The COVID-19 pandemic has posed major challenges to higher education institutions all over the world. Panic and concerns from students and parents, together with the changing information and policies around an evolving outbreak, has made universities pivot in multiple directions in response. More than 1.5 billion students and youth across the globe are affected by school and university closures. Catastrophic shortfalls in university revenue is causing job cuts and disruptions to learning, research and other campus activities. 

In particular, for global universities that celebrate and rely on diversity, international mobility and cross-border exchange, there are extra layers of the COVID-19 impact. Confronted with the harsh realities of travel restrictions and border control, the foreign and study-abroad student populations have experienced a series of non-voluntary movements and emotional turmoil. 

How are universities in China and the U.S. responding to the unprecedented challenges? In dealing with the crisis, how are student affairs professionals “crossing the river by feeling the stones”? In early April, we spoke with three higher ed insiders, and this issue presents the highlights from our conversations. 

David Pe

Dean of Students at NYU Shanghai. He has a BA in Chinese Literature from UCLA, Masters in Higher Education Administration from NYU, and Doctorate in organizational change and leadership from USC. 

Judy Li

Assistant Dean of Students at NYU Shanghai. She has a bachelor degree in Law and Master’s degree in Politics. Before joining NYU Shanghai, Judy worked at East China Normal University as a student life advisor. 

Ariel Tan

Area coordinator and independent researcher at California State University, Long Beach. As a residential life staff, her main role includes supervising paraprofessionals, managing residential halls, responding to crisis, and implementing residential curriculum for students. As a researcher, she is interested in studying the relationship between biculturalism, social media, and education.

Audio: Maggie

Editor: Joyce, Maggie

Playlist

Don’t Look Back in Anger  -- Oasis

Counting Stars -- Augustana

Ohio -- Hyukoh

On + Off -- Maggie Rogers

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In the last few months, it has been documented, reported and researched that there has been increased prejudice, discrimination and violence around the world against Chinese people and people of Asian descent or appearance. Most prominently, the President of the United States Donald Trump referred to the COVID-19 virus disease as the “Chinese Virus,” followed by fierce backlash.

On April 26, the Office of Diversity Initiatives at New York University Shanghai (NYU Shanghai) held a panel discussion, “Xenophobia in the Time of Coronavirus: Culture, Race & Stigma.” The panelists were: Joanna Waley-Cohen, Provost of NYU Shanghai and Professor of History; Lin Yao, Ph.D. candidate at Yale Law School, public intellectual and activist; and Qiu Yu, lecturer in Social Anthropology at Minzu University of China. 

The panelists discussed the social, political and historical contexts in which China’s citizens, members of its diaspora and people of Asian descent have been stigmatized as carriers of contagion in the time of COVID-19. Looking at both history and the current phenomenon, the panelists examined narratives that link the imagining of an infectious disease with the imagining of “the other.” In addition, the panelists commented on the recent reports of xenophobic incidents targeting African nationals in China, highlighting the historical and psychological roots of racial prejudice.

Moderator

Joyce Tan

Music

Respect - Aretha Franklin

Editor | Joyce

Audio | Lili

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本期播客的连线发生在3月，我们与以上嘉宾聊了聊疫情期间家人的相处、伴侣的分工、孩子的教育、代际间的矛盾等等。TA们的分享里交织着羁绊、欢乐、拉扯、慰藉和哭笑不得。也许，家就是这些的总和。

 【连线一】With 菁

“一个九岁的小朋友，像明晃晃的小行星天天在你身边燃烧”

1:36-8:15

• 疫情期间在家办公的体验
• 和一个能量充沛又“目无法纪”的小朋友一起在家的体验
• 爱尔兰相对宽松的教育
• 孩子的语言天赋、多语言的家庭教育环境、身份认同

 【连线二】With Lesley

“作为医生的判断和作为伴侣的判断，会有矛盾的地方”

8:24-20:40

• 伴侣是一位医院的规培生，对于医疗体系有不信任之处
• 疫情中的亲密关系：情绪的互相影响和调节；家务分工及情感劳动

 【连线三】David x Judy x Joyce 

“如果我也能在政府隔离点呆两周，我会觉得很好”

20:48-35:10

• 疫情期间孩子在家学习的情况
• 上海民办学校摇号机制的解读
• 对于是否开学的问题，由于育儿资源和教育能力的不同，家长分成两大阵营
• 疫情期间家人集中相处，给一些不习惯跟父母久住的人带来挑战
• 公共议题上代际间沟通的无效性和挫败感

歌单

Ode to My Family - The Cranberries 

别样生活 - 曹方

文案 | Joyce, Lili

音频 | Natasha, Lili 

发布 | Natasha

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In this special episode, we want to take the time to mourn, commemorate, and remember the lost lives in the COVID-19 pandemic. 

The British-American poet Wystan Hugh Auden wrote the poem “September 1, 1939” in the wake of World War 2. This provocative poem expresses the poet’s deep disappointment, exasperation, and sharp critique, with hope rendered more salient in the last two stanzas. This poem sheds light on how we might remember, reflect on and respond to the current pandemic.

Narrated and edited by:

Maggie

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Three conversations, four cities, five poets/translators - About poetry and literature in the time of coronavirus.

*Conversations in Chinese.

Playlist

You Want It Darker - Leonard Cohen

It’s Always The Little Things - 郭顶/Rachel Yamagata

Ireland - Tori Amos 

Nemesis - Benjamin Clementine 

The Truth(Live) - Róisín Murphy

Audio Editing

Natasha, Maggie, Bernice

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"unCoVer" is a project dedicated to amplifying the voices of those who are affected by the COVID-19 outbreak in and beyond China. By translating and producing contents of personal narratives, interviews and opinion pieces, we hope to promote awareness and solidarity across national and cultural borders. You can find us on Facebook, Instagram and Medium by searching “uncover.2020”. We are also on Wechat with the name “unCoVer疫中人’. Our website is https://uncoverinitiative.home.blog/

In this very first episode of “unCoVer”, we present to you a conversation that took place on the 2020 International Women’s Day. On the evening of March 8, the Office of Diversity Initiatives of Shanghai New York University (NYU Shanghai) organized an online panel discussion, “Women in the Time of Coronavirus: Action, Contribution and Media Representation.” Guest panelists are Alex Li, editor-in-chief of BiedeGirls; Sakura Chan, founder of GirlSUP Shanghai; and Jing Wang, a postdoctoral fellow at NYU Shanghai. Along with Joyce Tan, moderator of the discussion, the three panelists shared their observations and thoughts on the COVID-19 outbreak through the lens of gender. Starting the neglected needs of female medical workers, the panelists had a discussion on gender culture, media representation, and civil society. They also talked about the projects they initiated during the outbreak, and addressed other social issues that intersect with gender. 

Playlist

Little Lady - General Eletriks

Cornflake Gril - Tori Amos

Gloria(Live) - Mando Diao/Lana Del Rey

Contact Us

[email protected]

Audio Editing

Natasha

Bernice

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Since our first post on February 14th, we have published twelve issues on various topics - all centered around people’s experiences with the COVID-19 outbreak. From personal narratives to opinion pieces, from interviews to podcast episodes, we continue to observe, record and share what is going on in the time of coronavirus. 

In the past issues, we have attempted to speak to our readers not only through text but also through thoughtfully selected music. In this issue, we share with you a playlist of the eight songs that have been included in some previous posts. Of course, by doing this we are trying to give ourselves a much needed break. It can also be a much needed opportunity for you to look back at some of our earlier content. Click that “play” button. Let’s unwind, recharge and carry on.

Playlist:

Love, New Year - 张悬

Oh! My God - 戴佩妮

Cold Little Heart - Michael Kiwanuka

Don't Touch My Hair - Solange / Sampha

Arabesque - Coldplay

Mystery of Love - Sufjan Stevens

Lonely - HYUKOH (혁오)

Amandine Insensible - Sevdaliza

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