Knowing COVID-19

<i>Knowing COVID-19</i> demonstrates how researchers in the humanities shone a light on some of the many hidden problems of COVID-19 in the very depths of the pandemic crisis. Drawing on eight COVID-19 research projects the volume shows how humanities researchers alongside colleagues in the clinical and life sciences addressed some of the major critical unknowns about this new infectious disease - from the effects of racism to the risks of deploying shame; from how to design an effective instructional leaflet to how to communicate effectively to bus passengers. Across eight novel case studies the book showcases how humanities research during a pandemic is not only about interpreting the crisis when it has safely passed but how it can play a vital collaborative and instrumental role as events are still unfolding.