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Conspiracy Theories, COVID-Skeptics and Anti-Vaxxers: To Dismiss or to Debate

December 11, 2020 · Kathrin Schödel ·

Protests against COVID-19 safety measures expose lack of trust in government. Although misplaced, it is not unfounded. What would be the best strategy to deal with COVID-skeptics and conspiracy theorists?

Tagged With: coronavirus, COVID-19, democracy

A Truly Democratic Civil Society Is Our Only Hope

July 15, 2020 · Kurt Borg ·

Our politicians have made a joke of institutions, procedures, décor, political debate and partisan politics. This is what will continue to dominate the political landscape if it is not for a strong democratic civil society.

Tagged With: Civil Society Network, corruption, democracy

Il-Pesta tas-Soċjetà Moderna

June 10, 2020 · Kurt Borg ·

Filwaqt li nifhem li din il-pandemija ġabet magħha diffikultajiet ġodda, urietna b’mod iktar ċar ix-xquq li kienu diġà preżenti fis-sistema ekonomika u politika dominanti qabel inqala’ dan kollu.

Tagged With: COVID-19, democracy, migration

What Post-Pandemic Normality Means to the Streets of Valletta

June 4, 2020 · Josephine Burden ·

During the pandemic, we have been forced to prioritise our private domestic spaces. Will the ‘new normality’ bring the return of the old normal: the prioritisation of commercial private spaces over common spaces and interests?

Tagged With: commons, democracy, urban planning

Treating the ‘Other’ as Disease: Ħal Far Open Centre as a Zone of Contagion

April 29, 2020 · Krista Bonello Rutter Giappone & Daniel Vella ·

The armed presence along the perimeter of Ħal Far—essentially, the border between ‘us’ and ‘them’—was a display of state power and a pretense of care for its loyal citizens. At once, it disciplined the diseased ‘other’ and fenced the rest off from it.

Tagged With: COVID-19, democracy, discrimination, migrants, migration, racism

Highly Contagious: Pandemic and ‘Pan-Panic’

March 26, 2020 · Marieke Jochimsen ·

Why do COVID-19 updates skew so much towards death and not recovery? We need to be particularly cautious in letting numbers of death records beat us into fear. Or do we assume that people will not act responsibly unless they are shocked into a panic?

Tagged With: COVID-19, democracy, mental health

Give Yourself a Break. Stop Making Sense of a Virus!

March 22, 2020 · Kathrin Schödel ·

 If you believe that COVID-19 was sent by divine providence to make this world a fairer, greener place, you are mistaken. It’s up to us to strive for this goal. A virus has no such mission.

Tagged With: coronavirus, COVID-19, democracy, inequality, public health

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