Meaning Making in Portal Times
A compilation of resources on the meaning of the Coronavirus crisis and emerging possibilities for a post-pandemic world.
These resources were initially compiled to support an online conversation called The Virus and the Chrysalis: Making Meaning and Creating New Worlds.
(If you have a resource you’d like to recommend for this list, email joshua (at) thriveeastbay.org)
A New Super Power in the Making by Otto Scharmer
The Coronation by Charles Eisenstein
The Coronavirus Doesn’t Have a Race Problem — America’s Systems Do by Brittany Packnett Cunningham
Coronavirus shows us it’s time to rethink everything. Let’s start with education by George Monbiot
Coronavirus Spells the End of the Neoliberal Era. What Next? by Jeremy Lent
Ecological Reflections on the Coronavirus by Dr. Vandana Shiva
From Emergency to Emergence by David Korten
How to Beat Coronavirus Capitalism with Naomi Klein
I, Coronavirus. Mother. Monster. Activist. by Bayo Akomolafe
‘The impossible has already happened’: What coronavirus can teach us about hope by Rebecca Solnit
Is the Virus our Vaccine? by Rory Spowers
The Light at the End by Nafeez Ahmed
The neoliberal era is ending. What comes next? by Rutger Bregman
The Pandemic is a Portal by Arundhati Roy
Pandemics — Lessons Looking Back From 2050 by Fritjof Capra & Hazel Henderson
On Coronavirus Lockdown? Look for Meaning, Not Happiness by Emily Esfahani Smith
One World 1 by Armando Davila
Rebuild by Centering Equity by Bo Thao-Urabe
Reimagining the Post-Pandemic “Normal”: Learning From Indigenous Peoples About Reconciling Culture and Nature by Dr. Gleb Raygorodetsky
Seat at the Table with Anand Giridharadas
Seizing the Unexpected Opportunities of COVID-19 by Sam Earle
Seven Building Blocks for a Post-Corona World by Jason Angell
The Medicine of Coronavirus by Rupa Marya
This, Our Mythic Moment by Vanessa Spedding
To Heal from COVID-19, We Must Imagine a Different World by Noam Chomsky and Robert Pollin
Traditional Indigenous Beliefs are a Powerful Tool for Understanding the Pandemic by Rachel Hartigan Shea
What’s Happening in the Stars Right Now with Rick Tarnas
