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Caring for the self and others: a reflection on everyday commoning amid the COVID-19 pandemic
In this essay, I share my experiences and reflection on fighting the COVID-19 pandemic from the perspective of a Chinese student residing in Pittsburgh, USA. Three examples of “commoning”—acts of managing shared resources by a group of people—reveal the importance of care and collaboration in the ti...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7444451/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34765877 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s42532-020-00062-3 |
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description | In this essay, I share my experiences and reflection on fighting the COVID-19 pandemic from the perspective of a Chinese student residing in Pittsburgh, USA. Three examples of “commoning”—acts of managing shared resources by a group of people—reveal the importance of care and collaboration in the time of uncertainty. First, when COVID-19 posed a threat to the food supply chain, community gardens and home gardening ensured food security and enhanced mutual support. Second, the emergence of online activities of teaching, learning, and collaborating presented an opportunity of having more collective, equitable, and diverse formats of virtual communities. Lastly, volunteering in the distribution of “Healthy Packs,” I witnessed the nurture of a sense of belonging and a connection with home in the student community. These examples suggest that facing the crisis, care-driven commoning activities at the individual, everyday level lay the foundation for large-scale collaborative systems. |
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spelling | pubmed-74444512020-08-26 Caring for the self and others: a reflection on everyday commoning amid the COVID-19 pandemic Zheng, Chun Socioecol Pract Res Reflective Essay In this essay, I share my experiences and reflection on fighting the COVID-19 pandemic from the perspective of a Chinese student residing in Pittsburgh, USA. Three examples of “commoning”—acts of managing shared resources by a group of people—reveal the importance of care and collaboration in the time of uncertainty. First, when COVID-19 posed a threat to the food supply chain, community gardens and home gardening ensured food security and enhanced mutual support. Second, the emergence of online activities of teaching, learning, and collaborating presented an opportunity of having more collective, equitable, and diverse formats of virtual communities. Lastly, volunteering in the distribution of “Healthy Packs,” I witnessed the nurture of a sense of belonging and a connection with home in the student community. These examples suggest that facing the crisis, care-driven commoning activities at the individual, everyday level lay the foundation for large-scale collaborative systems. Springer Singapore 2020-08-24 2020 /pmc/articles/PMC7444451/ /pubmed/34765877 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s42532-020-00062-3 Text en © Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2020 This article is made available via the PMC Open Access Subset for unrestricted research re-use and secondary analysis in any form or by any means with acknowledgement of the original source. These permissions are granted for the duration of the World Health Organization (WHO) declaration of COVID-19 as a global pandemic. |
spellingShingle | Reflective Essay Zheng, Chun Caring for the self and others: a reflection on everyday commoning amid the COVID-19 pandemic |
title | Caring for the self and others: a reflection on everyday commoning amid the COVID-19 pandemic |
title_full | Caring for the self and others: a reflection on everyday commoning amid the COVID-19 pandemic |
title_fullStr | Caring for the self and others: a reflection on everyday commoning amid the COVID-19 pandemic |
title_full_unstemmed | Caring for the self and others: a reflection on everyday commoning amid the COVID-19 pandemic |
title_short | Caring for the self and others: a reflection on everyday commoning amid the COVID-19 pandemic |
title_sort | caring for the self and others: a reflection on everyday commoning amid the covid-19 pandemic |
topic | Reflective Essay |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7444451/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34765877 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s42532-020-00062-3 |
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