Knowing Covid-19 - The Pandemic and Beyond

This is an edited volume that draws on eight case studies to showcase how researchers in the humanities shone a light on some of the many hidden problems of COVID-19 - from the effects of racism to the risks of deploying shame; from how to design an effective instructional leaflet to how to communicate effectively to bus passengers.

About the author

Fred Cooper is Research Fellow at the Wellcome Centre for Cultures and Environments of Health at the University of Exeter

Des Fitzgerald is Professor of Medical Humanities and Social Sciences at University College Cork

Summary

This is an edited volume that draws on eight case studies to showcase how researchers in the humanities shone a light on some of the many hidden problems of COVID-19 – from the effects of racism to the risks of deploying shame; from how to design an effective instructional leaflet to how to communicate effectively to bus passengers. -- .

Product details

• Authors: Fred Fitzgerald Cooper, Des Cooper Fitzgerald
• Assisted by: Fred Cooper (Editor), Cooper Fred (Editor), Des Fitzgerald (Editor), Fitzgerald Des (Editor)
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.05.2024
• EAN: 9781526178640
• ISBN: 978-1-5261-7864-0
• No. of pages: 240
• Series: The pandemic and beyond
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > General; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; PHILOSOPHY / Epistemology, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Civics & Citizenship, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Disease & Health Issues, MEDICAL / Infectious Diseases, Illness & addiction: social aspects, Infectious & contagious diseases, Civil rights & citizenship, Philosophy: epistemology & theory of knowledge, Health, illness and addiction: social aspects, Civics and citizenship, Philosophy: epistemology and theory of knowledge, Human coronaviruses