Browsing Quarantined Across Borders Collection by Title

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    • The Pandemic, India’s Lockdown and the Fear of the Indian-Americans 
      Dutt-Ballerstadt, Reshmi (2020-05-30)
      This essay narrates the fear and anxiety faced by the Indian-Americans (NRI’s) about their parents and the elderly living in India as they navigate the ramifications of the lockdown in both India and the U.S.
    • #PandemicFoodPorn: Resilience and Precarity During COVID-19 
      Mitra, Rahul (2020-05-30)
      I negotiate the complex intersections between making (eating) food while quarantined at home and sharing those pictures on social media, especially as they help us be more resilient in a world that has all-too-suddenly ...
    • #payusviaBVN: Social Media, Lockdowns and Social Welfare in Nigeria 
      Ephraim, Philip Effiom (2020-06-05)
      Nigerians are employing social media channels to call out the government’s corrupt practices, particularly, the unequal distribution of monetary assistance meant for minimizing severe hardships caused by COVID-19 lockdowns.
    • Precarious Lives and Infinite Hope: Covid-19 Challenges Us 
      Kapoor, Priya (Media Rise Publications; Texas A & M University. Libraries, )
      Our experience of COVID-times is both particular, unique, and based upon our social standing with political ferment there is hope for greater equality.
    • Pride vs Anxiety 
      Pattabhiraman, Sunandhini (Media Rise Publications; Texas A & M University. Libraries, )
      A blog on the constant balancing act I tend to play between feeling anxious and feeling proud, of my daughter who is a junior doctor in the UK, on the frontlines during these times of crisis.
    • The Quaranstein 
      Naseem, Samina (Media Rise Publications; Texas A & M University. Libraries, )
      This is a narrative of a woman, who shares excerpts from her life to illustrate that a disease is not the only reason why people are quarantined.
    • Quarantine Eve 
      Valanzola, Ashley (Media Rise Publications; Texas A & M University. Libraries, )
      In a small French town, a local archivist went out of her way to help with my research as the full COVID-19 quarantine went into effect.
    • Quarantining While Vulnerable: An Intersectional Perspective on Race, Health, and Faith During a Global Pandemic 
      Harris, Tina M. (Media Rise Publications; Texas A & M University. Libraries, )
      While my intersectionality vacillates with this new normal, I refuse the old normal rife with various and layered iterations of systemic oppression as I vigilantly hope and pray for a new world where respect, humanity, ...
    • Race-Making of COVID-19 in Early Mainstream Frames: The Production of the Epidemic(ed) Transnational Citizen 
      Kaur-Gill, Satveer (Media Rise Publications; Texas A & M University. Libraries, )
      In adopting discourse tracing as method, this piece shares my initial insight on the reporting of the COVID-19 outbreak by mainstream press (Singapore).
    • Reading in the Time of Coronavirus 
      Krishnankutty, Nalini (Media Rise Publications; Texas A & M University. Libraries, )
      Limiting media consumption decreased my information overload during COVID-19, while insights from poetry and the stories of family and friends provided resilience and forward momentum through action and activism.
    • Rethinking life in the time of Covid-19 
      Chowdhury, Obaidur (Ajoy) (2020-06-08)
      Covid-19 again reminds me that Friendship, affection, and Communication are the neurons of life.
    • The Same Old New Normal 
      D'Souza, Ryan Arron (Media Rise Publications; Texas A & M University. Libraries, )
      The author tries to make sense of the ideas and practices normalized during quarantine.
    • Single, Black and Alone: Thoughts about Sheltering in a Place that Does Not Feel Like Home 
      Smith, Stella (2020-05-30)
      Essay about emotions you might feel if you are single and have to shelter in a place where you live, but do not consider to be home.
    • Sorry, academia is not relevant to the system! 
      Badr, Hanan (2020-06-08)
      Invisible struggles of an academic mom whose lifework has been labeled not system critical
    • Split in Two 
      Anand, Lakshmi (2020-05-30)
      A family, split in two, has oscillated between two continents for years now and does not find the quarantine debilitating.
    • Stressed over dessert 
      Subramanian, Priya (Media Rise Publications; Texas A & M University. Libraries, )
      An everyday act of baking and sharing gets complicated during a pandemic!
    • A tale of two quarantines: Compassion abroad, Conflict at home 
      Bowman, Nicholas David (包尼克) (2020-06-08)
      A short reflection on the dramatic differences between public response to COVID-19 in Taiwan and here in Texas.
    • Thailand’s “Too Pan Suk” Gives Me Hope 
      Aunaetitrakul, Dear (2020-06-05)
      My reaction to Thai’s news on Too Pan Suk or Pantry of Sharing initiative, a local makeshift food pantry project.
    • This Quarantine Period 
      Mohan, Kalpana (2020-05-30)
      I look at the origin of the word "quarantine" and its significance and note that the idea of quarantine is not new for women who hail the Tamil Brahmin community in South India.
    • "This Seems Familiar": Survivalism & Health-Mindedness in Emerging New Normal 
      Lemish, Peter (Media Rise Publications; Texas A & M University. Libraries, )
      The totalizing security mindset acted upon in Israel is insightful into how an anticipated post-Covid-19 New Normal that prioritizes health-mindedness may fare.