Stories of Solidarity and Polarization during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Diary in Excerpt

In this article I look back at the things written in my Curare Coronavirus Diary. I write in hindsight about the observations made by me about solidarity and polarization in Dutch society in times of COVID-19. The paper touches upon various examples of solidarity that emerged in Amsterdam at the start of the pandemic, how polarization rooted, and what groups are involved in the process of polarization. The paper was inspired and written using observations made of the media, protests and demonstrations, and the current Zeitgeist in Dutch society. Although others think that the current polarizat... Mehr ...