Bristol University Press
5 Working in the New Normal
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Barbara Czarniawska
Abstract
The new wave of the pandemic that came in the autumn of 2020 was preceded by a rapid increase in the number of infections. The pandemic was obviously not over. In the autumn, everybody was waiting for the vaccine, while the first evaluations initiated by the government began to flow in. The Corona Commission issued its first report in which the Swedish handling of the pandemic was presented as late and inadequate. The chapter gives voice to many of our interlocutors who described how they tweaked and relaxed some of the previous adjustments to COVID in order to work in the new normal. This is the period of adaptations of adaptations.
Abstract
The new wave of the pandemic that came in the autumn of 2020 was preceded by a rapid increase in the number of infections. The pandemic was obviously not over. In the autumn, everybody was waiting for the vaccine, while the first evaluations initiated by the government began to flow in. The Corona Commission issued its first report in which the Swedish handling of the pandemic was presented as late and inadequate. The chapter gives voice to many of our interlocutors who described how they tweaked and relaxed some of the previous adjustments to COVID in order to work in the new normal. This is the period of adaptations of adaptations.
Chapters in this book
- Front Matter i
- Contents v
- List of Figures and Tables vi
- About the Authors vii
- Acknowledgements ix
- Preface x
- In the Shadow of the Pandemic 1
- The Public Sector and the Pandemic: The State of Knowledge 10
- Waking Up to a New World 19
- The New, the Old and the New Old 38
- Working in the New Normal 48
- The Pandemic Comes in Waves 57
- Making Magic 63
- School: A Profession with Multiple Responsibilities 72
- Librarians, Libraries and Social Mission during the Pandemic 88
- Courts and the Pandemic – Virtual Trials and Algorithmic (In)justice 102
- Organizing Welfare under Extraordinary Circumstances 114
- Pandemicracy 124
- Epilogue 129
- Commentaries on Method for Chapters 9 and 10 133
- Details of Field Work 136
- Notes 139
- References 141
- Index 151
Chapters in this book
- Front Matter i
- Contents v
- List of Figures and Tables vi
- About the Authors vii
- Acknowledgements ix
- Preface x
- In the Shadow of the Pandemic 1
- The Public Sector and the Pandemic: The State of Knowledge 10
- Waking Up to a New World 19
- The New, the Old and the New Old 38
- Working in the New Normal 48
- The Pandemic Comes in Waves 57
- Making Magic 63
- School: A Profession with Multiple Responsibilities 72
- Librarians, Libraries and Social Mission during the Pandemic 88
- Courts and the Pandemic – Virtual Trials and Algorithmic (In)justice 102
- Organizing Welfare under Extraordinary Circumstances 114
- Pandemicracy 124
- Epilogue 129
- Commentaries on Method for Chapters 9 and 10 133
- Details of Field Work 136
- Notes 139
- References 141
- Index 151
