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ii. We are more into online: In this century, we all know how much
people are into online. After the covid-19 pandemic and lockdown
the dependency on internet is increasing day by day. To our
education system, office work, shopping, communication, news,
entertainment etc everything we do now on online. Since we are at
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home and we have our jobs to be done. Our food, clothes,
medicines and other stuff we need so, the online platforms are now
the new saviour.
iii. Climate revolution: Behind all the suffering and disturbance and
financial difficulty of the Covid-19 pandemic, a much bigger
worldwide emergency is hiding: environmental change. Numerous
city-inhabitants have seen an improvement in their metropolitan
surroundings with cleaner-smelling air, more quiet, more secure
streets and bolder untamed life which offers a brief look at what a
greener world may resemble to live in.
For sure, satellite information has uncovered a drop in air levels of
nitrogen dioxide over urban areas and modern focuses across
Europe and Asia as traffic and manufacturing plants have
quietened falling Levels of dirty particles noticeable all around
which, similar to nitrogen dioxide, likewise because respiratory
illnesses have additionally enormously decreased. The lockdowns
and ensuing decrease in modern air contamination itself have likely
spared the lives of tens or a huge number of individuals.
Definition
According to Merrill and Elbridge, social change means, the large
number of people are engaging in activities that differ from those
which they or their immediate fore-fathers engaged in some timer
before.
According to Jones, social change is a term used to describe
variations in our modification of any aspect of social process,
social patterns, social interactions or social organization.
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The long-term impact that the covid-19 pandemic will have on society is
still uncertain. Covid-19 has affected every aspect of life around the
globe, from individual relationship to institutional operations to
international collaborations. This crisis is threatening small and growing
businesses in low-income nations, as Bangladesh. Covid-19 has brought
major changes to our society. These changes may affect a lot in our lives.
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3. ‘‘Application of knowledge gained through Anthropological
study could help us better prepare for covid-19.’’ – do you
agree? Explain your argument.
Every epidemic and pandemic are unique, but anthropologists can point
out the parallels with other sources of epidemics and therefore suggest
what made them have their particular shapes and their particular
outcomes, to provide us with a basis for understanding what is going on.
So, yeah, I think Anthropological studies could help us better prepare for
covid-19 and can help us.
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4. Is it possible to apply ethnography during these covid-
isolation days? Explain your arguments.
During this covid-19 isolation days its not possible to stay with other
group or participate in anyone’s real life environment. Because collect
information in the context or setting where the group work or lives and to
know accurately they have to stay with them. This is called field work
what is not possible during this covid isolation days.
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5. What did you learn attending the course? What is the
importance of the course in Development Studies? If you
were given authority, what changes/modifications would you
make?
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