COVID-19

Invisible half-lives and mutating viruses: Japan’s response to risk and (un)knowability after 3.11 and during the COVID-19 pandemic :: Elizabeth Maly (Japan)

grac0019 March 11, 2021March 11, 2021 Notes from the Field

The COVID-19 pandemic in Japan casts a shadow over how we remember this ten-year commemoration of the Great East Japan Earthquake, tsunami, and nuclear disaster of March 11, 2011. These two disasters, one a global pandemic and the other a

The Pandemic’s Social Ecosystem: Learning New Paths Toward Knowledge and Trust (February 8, 2021)

grac0019 February 8, 2021February 10, 2021 Editorial News & Announcements

The Teach311 + COVID-19 Collective will host a panel on “The Pandemic’s Social Ecosystem: Learning New Paths Toward Knowledge and Trust” at the Association for the Advancement of Science’s virtual annual meeting on February 8 2021 (3pm EST). Teach311 +

近現代日本における伝染病と公衆衛生制度 :: 香西豊子 (日本)

grac0019 September 10, 2020November 4, 2020 Notes from the Field

2020年5月9日に、日本のCOVID-19による死者は、総計600名を超えました。この数字をどうみるかは、国内でも種々意見が分かれています。政府は当面、現在の緊急事態宣言を延長する方針を固めました。

Locating the Risk on Foreign Shores: The Making of “Covid-Safe” Japan :: Elizabeth Maly (Japan)

grac0019 July 9, 2020July 11, 2020 Notes from the Field

There have been many theories, discussions and debates about what combination of factors contributed to Japan’s success up until now in preventing uncontrolled spread of COVID-19 and health system collapse. Oft-described as surprising or mysterious by foreign media, this success

History of Science ON CALL — When Biology Meets History: Reflections on “The History and Evolution of Infectious Disease” (Part IV) :: Vassiliki Betty Smocovitis (USA)

grac0019 June 25, 2020July 9, 2020 ON CALL, TeachCOVID-19, Teaching Moments

The Teach311.org + COVID-19 collective and the History of Science ON CALL project are pleased to co-present this 5-part interview with Vassiliki Betty Smocovitis, a Professor of the History of Science in the departments of Biology and History at the

Preparing school science for the next disaster :: Wonyong Park (United Kingdom)

grac0019 June 25, 2020June 25, 2020 Notes from the Field

As a science education researcher who has been interested in disasters for several years, my job, in times of disaster, is to collect a range of primary and secondary information about the crisis and draw lessons for how we teach

History of Science ON CALL — When Biology Meets History: Reflections on “The History and Evolution of Infectious Disease” (Part II) :: Vassiliki Betty Smocovitis (USA)

grac0019 June 8, 2020June 15, 2020 ON CALL, TeachCOVID-19, Teaching Moments

The Teach311.org + COVID-19 collective and the History of Science ON CALL project are pleased to co-present this 4-part interview with Vassiliki Betty Smocovitis, a Professor of the History of Science in the departments of Biology and History at the

Diary Project Taipei [4] :: Hsin-Hui Lin (Taiwan)

grac0019 June 4, 2020June 4, 2020 Diary Project, TeachCOVID-19

18 May 2020 It has been over ten days without any cases of COVID-19 being reported, and over thirty-five days without a single locally transmitted case being confirmed. As the pandemic winds down, perhaps it is time to look back

History of Science ON CALL — When Biology Meets History: Reflections on “The History and Evolution of Infectious Disease” (Part I) :: Vassiliki Betty Smocovitis (USA)

grac0019 June 4, 2020June 8, 2020 ON CALL, TeachCOVID-19, Teaching Moments

Diary Project Taipei [3] :: Hsin-Hui Lin (Taiwan)

grac0019 May 21, 2020June 4, 2020 Diary Project, TeachCOVID-19

“The customers clean the tables for me,” says the owner of an eatery in Taitung, a southeastern city of Taiwan.

As the virus spreads through most areas of Taiwan, Taitung remains a city that has not yet reported any cases of infection.

Translating COVID-19 and Japan: A Historical Reflection on the Social Standing of Scientists :: Ruselle Meade (United Kingdom)

grac0019 May 21, 2020May 21, 2020 Notes from the Field

As a crisis that inevitably mixes politics with science, the COVID-19 pandemic has heightened the visibility of scientists. Political leaders the world over are keen to stress that their responses to the pandemic are “driven by science.” It was warnings

Diary Project Nur-Sultan [3] :: Diana Kopbayeva (Kazakhstan)

grac0019 May 18, 2020May 21, 2020 Diary Project, TeachCOVID-19

To be or not to be… productive in the quarantine? I chose not to be. These days the web is full of posts encouraging us to make the most of the lockdown, to approach the pandemic as a

Diary Project Harare [2] :: Constance Myambo (Zimbabwe)

GRACE TEO JIE YING May 11, 2020May 11, 2020 Diary Project, TeachCOVID-19

As we all woke up on the 19th of April, our curiosity levels were just on another level so high that people waited for the President’s address anxiously. Some got joking about it on social media platforms

Diary Project Nur-Sultan [2] :: Diana Kopbayeva (Kazakhstan)

GRACE TEO JIE YING May 11, 2020May 21, 2020 Diary Project, TeachCOVID-19

On March 26 things began to evolve rapidly. It had been ten days since the announcement of the state of emergency. The number of people identified as infected with COVID-19 had risen from two cases (on March 13) to 111 cases

Diary Project Hong Kong [1] :: Abroo Nazar (Hong Kong)

GRACE TEO JIE YING May 11, 2020June 5, 2020 Diary Project, TeachCOVID-19

Today, I woke up with a strong smell of bleach and disinfectant. I thought that the cleaning lady must be cleaning the elevators and corridors again. All the hallways and elevators of my building are disinfected

Two (2) CFPs: Seeing Clearly Through COVID-19 & Biomedical Knowledge in a Time of Pandemic :: History and Philosophy of the Life Sciences (Global)

GRACE TEO JIE YING May 11, 2020May 11, 2020 Editorial News & Announcements

We are pleased to help the journal History and Philosophy of the Life Sciences bring attention to two (2) Calls for Papers for short- and long-form essays about the pandemic. Topical Collection 1 Seeing Clearly Through COVID-19: Current and future

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