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The New Possible: Human Stories Shaping a Post-COVID-19 World

Every day, what we knew as normal before coronavirus fades away, and we find ourselves in a transitional space where we cope with the crisis day by day and wonder what we’ll be doing whenever the next normal arrives.
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The Emotion Archive

Explore the reflections of 122 people around the world on how they coped with the COVID-19 crisis.

Introducing the New Possible

– A series of human stories and perspectives on how COVID-19 is challenging and changing our lives and livelihoods.

HUMAN STORIES

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The New Possible and what’s next

– The journey was enlightening. Here’s where we go from here.
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Relation-shifts

– What we’ve learned being together, being apart, and being virtual
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Acknowledged but unaddressed

– The COVID-19 crisis and global mental health
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The careful economy

– How financial stability, security, and safety are being redefined for an uncertain future
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Reflections in crisis

– How the lockdown is helping us rediscover what’s important
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Meet our participants

– The people behind the stories
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Bridging the new divides

– Making work-from-home work better

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hours of ethnographic research

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