By Esteve Corbera, Isabelle Anguelovski, Jordi Honey-Rosés and Isabel Ruiz-Mallén
Together with a few other colleagues, we have developed a short essay on creating and strengthening an Ethics of Care in Academia during and after the Coronavirus crisis.
We are sharing this widely to individuals and networks, for further reflection and support, and with an invitation to sign an upcoming (early May 2020), extended version of the essay in the journal Planning Theory and Practice. This is meant to be collective endeavor, as much as possible. The direct link to sign is HERE. We are delighted that as of today, over 750 people have signed from across the global community. There are no geographically-confined boundaries here. We know this is only a very small effort in front of other much-needed efforts to change social, economic, and environmental practices within and around us. However, to take an extract of the piece, "in writing this opinion article we hope to encourage thinking about how academics may transform our work ethos now and in the future. This disruptive time can become an opportunity to foster a culture of care, refocus on what is most important, change expectations about the meaning of quality teaching and research, and in doing so make academic practice more respectful and sustainable.”
The full essay is available here as PDF and published online at the following locations:
http://estevecorbera.com/academia-in-the-time-of-covid-19-our-chance-to-develop-an-ethics-of-care/
(In Spanish): http://estevecorbera.com/la-praxis-academica-en-tiempos-del-covid-19-desarrollemos-una-etica-del-cuidado/
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DSAI provides a platform for dialogue for development studies research, policy and practice across multi-disciplinary perspectives. This opinion piece is published as part of DSAI's call for contributions to our COVID resource section; as a space for pooling and sharing knowledge. Content is published with permission of the author. Views expressed are the authors own.