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Understanding the Morally Gray Roots of Engineering
(2021-07-05)
Review of Ethan Blue, Michael Levine, and Dean Nieusma’s Engineering and War: Militarism, Ethics, Institutions, Alternatives, San Rafael, CA: Morgan and Claypool, 2014.
A tale of two quarantines: Compassion abroad, Conflict at home
(2020-06-08)
A short reflection on the dramatic differences between public response to COVID-19 in Taiwan and here in Texas.
Dusting off the old survival kit
(2020-06-08)
This essay describes a transfer of survival and coping strategies developed under one type of crisis (a demise of a political system) to the situation of the pandemic and shelter-in-place orders.
Expat Life Under Quarantine: Reflections of a Reluctant Cook
(2020-06-06)
This is a reflection on home cooking, and how it intersects with gender, class, education.
Is this it? Speculation on the end of a marriage during the COVID-19 pandemic
(2020-06-08)
The hope and survival of a marriage confronting the COVID-19 pandemic behind closed borders doors.
How do you spend your time in the quarantine?
(2020-06-06)
Walking around a variety of landscapes and contemplating about loneliness and life during the quarantine.
COVID-19 Lockdown, Border Quarantine and Traditional Burial Rites in Igbo of South-Eastern Nigeria
(2020-05-30)
This essay demonstrates how cultural practices in some areas run in conflict with government policies on the control of the spread of COVID-19.
Cultural Transformation of Masks as Etiquette, Threat, and Prevention
(2020-05-30)
We reflect on our experiences with (not)wearing masks within different cultures and how these experiences have shifted across borders and time.
The Pandemic and the self
(2020-05-30)
Reflections on the self, spirituality, migrant workers, and confinement during the pandemic.
The Pandemic, India’s Lockdown and the Fear of the Indian-Americans
(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.