In the Global Studies program, we want to create a space to reflect critically on what the COVID-19 pandemic will leave in its wake: the fears, the authoritative measures, and the moral panics as well as the forms of solidarity, the intimacies, and the alliances.
We are currently in a moment of crisis, but once it is over, how will we remember this pandemic? What will we choose to remember? What will become normalized, and what will never feel normal again? What will remain, and what will fade away?
Archiving — and other ways of preserving memory — is crucial to the work we do in our program. We choose not to forget, and we hold ourselves accountable to the past and the future. As part of this process, we call for student submissions in any form (diary entries, essays, pictures, illustrations, films, research papers, audio recordings, Twitter threads, etc.) that constitute reflections on the COVID-19 pandemic.
Submissions are accepted on a rolling basis, and upon review, selected submissions will be featured in the Global Studies Newsletter and other department materials; all submissions will be archived on a program hard drive for future research and posterity. Submissions will be selected for the newsletter or inclusion in other materials by the program at its discretion. By submitting materials, students are granting the Global Studies program permission to use the submission in its own materials.
Deadline: For fall 2020, we are accepting submissions (without awards) on a rolling basis for our COVID-19 archive.
Application*
*This application is open only to currently enrolled Global Studies majors and minors.
Contact: globalstudies@newschool.edu