Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
Etkinlik Kategorisi: Çalıştay Organizasyonu
Etkinlik Türü: Çalıştay
Etkinlik Organizasyonu Yılı: 2020
Özet:
Iterations of the COVID-19 Pandemic: Themes and Problem Spaces in Turkey, Iran and Germany
The spread of SARS-CoV-2 took place along the arteries and capillaries of globalization. Hardest hit were thus major nodal points of such global flows, centres of commerce, travel and tourism like New York, Paris, London, but also Istanbul. Places of pilgrimage like Mashhad and Qom in Iran have counted among the global COVID-19 hotspots as well. Officials around the world have been faced with the analogous task of managing the spread of the virus to prevent the collapse of national health care systems and large numbers of fatalities. Consequently, formulating and implementing hygiene protocols and social distancing measures have formed the cornerstones of public health interventions nearly everywhere. However, local contexts circumscribed by past experiences with disease, socio-cultural specificities, demographics, communication infrastructures, knowledge landscapes, legal frameworks, political cultures, etc. present highly varied topographies shaping how the pandemic is perceived by both officials and local populations as well as the kinds of interventions pursued and their effects. This online workshop brings together on-going research conducted in major pandemic centers in Iran, Turkey and Germany, aiming to map common themes and problem spaces emerging from the specific challenges faced in each of these countries.