Reflections on COVID‐19 in Sydney, Australia

Peters, Robbie

doi:10.1111/ciso.12267

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“…The initial response of Vietnamese authorities to the COVID-19 situation contrasts with the initial response described in Australia (see Peters 2020). In Vietnam, the response was swift and extensive.…”

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“…Where does HCMC (the largest city in my host country) fit in if, for example, Sydney (the largest city in my home country) can be categorized as the 'global poster child of effective COVID-19 response' (Peters 2020)? Judging Sydney thus involves its allocation to pre-established categories -for Deleuze (2001), a 'sedentary distribution' -that indicate where the city belongs in a general hierarchy or global ranking.…”

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Living with Authoritarianism: Ho Chi Minh City during COVID‐19 Lockdown

Earl¹,

Vietnam²

2020

City & Society

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It's difficult to know if you think of Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) as a mega-city and, if you have an opinion about HCMC, whether your idea of the city relates to our reality of living here. During the city-wide lockdown over the past month, HCMC -which is still known as Saigon -has seen surprising and unfamiliar clear blue skies and clean air. The quietness of Saigon has been striking.Without the persistent motorbike hum and truck horn soundtrack of congestion, the high notes of neighborhood bird song are audible. At my house the endless classical repertoire of a confined pianist next door is accompanied by the deep tones of fog horns in the international shipping lanes in the not-too-distant mouth of Soài Rạp River. So quiet is the city that I have been able to turn down the volume on my phone.

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Living with Authoritarianism: Ho Chi Minh City during COVID‐19 Lockdown

Earl¹,

Vietnam²

2020

City & Society

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“…Throughout the period, borders between states were closed and law was strictly enforced to ensure compliance. People failing to self-isolate were fined AU$11,000 or imprisoned for six months (Peters, 2020). On 8 May 2020, Australia saw the first easing of lockdown rules, which continued to relax until the beginning of July.…”

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Technological and social adaptation to COVID-19: Food for Vulnerable Urban Groups in Six Global Cities

Johan,

Rotolo,

Sommar

et al. 2023

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This report outlines the results from the research project Food for Urban Life and Localities (FULL) funded by Formas (2020-02864). The research set out to learn how COVID-19 response strategies in six cities (Stockholm, London, Wuhan, Singapore, Sydney, and Seoul) have facilitated access to food for vulnerable groups and how new food supply solutions have emerged through social and technological innovations. This report presents the case of each city in turn and pauses on the role of community-based organisations, ad- hoc community initiatives and municipalities during the COVID-19 pandemic. The report provides a detailed discussion of local or community-level responses in cities that aim to provide access to food through social and/or technological innovations. The lessons learned are important for the Swedish context in the case of similar events that challenge local access to food. The research collected data through qualitative and quantitative methods, and also made use of the breadth of online data sources in response to COVID-19 restrictions on free movement and travelling. The overall finding is that in situations such as the COVID-19 pandemic, local access to food is extremely challenging and cannot be addressed by existing welfare or state arrangements only;civil society organisations and voluntary community organizations (VCOs) step in to fill the gap in public provision; and the stricter the lockdown, the more dependent on civil society response urban areas and communities were.

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“…While the majority of participants were from the United States, participants from countries across the globe (e.g., Australia, United Kingdom, Israel) were included. Participants' experiences are likely to be influenced by the specific policies implemented by their state and federal governments, which differ widely between countries 82 . Most of the parents represented in this study were mother's, and results may not generalize to the experience of father's during this time.…”

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Parenting Under Pressure: A Mixed-Methods Investigation of the Impact of COVID-19 on Family Life

Chu¹,

Schwartz²,

Towner³

et al. 2020

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Background: Development and implementation of effective family-based intervention and treatment strategies during COVID-19, and future public health crises, will require a detailed understanding of the ways that COVID-19 has affected parents, children, and families. Qualitative and mixed-methods research is an important means of gaining such detailed information, particularly in the early phases of the pandemic, when the research community continues to explore the meaning of this experience. Methods: We employed thematic analysis to identify themes in parents’ and children’s reflective writing about COVID-19, and explored how citation of certain themes mapped onto quantitative measures of distress commonly used in past psychosocial research on pandemics. Data were collected from N = 56 parents and N = 43 children between April to May 2020.Findings: Analysis of parent and child written reports revealed positive and negative thematic content, though parents expressed more positive themes than children. The most common themes identified from parent reports surrounded concerns about the impact of COVID-19 on their children, health concerns for others, and the stressful balancing act of parenting, schooling, and working from home. In addition, many parents reported gratitude for what they had, and reflected on the upsides of the pandemic for family relations. For children, the most common themes identified surrounded missing school and social relationships. When children expressed positive themes, they tended to be more egocentric reflections (e.g. learning to ride a bike). Both parent and child thematic content mapped onto parent-proxy and parent-self reported quantitative dimensions of parent and child distress. Finally, we observed that parents who reflected on gratitude in their written reports exhibited a decrease in negative affect pre- to -post-writing.Interpretation: Both parents and children are suffering from reduced wellbeing during the COVID-19 pandemic, particularly with the burdens imposed by the closure of in-person schooling. The psychosocial impact of the pandemic on families would likely be even greater in magnitude within less advantaged populations. Future research and policy should focus on identifying how to fulfill children’s social needs and lessen the caregiving burdens during this time.

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Reflections on COVID‐19 in Sydney, Australia

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Living with Authoritarianism: Ho Chi Minh City during COVID‐19 Lockdown

Living with Authoritarianism: Ho Chi Minh City during COVID‐19 Lockdown

Technological and social adaptation to COVID-19: Food for Vulnerable Urban Groups in Six Global Cities

Parenting Under Pressure: A Mixed-Methods Investigation of the Impact of COVID-19 on Family Life

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