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SocSci Viewpoint – Covid-19 Talk Series: Sociological Imagination and Pandemics

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SocSci Viewpoint – Covid-19 Talk Series: Sociological Imagination and Pandemics

Date:

26 Jun 2020

Time:

4:00-4:45pm

Venue:

The talk will be conducted via the video conferencing platform "Zoom"

Speaker(s):

Dr LEE King Wa KentLecturer, Department of Sociology

Enquiries:

For Enquiry, please contact Faculty Office of Social Science, The Chinese University of Hong Kong at fssc05@cuhk.edu.hk

Event Details:

Sociologists study how pandemic affects individual, family, community and institutions. How they respond and why they respond differently. Who plays a critical role in the sourcing of protective gears in your family? What kinds of pandemic related information are you getting from your social media? Why are you staring at someone walking without a mask on the street? Who is more likely to get infected, identified and treated with the disease? Is community better organized also suffer less and recover sooner? Can universal health care and basic income welfare effectively address the pandemic and its negative consequences? The sociological imagination helps you to understand the pandemic from your daily life examples.

Remarks:

Language: English

Registration will close 3 days prior to each talk and it is on a first come, first served basis. Zoom meeting ID and password will be provided via email to successful registrants at least one day before the event.