Self-care

A Covid-19 Auto-Ethnography: Uncovering where we go from here
Sucharita Iyer
With second waves taking the world by storm, we are faced with the reality that there is nowhere to go but inwards. Sucharita Iyer writes about auto-ethnography emerging as a makeshift methodological mid-point during the Covid-19 pandemic.

Solace in the Open: Portrait of a Towpath in East London during a Pandemic Lockdown
Manal Massalha
Now that it's lockdown again and children are off school, Iram can have her son join the family for a walk in the marshes during weekdays. Getting some fresh air and being in the open is how they like to start their day.

Social Isolation is also Dangerous: The Increasing Loneliness of Turkish Women During the Covid-19 Pandemic
Merve Celtikci
Why do women bear the greatest costs of social isolation? In Turkey, the “stay home” lockdown measures have reinforced gender norms while also cutting off women from social networks, both strong (family and close friends) and weak (neighbors, coworkers) ties.

Social oppression, emotional labour and collective care
Pankhuri Agarwal
Resisting social hierarchies and their borders that structure space is no easy work. Besides the possibility of threat and arrest, it takes an emotional and mental toll. In the current political climate, how can we continue to resist social oppression?

Forgotten ‘Heroes’: Frontline Nurses’ Experiences of the Covid-19 Crisis
Radha Adhikari, Sushila Karki-Budhathoki, Kate Weir
The government’s appropriation of health professionals as ‘NHS Heroes’ has been mainly a way of keeping the issue of economic and social justice at bay, without making any meaningful political commitment to improve workers’ long-term wellbeing.

Everyday Re-enchantments: Plants and the Labour of Care in the Time of Covid-19
Gavin Maclean
March to September: A Father’s Story
Abuajela Elatrsh and Benjamin Morgan
Exit
Ryan Service

Our Covid – One Trinbagonian’s Rituals of Caution and Recognitions of Worth
Anonymous
Solidarity, Care and Despair
Robyn Fawcett
Mental Health and Quarantine: An Excerpt from my Journal
Cecilia Bath

A Plea from Jakarta: May Empathy and Sympathy be the New Normal
Wisnu Adihartono

Know place like home: The 82.3m2 Project
Dan Lovesey

SELF-ISOLATING / SELF-PORTRAITS
Daniel Monk

Una breve introducción a CUIDAR: Estudio sobre tiempos, formas, y espacios de cuidado en casa durante la pandemia
Sebastian Rojas Navarro, Maria-Alejandra Energici, Nicolas Schongut-Grollmus, Samanta Alarcon Arcos

CUIDAR means CARE : A study about times, forms, and spaces of care within the household during the pandemic
Sebastian Rojas Navarro, Maria-Alejandra Energici, Nicolas Schongut-Grollmus, Samanta Alarcon Arcos

COVID-19: An Illustrated Journal
Iulia Pascu

Walking Through Lockdown – An Exercise in Care
Kim Harding

Testimonies of Confinement: Women and Men in Academia
BCNUEJ - Barcelona Lab for Urban Environmental Justice & Sustainability

The Gift of Sharing: Food Provision During the Covid-19 Lockdown in the UK
Gayle Letherby