No. of comments: 0Reflections on teaching students to write speculative fiction in a pandemic
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pandemic
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They call it a pandemic. It isn’t
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No. of comments: 0Reflections on teaching students to write speculative fiction in a pandemic
No. of comments: 0As Elon Musk says, Covid-19 ‘is something with a very low mortality rate and high contagion’
No. of comments: 0We’ve already experienced or seen fear, loneliness, sickness and death in our own lives – but also joy, generosity and courage
No. of comments: 0This is how it ends. We arrive on our own and that is how we leave
No. of comments: 0Small acts of resistance and reinvention may be our most significant victories yet
No. of comments: 0Communication, through emails, phone calls and Whatsapps and scheduled virtual coffee breaks, is key to building trust, psychological safety and mutual respect
No. of comments: 0While 2020 was put in a holding pattern, there was consensus that the Covid-19 pandemic would produce a “new normal”. But instead of a clean slate, the new normal will be shaped by residual issues we left in 2019
No. of comments: 0Nothing is quite as it seems, some things are a shell of their former selves. And that’s just the cheesecake
No. of comments: 0Covid-19 and its socioeconomic consequences has emphasised people’s need for these places: research, biodiversity conservation, plants for food, health and cultural purposes, and open space in congested urban settings
No. of comments: 0As South Africans continue to grapple with lockdown regulations, they should spare a thought for those who suffered in our past
No. of comments: 0Linking the word ‘Covid-19’ with ‘schools’, ‘impact’, ‘relief’ and ‘wards’ reflects the concerns about schools, the economy and medical treatment — stories that dominated in the media
No. of comments: 0When you make a choice, you also choose the consequence. The people of the Western Cape need to start thinking about the possibilities of Cape independence
