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The role of transcultural semantics and symbols for resilience during the Corona pandemic - a hermeneutic approach to historical and intercultural expressions of severe crisis

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Key facts

  • Disease

    COVID-19

  • start year

    2020

  • Funder

    Volkswagen Stiftung

  • Principal Investigator

    Prof Dr and Prof Dr and Prof Dr Cornelia Richter, Judith Gärtner, Thiemo Breyer

  • Research Location

    Germany

  • Lead Research Institution

    Universität Bonn

  • Research Priority Alignment

    N/A

  • Research Category

    Policies for public health, disease control & community resilience

  • Research Subcategory

    N/A

  • Special Interest Tags

    N/A

  • Study Type

    Non-Clinical

  • Clinical Trial Details

    N/A

  • Broad Policy Alignment

    Pending

  • Age Group

    Not Applicable

  • Vulnerable Population

    Not applicable

  • Occupations of Interest

    Not applicable

Abstract

This project follows a hermeneutic approach and combines historical perspectives, semantic analysis, cultural theory and anthropology to investigate the impact of transcultural - often religious and spiritual - symbolism on resilience in the transcultural dimension of the Corona pandemic. Resilience has once again become a concept of central importance during the Corona pandemic, as in so many moments of crisis, resilience develops in individual and social contexts, and finds expression in diverse semantic and symbolic reactions to actual and expected scenarios.