Title：Peripheries and Mutual Aid under the COVID-19 Pandemic
Time：12:30-14:00, Tue. Mar. 2, 2021
Venue：Room 108, College of Social Sciences, NTU
Speaker：Jeffrey Hou (Professor of Landscape Architecture, University of Washington)
Moderator：Jinn-yuh Hsu (Distinguished Professor, Department of Geography, NTU)
Abstract：
While the COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in sweeping changes around the world, its impact has been uneven with the most vulnerable populations faring the worst. From North America to East Asia, those without access to proper healthcare and personal protection equipment have been exposed to high risks, and so were those without the ability or the luxury of working from home. Lockdowns and stagnation of economic activities have exacerbated those at the bottom of the socio-economic ladder. In the meantime, in the face of these impacts, acts of voluntary support and mutual aid have also flourished during the pandemic, even in regions long seen as having a weak civil society. While the COVID-19 pandemic has revealed the longstanding disparities in society, does it also result in a window of opportunity for the strengthening of civil society in Asia? Are the current events only a short-lived phenomenon, or are there long-term implications?
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