World News

Leadership in the time of COVID-19 | Music and belonging

Posted by: The Conversation Global

Date: Thursday, 26 March 2020

 

Editor's note

The leader of every country in the world is facing tough choices in the wake of the rapid spread of COVID-19, each one of them testing the mettle of their characters and leadership qualities. Richard Calland sets out six crucial decisions that presidents and prime ministers are having to make, and weighs what needs to be considered in each. They include timing around when to ramp up efforts to contain contagion, whose advice to listen to, where to draw the line on civil liberties and, the most difficult, how to strike a balance between saving lives and protecting people from economic hardship.

Amid the panic, fear and anxiety that surround COVID-19, glimmers of hope and joy can be found. Many people are turning to music and other forms of art to create community, relax and build solidarity. Michelle Langley and Leah Coutts explain why music is so powerful, especially in difficult times.

Caroline Southey

Editor

Top Stories

In happier and less challenging times: world leaders and guests pose for a picture on the second day of the annual G7 summit in Biarritz, France, August 2019. Photo by Andrew Parsons - Pool/Getty Images

The six mega challenges testing leaders at a time of national and global crisis

Richard Calland, University of Cape Town

Already, we have seen a range of responses globally - from countries that apparently reacted too late, to those who acted relatively early.

Abir Sultan/EPA

Singing away the coronavirus blues: making music in a time of crisis reminds us we belong

Michelle Langley, Griffith University; Leah Coutts, Griffith University

Across the world, people have spontaneously gathered on balconies to create music – and community – in the face of isolation and fear.

COVID-19

Can’t sleep and feeling anxious about coronavirus? You’re not alone

Olivia Fisher, Queensland University of Technology

It's normal to feel worried, anxious and edgy amid income losses, working from home requirements and concerns about loved ones' risk of coronavirus. But some people will need mental health support.

Religious communities are offering baptism by Zoom - such innovation has deep historical roots

Samuel L. Boyd, University of Colorado Boulder

Faith communities are changing many traditional practices to deal with coronavirus restrictions. An historian of the Bible argues how innovation has long been part of religious practice.

A brief history of the coronavirus family – including one pandemic we might have missed

Burtram Fielding, University of the Western Cape

Could the 1889-1890 pandemic have been the result of cow coronaviruses jumping to humans?

Transmission of diseases from humans to apes: why extra vigilance is now needed

Arend de Haas, University of Buea

COVID-19 could potentially be harmful for endangered great apes.

Environment and Energy

Why marine protected areas are often not where they should be

Piers Dunstan, CSIRO; Natalie Dowling, CSIRO; Simone Stevenson, Deakin University; Skipton Woolley, CSIRO

Biodiversity is often highest in places with human activity. The fishing industry has shown we can often have it both ways: maintain important livelihoods while protecting precious marine life.

Tagging data show that blue sharks are true globalists

Jasmin Graham, Florida State University

You won't see a blue shark near the beach, but thanks to 50 years of tagging data, scientists are learning about their wide-ranging lives at sea.

En Français

Pourquoi le peuple algérien aspire au prix Nobel de la paix

Nacima Ourahmoune, Kedge Business School

La mobilisation du peuple algérien, depuis plus d’un an, est remarquable par sa ténacité et par son pacifisme. Et si ce peuple, dans son ensemble, était récompensé par le prix Nobel de la paix ?

Repenser l’aménagement du territoire au Sénégal

Mamadou Dit Papa Dieng, Université de Lille

La ville de Dakar ne doit pas être dotée d’un statut spécial, comme le souhaite le gouvernement. Au-delà de la ville, il convient de doter toute l’agglomération d’un gouvernement métropolitain.

 
 
 
 
 
 

6ይ ክፋል: ማዕበል ስርሒት ፈንቅል - የካቲት 1990 - ሰነዳዊት ፊልም| sirihit fenkil 1990 - part 6 - ERi-TV Documentary

Dehai Events