Pandemic and digitalization: experience of a sociological anamnesis

Authors

  • Gennady P. Korshunov Institute of Sociology, National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, 1 Surhanava Street, 2 building, Minsk 220072, Belarus https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4481-7587

Keywords:

digitalization, pandemic, social consequences, globalization, glocalization, unmanned technology, telecommuting, network self-organization, crafting

Abstract

On the basis of current conditions and global development trends, the article presents a version of the author’s analysis of the social consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic. Particular attention the author pays to the «double problematization» of social practices caused by the development of digital practices and the negative experience of living a pandemic at the micro, meso and macro levels.

Author Biography

  • Gennady P. Korshunov, Institute of Sociology, National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, 1 Surhanava Street, 2 building, Minsk 220072, Belarus

    PhD (sociology), docent; director

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Published

2020-09-10

Issue

No. 2 (2020): Journal of the Belarusian State University. Sociology

Section

Reflections on a given theme

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How to Cite

[1]
Korshunov, G.P. 2020. Pandemic and digitalization: experience of a sociological anamnesis. Journal of the Belarusian State University. Sociology. 2 (Sep. 2020), 88–91.