2020: The Year That Changed Us

The Conversation

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Expert information you can trust from the best writers for The Conversation on the lessons of a remarkable year
The year 2020 began with fire-fuelled orange skies over Australia and parts of New Zealand, before nations prepared for COVID-19 to hit their shores. What ensued was crisis: a pandemic, political upheaval, an international human rights movement, global recession and localised emergencies dwarfed by a world spinning on an axis of turmoil.
These fifty essays from leading thinkers and contributors to The Conversation examine what will be one of the most significant and punishing years in the 21st century. 2020: The Year That Changed Us explores the key lessons from this remarkable year and kickstarts the discussion about what comes next.
Contributors include:
Michelle Grattan
Peter Martin
Raina MacIntyre
Joëlle Gergis
Peter Greste
Thalia Anthony
Shino Konishi
Fiona Stanley

Sujets

• Covid19
• Covid
• Social Science
• Essays
• health
• Sociologie, société et politique
• Stephen Duckett
• Peter Whiteford
• Peter Martin
• Damon Young
• Australians
• Ian Mackay
• Stan Grant
• Dennis Altman
• Kevin Brophy
• Christopher Wallace
• Fiona Stanley
• The Conversation
• Conversation
• Richard Holden
• 2020
• Conversation secrète
• Coronavirus
• Australia

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• Publié par: Thames & Hudson Australia Pty Ltd
• Date de parution: 27 octobre 2020
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781760761394
• Langue: English

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The year 2020 began with fire-fuelled orange skies over Australia and parts of New Zealand, before nations prepared for COVID-19 to hit their shores. What ensued was crisis: a pandemic, political upheaval, an international human rights movement, global reces-sion and localised emergencies dwarfed by a world spinning on an axis of turmoil.
These fifty essays from leading thinkers and contributors to The Conversation examine what will be one of the most significant and punishing years in the 21st century. 2020: The Year That Changed Us explores the key lessons from this remarkable year and kickstarts the discussion about what comes next.
Contributors include:
Stan Grant C Raina MacIntyre
Michelle Grattan Tony Walker
Peter Martin Stephen Duckett
Peter Greste Alison Whittaker
Liz Allen David Murdoch
Thalia Anthony Thalia Anthony
Suze Wilson Fiona Stanley
Fiona Stanley Norman Day
Susan Carland Sally Young
Bruce Kidd Kate Shaw

We pay respects to Traditional Owners of lands where our contributors and editors work. We particularly acknowledge the Wurundjeri people of the Kulin Nation, on whose lands our Melbourne HQ is located. We also acknowledge Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as the First Peoples of Australia and M ori as tangata whenua in Aotearoa New Zealand.
Contents
YEAR IN REVIEW
Scene setter
Alexandra Hansen, The Conversation
Australia in 2020 sees a break glass prime minister
Michelle Grattan, University of Canberra
PART I The year that changed us
Destruction of Juukan Gorge: We need to know the history of artefacts, but it s imperative to keep them in place
Jacinta Koolmatrie, Flinders University
Our field cameras melted in the bushfires. When we opened them, the results were startling
Benjamin Scheele, Australian National University; David Newell, Southern Cross University; Jodi Rowley, Australian Museum; Michael McFadden, University of Wollongong
Some say we ve seen bushfires worse than this before, but they re ignoring a few key facts
Jo lle Gergis, Australian National University; Geoff Cary, Australian National University
More than 430 Indigenous deaths in custody since 1991, yet no convictions. Blame racist complicity
Alison Whittaker, University of Technology Sydney
The Melbourne tower lockdowns unfairly targeted already vulnerable public housing residents
David Kelly, RMIT University; Libby Porter, RMIT University; Kate Shaw, University of Melbourne
Ways in which Australia s coronavirus response was a triumph, and ways in which it fell short
Stephen Duckett, Grattan Institute; Anika Stobart, Grattan Institute
Jacinda Ardern s coronavirus response has been a masterclass in crisis leadership
Suze Wilson, Massey University
Australia has dug itself into a hole in its relationship with China. It s time to find a way out
Tony Walker, La Trobe University
Three years on from Uluru, we must lift the blindfolds of liberalism to make progress
Stan Grant, Charles Sturt University
PART II How we recover
The crucial ways for Australia to stay safely on top of COVID-19
C Raina MacIntyre, UNSW
Australia has had sound economic leadership through the crisis. The challenge now is managing the recovery
Peter Martin, Australian National University
Young people were already struggling before the pandemic. We need to help them navigate a changed world
Kate Lycett, Deakin University; Craig Olsson, Deakin University; Fiona Stanley, University of Western Australia; Geoffrey Woolcock, University of Southern Queensland; Karen Struthers, Griffith University
Reconnecting after coronavirus: The key ways in which cities can counter anxiety and loneliness
Roger Patulny, University of Wollongong; Jordan McKenzie, University of Wollongong; Marlee Bower, University of Sydney; Rebecca E Olson, University of Queensland
How the rescheduled Tokyo Olympics could heal a post-coronavirus world
Bruce Kidd, University of Toronto
A four-day working week could be the shot in the arm post-coronavirus tourism needs
Jarrod Haar, Auckland University of Technology
Isaac Newton invented calculus in self-isolation during the Great Plague. He didn t have kids to look after
Merryn McKinnon, Australian National University
We need a new childcare system that encourages women to work, not punishes them for it
Fiona David, University of Western Australia
We know racism and recessions go together. Australia must prepare to stop a racism spike here
Susan Carland, Monash University
Australia urgently needs an independent body to hold powerful judges to account
Gabrielle Appleby, UNSW
Constitutional recognition for Indigenous Australians must involve structural change, not mere symbolism
Megan Davis, UNSW
PART III The new world
The next once-in-a-century pandemic is coming sooner than you think, but COVID-19 can help us get ready
David Murdoch, University of Otago
Coronavirus and university reforms put at risk Australia s research gains of the last fifteen years
Andrew Norton, Australian National University
During the Great Depression, many newspapers betrayed their readers. Some are doing it again now
Sally Young, University of Melbourne
In praise of the office: Let s learn from COVID-19 and make the traditional workplace better
Geoff Plimmer, Te Herenga Waka - Victoria University of Wellington; Diep Nguyen, Edith Cowan University; Esme Franken, Edith Cowan University; Stephen Teo, Edith Cowan University
COVID-19 could see thousands of women miss out on having kids, creating a demographic disaster
Liz Allen, Australian National University
COVID-19 has changed the future of retail: There s plenty more automation in store
Gary Mortimer, Queensland University of Technology; Jana Bowden, Macquarie University; Jason Pallant, Swinburne University of Technology; Louise Grimmer, University of Tasmania; Martin Grimmer, University of Tasmania
This could be the end of the line for cruise ships
Freya Higgins-Desbiolles, University of South Australia
Unbuilding cities as high-rises reach their use-by date
Norman Day, Swinburne University of Technology
PART IV What 2020 taught us
Why Zoom meetings are so exhausting
Libby Sander, Bond University; Oliver Bauman, Bond University
Strange physical symptoms? How our body reacts to stressful situations such as a pandemic
Kate Harkness, Queen s University, Ontario
Iso , boomer remover and quarantini : How coronavirus is changing our language
Kate Burridge, Monash University; Howard Manns, Monash University
Getting creative with less: Recipe lessons from The Australian Women s Weekly during wartime
Lauren Samuelsson, University of Wollongong
The world s best fire management system is in northern Australia, and it s led by Indigenous land managers
Rohan Fisher, Charles Darwin University; Jon Altman, Australian National University
Was there slavery in Australia? Yes. It shouldn t even be up for debate
Thalia Anthony, University of Technology Sydney; Stephen Gray, Monash University
Giving it away for free: Why the performing arts risk making the same mistake newspapers did
Caitlin Vincent, University of Melbourne
PART V In other news
The Australian Government needs to step up its fight to free Kylie Moore-Gilbert from prison in Iran
Peter Greste, University of Queensland
Cook wanted to introduce British justice to indigenous peoples but became increasingly cruel and violent
Shino Konishi, University of Western Australia
Portrait of Hemi P mare as a young man: How we found the oldest surviving photograph of a M ori
Elisa deCourcy, Australian National University; Martyn Jolly, Australian National University
Researchers have uncovered an ancient Aboriginal archaeological site preserved on the seabed
Jonathan Benjamin, Flinders University; Geoff Bailey, University of York; Jo McDonald, University of Western Australia; Michael O Leary, University of Western Australia; Sean Ulm, James Cook University
How a stone wedged in a gum tree shows the resilience of Aboriginal culture in Australia
Caroline Spry, La Trobe University; Brian J Armstrong, University of Johannesburg; Elspeth Hayes, University of Wollongong; John Allan Webb, La Trobe University; Kathryn Allen, University of Melbourne; Lisa Paton, University of New England; Quan Hua, Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation; Richard Fullagar, University of Wollongong
Not bot, not beast: Scientists create first ever living, programmable organism
Simon Coghlan, University of Melbourne; Kobi Leins, University of Melbourne
Lives at grave risk : Trump s withdrawal from the WHO is a hit to global health
Adam Kamradt-Scott, University of Sydney
Did a tragic family secret influence Kate Sheppard s mission to give New Zealand women the vote?
Katie Pickles, University of Canterbury
PART VI Life goes on
From delicate teens to fierce women, Simone Biles s athleticism and advocacy have changed gymnastics
Ella Donald, University of Queensland
Remembering my friend, and why there is no right way to mourn the Christchurch attacks
Shamim