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The latest articles on the Sylff Association Website

The latest articles on the Sylff Association Website

The Sylff Association secretariat is pleased to share some articles from the COVID-19 pandemic series on the Sylff Association website.

Voices from the Sylff Community

Going Feral at Home: Reducing Academic Air Travel in a Post-COVID World (Jun 11, 2021)

Dr. Trisia Farrelly, a 2004 Sylff fellow, writes about a series of “nearly carbon neutral” conferences organized by Massey University’s Political Ecology Research Centre, of which she is co-director. The online format of these conferences, established prior to the pandemic, presents an opportunity to reduce academics’ significant contribution to carbon emissions from international air travel.
https://www.sylff.org/news_voices/29201/

 

Normality Is an Illusion: Crisis Is Not (Jun 10, 2021)

In this article, 2020 Sylff fellow Amit Singh questions the concept of normality. While the COVID-19 pandemic may have redefined “normality” for India’s privileged classes, the very idea is an illusion for the marginalized, who live in permanent crisis. The pandemic, under which the state has done poorly in securing the basic needs of its vulnerable, “has exposed the fault lines of fragile Indian society,” says Singh.
https://www.sylff.org/news_voices/29190/

 

When It Comes to Sustaining Community Relationships, Small Businesses Are Not Small (Jun 1, 2021)

In this thought-provoking essay, 2002 Sylff fellow Patrick Kabanda advocates for small businesses like local dry cleaners. These mom-and-pop establishments play an outsized role in the community, says Kabanda, contributing to the well-being and cohesion of people and neighborhoods. But public relief programs have been less than successful at keeping these businesses afloat in the time of COVID-19.
https://www.sylff.org/news_voices/29178/