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Covid-19

„Attenzione Pickpocket!“ Vigilante Appelle in Italien, Japan und der Frühen Neuzeit: Ein interdisziplinärer Dialog

„Attenzione Pickpocket! Attenzione Borseggiatrici!“ Bei diesem Ruf handelt es sich um ein virales Vigilanz-Phänomen, eine Stimme und ihre Warnung vor Taschendieb*innen, die bereits in unterschiedlichsten Kontexten adaptiert worden sind. Denn Monica Poli, so heißt die Frau hinter der Stimme, ist – so titelte der Guardian am 4. August 2023 – „Italy’s TikTok vigilante“.

“Cholera is portrayed as the disease of the dirty, the colonized, the poor”: Interview with Aureo Lustosa Guerios

“Cholera is portrayed as the disease of the dirty, the colonized, the poor”: Interview with Aureo Lustosa Guerios

Aureo Lustosa Guerios is a PhD student at the University of Padua interested in Comparative Literature, Cultural History and Medical Humanities. His research surveys the literary representations of epidemic cholera in the 19th and early 20th centuries. He writes and presents the podcast “Literatura Viral” in Portuguese in which he discusses how epidemics influence history and art.

La peste de Marseille et le coronavirus (1720–2020) : deux épidémies, deux expériences

La peste de Marseille et le coronavirus (1720–2020) : deux épidémies, deux expériences

Depuis le début de l’année 2020, l’apparition d’un nouveau virus met à mal la quasi-totalité du globe et l’intérêt pour l’histoire des épidémies et des pandémies est à son comble. Alors que la lutte sanitaire contre le coronavirus bat son plein, la recherche scientifique et universitaire travaille d’arrache-pied sur les moyens d’endiguer le fléau. 

Self-Help in Times of Corona: Vigilance vs. Positive Thinking?

Self-Help in Times of Corona: Vigilance vs. Positive Thinking?

A battle between fear and hope, anxiety and positivity, panic and opportunity. This is how the coronavirus crisis is sometimes depicted. Not only as a battle against a virus, but also an inner struggle between our feelings of hope and anxiety. This dichotomous perspective may be better understood if we consider the culture of self-help, which is bent on overcoming negative feelings.