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Nicole Lee, Curtin University and Monica Barratt, RMIT University The cancellation of events due to the COVID-19 pandemic has hit Australia’s music industry hard, with reports of losses up to A$200 million. But music festivals have quickly adapted. First, they moved to live streaming. Now drive-in music festivals are popping up across the globe. In [...]
Jochem Thijs, Utrecht University Discrimination against minority groups can be difficult to prove. Perpetrators are typically motivated to deny their prejudices, and are not always aware of their biases. This makes it possible to suggest – as happened recently in the Dutch national parliament – that racism is virtually nonexistent, and that claims about discrimination [...]
Keith M. Bellizzi, University of Connecticut We’re all exhausted and pushed to the limit by months of social distancing, and the recent news that cases are climbing in many states is especially scary. While you may feel like ripping off your mask and heading for a bar, there are more productive ways to deal with [...]
Dr Wonsun Shin Since COVID-19 restrictions came into force across Australia, many families have been adapting to a whole new way of life. Even now, several months in with some restrictions easing, most of us are spending unprecedented amounts of time in our homes. Our social lives have contracted, and our ability to enjoy time [...]
Associate Professor Terry BowlesCan you remember when you left your primary school for the excitement of secondary school; or when you sold your cherished first car and bought a better, more reliable one; or when you first left home? These are all examples of how profound events prompt identity change. In these cases each previous [...]
Patrick O'Leary, Griffith University; Amy Young, Griffith University; Jennifer Boddy, Griffith University, and Jianqiang Liang, Griffith University Today is a far cry from what we hoped for and expected from 2020. After Australia’s disastrous summer of bushfires, the unprecedented upheaval of the COVID-19 pandemic has seen serious social and economic effects for us individually and [...]
Christopher Blyth, University of Western Australia A Victorian teenager holidaying on the NSW South Coast has been diagnosed with COVID-19, NSW chief health officer Kerry Chant said on Wednesday. The revelation follows reports senior students at Al-Taqwa College in Melbourne are now considered the main source of Victoria’s second-biggest COVID-19 cluster. These cases serve as [...]
Nina Louise Purvis, King's College London When I open up about my referral for an autism spectrum disorder assessment, I draw on examples from the only popular reference I have for an autistic doctor – what’s portrayed on TV. You have probably seen these medical dramas – The Good Doctor, House, Grey’s Anatomy. There are [...]
Carol T Kulik, University of South Australia and Ruchi Sinha, University of South Australia The coronavirus pandemic has forced many of us to work from home, often in less than ideal circumstances. Many employees had little choice in the decision, limited time to prepare, patchy technology skills, and inadequate home workspaces. Some managers neglected remote [...]
Associate Professor Wee Tiong Seah, Catherine Pearn, Dr Daniela Acquaro and Dr Natasha ZiebellCOVID-19 thrust our school communities into a rapid transition to remote learning which affected almost every facet of school-based education. Understanding the effect on our school students and teachers is crucial as we begin to reconfigure our ideas of what education may [...]
