Covid-19 : the otherside of living through pandemic

In the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic, life continues to reproduce itself, albeit at its own pace, with pain, curiosity, tears, and laughter. This prompted me to look for researchers, both young and accomplished, and find out from them the ‘otherside’ of living through the pandemic. Some probably would prefer to call this the experiential side of life, but there is more to it. When we say ‘life continues’, it continues not merely by flagging ‘fear’ and counting infections and deaths, which are certainly important, but not the whole of life, and still less so when it comes to reproducing the resilience of the people. Much of the ‘otherside’ of living through the pandemic is found in the resilience of the people. Put differently, the face of the ‘otherside’ is resilience, although it seldom gets flagged. Rather, in the backdrop of disciplinary knowledge, the ‘otherside’ is routinely ignored and peripheralized. But then, disciplines restrict thoughts, and more so imagination, the realization of which made my choice of researchers easy. I only had to invite researchers from as many disciplines as possible and provide them with an opportunity to reflect and write on the ‘otherside’ of living through the pandemic.

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About The Author

Dr Imtiaz Ahmed

Dr Imtiaz Ahmed is Professor of International Relations and Director, Centre for Genocide Studies at the University of Dhaka. He is also currently Visiting Professor at Sagesse University, Beirut, Lebanon. He has authored, co-authored, and edited 33 books and nine monographs. Dr Ahmed heads several national and international projects and published more than 120 research papers and scholarly articles in leading journals and edited volumes. His recent publications are the following books: Women, Veiling and Politics: The South Asian Conundrum, edited (Dhaka: The University Press Limited, 2020); Civil Society, State & Democratic Futures in Bangladesh (Dhaka: Prothoma Prokashan, 2020); COVID-19: the otherside of living through the pandemic, edited (Dhaka: Pathak Shamabesh, 2021); and Rights, Rivers, and the Quest for Water Commons: The Case of Bangladesh (Berlin: Springer, 2021).

Professor Liyan Zhang, Director of the Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Tianjin University of Finance and Economics, Tianjin, China. Her research interest is grassroots innovation and entrepreneurship education, such as how grassroots innovations contribute to inclusive development and how the university adds value to the business. She has coordinated several international projects, published more than 30 articles and more than ten books. She has been a consultant to nearly 20 companies.

In the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic, life continues to reproduce itself, albeit at its own pace, with pain, curiosity, tears, and laughter. This prompted me to look for researchers, both young and accomplished, and find out from them the ‘otherside’ of living through the pandemic. Some probably would prefer to call this the experiential side of life, but there is more to it. When we say ‘life continues’, it continues not merely by flagging ‘fear’ and counting infections and deaths, which are certainly important, but not the whole of life, and still less so when it comes to reproducing the resilience of the people. Much of the ‘otherside’ of living through the pandemic is found in the resilience of the people. Put differently, the face of the ‘otherside’ is resilience, although it seldom gets flagged. Rather, in the backdrop of disciplinary knowledge, the ‘otherside’ is routinely ignored and peripheralized. But then, disciplines restrict thoughts, and more so imagination, the realization of which made my choice of researchers easy. I only had to invite researchers from as many disciplines as possible and provide them with an opportunity to reflect and write on the ‘otherside’ of living through the pandemic.

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