız, işimizi kaybedip kaybetmeyeceğimiz ya da özgürlüklerimizi elimizde tutup tutamayacağımız hakkında kaygılanır bulduk. Kelime anlamı itibarı ile yabancılaşma bir şeyin veya kimsenin başka bir şeyden veya kimseden uzaklaşması, başka bir şeyle veya kimseyle olan fonksiyonel veya anlamsal paylaşımının sona ermesi durumunu ifade etmektedir (S.L.Halleck). Kültürel yabancılaşma, mesleki yabancılaşma, dinsel yabancılaşma gibi farklı yabancılaşma biçimleri de günümüzün aktüel konularındandır. Pandemi ile birlikte farklı yabancılaşmaları da tanımlamamız gerektiği aşikârdır. Bu kitabın amacı, yeni sürecin yarattığı yabancılaşmayla birlikte, melezleşme sürecini yeniden inşa etmek, küresel ve yerel arasındaki kültürel karşılaşmalara alternatif yaklaşımları anlamaya katkı sunmaktır. CONTENTS PREFACE / SUNUŞ COVID-19: The Great Unequalizer - Göran Therborn PART 1. IMPACTS OF COVID-19 PANDEMIC ON SOCIAL POLICIES AND RESEARCHES /Covid-19 Pandemisinin Sosyal Politikalara ve Araştırmalara Etkileri Protective Face Mask-wearing Behaviour Patterns in Turkey and Across the Globe in the Context of the COVID-19 Pandemic / COVID-19 Pandemisi Bağlamında Türkiye'de ve Dünya Genelinde Koruyucu Yüz Maskesi Kullanma Davranış Kalıpları - Nilufer Narlı, and Solveig Beyza Narlı Evenstad Mexico's Health System in the Face of Neo-liberalism, Its Commodification and Covid-19 / Neoliberalizm Karşısında Meksika'nın Sağlık Sistemi Metalaşması ve Covid-19 - Rodolfo García Zamora, Selene Gaspar Olvera, Dellanira Ruíz de Chávez Ramírez, Cristina Almeida Perales, and Pascual García Zamora Pending Agenda for Post-Pandemic Social Protection - An Integral Systematic Interdisciplinary Look From the Law of Emergency / Post-Pandemi Dönemi Sosyal Koruma için Bekleyen Gündem - Olağanüstü Hal Kanunu Üzerinden Bütünleyici Sistemli Disiplinlerarası Bir Bakış - Jorge Isaac Torres Manrique Riskler ve Belirsizlikler Kıskacında Pandemide Araştırmacı Olmak: Otoetnografik Bir Çalışma / Being a Researcher in a Pandemic in the Grip of Risks and Uncertainties: An Autoethnographic Study - Cemre Erciyes, Aleyna Yıldırım, and Meryem Erol Aggrievement and Identity during a Pandemic Due to Conflicts, Policy Decisions and the Media / Çatışmalar, Politika Kararları ve Medya Nedeniyle Salgın Sırasında Mağduriyet ve Kimlik - William L. Rosenberg PART 2. IMPACTS OF COVID-19 PANDEMIC ON GLOBAL POLITICS / Covid-19 Pandemisinin Küresel Politikaya Etkileri Covıd-19 Pandemisi Sırasında Yakın Çevrede Türkiye’nin Güvenliğiyle İlgili Gelişmeler / Developments related to Turkey's Security nearby of its Region during the Covid-19 Pandemic - Celalettin Yavuz Covid-19 Salgınında Türkiye’deki Hava Yolcu Trafiğinin Durumu: Sosyo-Ekonomik Açıdan Bir Değerlendirme / The Situation of Air Passenger Traffic in Turkey in the Covid-19 Pandemic: A Socio-Economic Evaluation - Gülaçtı Şen and Erhan Bütün Yeni Düşman Pandemiden Sonra Uluslararası Sistem / The International System After the New Enemy Pandemic - Ali Poyraz Gürson and Can Telemeci Küresel Sistem ve Korona Virüs Salgını: Yerelleşen Küreselleşme / Global System and Corona Virus Outbreak: Localized Globalization - Suat Dönmez A Crisis Like No Other: Will Covid-19 Change Capitalism? / Diğerlerine Benzemeyen Bir Kriz: Covid-19 Kapitalizmi Değiştirecek mi? - Gökhan Ak Kamu Diplomasisi Olarak Türkiye’nin Covid-19 Yardımları / Covid-19 Aid and Public Turkish Public Diplomacy - Abdulmennan Baycar PART 3. THE ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL IMPACT OF COVID-19 PANDEMIC ON WOMEN / COVID-19 Pandemisinin Kadınlar Üzerindeki Ekonomik ve Sosyal Etkisi Pandemide Kadınların Durumu ve Artan Ev içi Şiddet / Women in Pandemic and Increasing Domestic Violence - Aslıhan Ardıç Çobaner and Canan Dural Tasouji Impact of Covid-19 on Female Labour Force in Turkey / Covid-19'un Türkiye'de Kadin İşgücü Üzerindeki Etkisi - Zeynep Banu Dalaman Covid-19 Pandemisinde Uzaktan Çalışma, 7/24 Mesai ve Gözetim: Sıradan Bir Yabancılaşmanın “Olağan” Anatomisi / Teleworking, 24/7 Working and Surveillance in the Covid-19 Pandemic: The Extra “ordinary” Anatomy of an Ordinary Alienation - Hasan Saf PART 4. IMPACT OF THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC ON THE EDUCATION AND TRAINING SYSTEM / Covid-19 Pandemisinin Eğitim ve Öğretim Sistemine Etkileri School and Lockdown in Italy – Pandemic and Education / İtalya'da Okul ve Kilitlenme – Pandemi ve Eğitim - Anna Di Giusto Eğitimde Hizmet Kalitesinin Ölçüm Metotları ve Covid-19 Süreci / Measurement Methods of Service Quality in Education and the Covid-19 Pandemic - Bora Gündüzyeli Education in 'New Normal': Problems and Prospects of Tertiary Level Students in Bangladesh / Eğitimde ‘Yeni Normal’: Bangladeşte Meslek Eğitimindeki Öğrencilerin Problemleri ve Geleceği - Manzuma Ahsan Using Classroom Pedagogy to Promote Mental Health in Secondary School Setting / Ortaokul Ortamında Ruh Sağlığını Geliştirmek için Sınıf Pedagojisini Kullanmak - Madhuvanti Mukherjee, Priyanka Ghosh, and Indrani Banerjee PART 5. REFLECTIONS OF COVID-19 PANDEMIC ON MARKETING COMMUNICATION AND MEDIA / Covid-19 Pandemisinin Pazarlama İletişimi ve Medyaya Yansımaları Pandemi Sürecinde Marka İletişimini Analiz Etmek: KİĞILI / Analyzing Brand Communication in the Pandemic Process: KİĞILI - Arzu Kızbaz and Bahşende Çoban Pandemi Sürecinde Sürdürülebilir Pazarlama: United Colors of Benetton Marka İncelemesi / Sustainable Marketing During the Pandemic: United Colors of Benetton Brand Review - Bahşende Çoban and Arzu Kızbaz Covid-19 Salgınını İklim Krizi İle Birlikte Düşünmek: Türkiye’de İklim Haberleri Üzerine Bir Değerlendirme / Thinking Climate Crisis with The Covid-19 Pandemic: Reflecting on Climate News in Turkey - Aslıhan Ardıç Çobaner PART 6. REFLECTIONS OF THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC ON CINEMA AND LITERATURE / Covid-19 Pandemisinin Sinema ve Edebiyata Yansımaları Ütopik Kurgudan Distopik Gerçekliğe: Pandemi Yönetimi Perspektifinde Güney Kore ve Japon Sineması / From Utopic Fiction to Dystopic Reality: South Korean and Japanese Cinema in the Pandemic Administration Perspective - Sevil Zengin and Özlem Bapbacı Mapping Alienation, Intimacy and Loneliness onto Cinematic Existence / Yabancılaşma, Mahrem ve Yanlızlığı Sinematik Eksende Anlamak - Sweta Kushwaha Eski İspanyol Nezlesinin Puslu Perdesinde Yeni Dünya Düzeni, Yeni Hayat ve Yeni Edebiyatın Yüz Yıllık “Yeni Normal” İzleri / The Centenarian “New Normal” Traces of New World Order, New Life and New Literature at the Hazy Curtain of the Old Spanish Flu - Nuri Sağlam

Our lives have been disrupted by a pandemic, but at some point we will find a new normal. What will we do then? Better, what should we do then? Bruce Epperly has been writing while living through this time as a pastor, teacher, author, and grandparent. He provided some lessons for a hopeful, fulfilling life during the pandemic in his book Faith in a Time of Pandemic. In this book, he goes beyond that time to look at what these experiences should challenge us to do. How can we live better in the world. Fearlessly but gently he takes on issues of injustice, intolerance, inequality in society and discusses how the interdependence we have found during this time needs to be lived out in our society as a whole. His solutions are spiritual, social, and yes, political. Each chapter of the book includes a section titled “Hopeful Activism,” with suggestions on what to do about the issues discussed, a section on spirituality, and a prayer—one that is challenging to pray! This book is suitable for individual reading, but it will find its greatest value as a small group or churchwide study, or perhaps as a hopeful, forward looking study to do together online while we continue in social distancing.

Here for the first time is an account of the inner lives of teachers during and immediately after the pandemic lockdown. What is teaching like during a pandemic? How did teachers manage their emotional lives as colleagues became infected, hospitalised, and died? What did teachers actually do to bridge the gap in teaching and learning where schools and homes lacked electronic resources? These are amongst the many questions on which this collection of teacher stories sheds light. Most of these are stories of hope, resilience, and enormous courage in the face of a deadly virus. Your faith in teachers and teaching will be restored after reading this book.

How do schools reopen safely during a pandemic? How can they make informed decisions that will allow students to begin learning again at levels surpassing pre-pandemic status? What will designs of post-pandemic schools look like? What key roles will technology play in these schools? What measures will allow students and staff to feel safe again, even with an invisible enemy still lurking? Answers to these critical questions can be found in this desperately needed resourceful book!

Drawing on international and multidisciplinary perspectives, Moving Higher Education Beyond Covid-19 explores how HEIs may use crises as an opportunity to develop, to transform, and to improve their institutional resilience.