Márquez-Mees, Victoria (2024) COVID-19 and moving to the new normal. In: Nanwani, Suresh and Loxley, William, (eds.) Social Structure Adaptation to COVID-19: Impact on Humanity. Routledge, Abingdon, 201 - 207. ISBN 9781032690261
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The pandemic caught me in the middle of one of the most transformational moves in my career and personal life. Moving countries, leaving friends and family, and joining a new institution was something I had done before. But this time, nothing was like in the past. Using my personal experience as an example, I dwell on how COVID-19 has made us adopt virtuality as a new normal. I commented on three areas that have dramatically changed my everyday routine and prevented me from quickly adapting to a new environment: engaging socially, working from home, and building a team. I argue that the haste in which we adopted a new style of work and engagement with each other has adversely impacted our well-being and increased our feelings of loneliness. Far from building back better, I believe that the new normal is a step back for society in general, and we should ponder if we have the skills and ability to thrive in this new environment.
| Item Type: | Book Section |
|---|---|
| Official URL: | https://doi.org/10.4324/9781032690278 |
| Additional Information: | © 2024 The Author |
| Divisions: | IGA: Latin America and Caribbean Centre |
| Subjects: | R Medicine > RA Public aspects of medicine H Social Sciences > HM Sociology |
| Date Deposited: | 13 May 2024 09:00 |
| Last Modified: | 11 Dec 2024 18:13 |
| URI: | http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/123025 |
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