TOPLUM VE KÜLTÜRÜN PANDEMİ SÜRECİNDE DEĞİŞİME OLAN ETKİLERİ: SOSYOLOJİK BİR ANALİZ

Year 2022, Volume: 15 Issue: 37, 318 - 333, 16.03.2022

Ebru Çetin

https://doi.org/10.12981/mahder.1024476

Cited By: 1

Abstract

COVID-19 virüsü, 2020'nin başından bu yana dünyadaki tüm ülkeleri etkilemiştir. Küreselleşmenin etkisi ile dünya her zamankinden daha fazla birbirine bağlı olduğu için virüs çok hızlı yayılım göstermiştir. Bu süreçte bireylerin virüse karşı farklı tepki verdikleri ve yönetmeye çalıştığı görülmüştür. Toplumlar arasındaki kültürel farklılıklar, bireysel davranışlarda, inançlarda, değerlerde ve normlarda kendini gösterir. Dünyanın farklı bölgelerindeki toplumlar arasındaki karşılaştırmalar, kültürün insan davranışını nasıl etkileyebileceğini açıkça göstermektedir. Bu çalışmanın amacı, kültürün, ülkeleri ve toplumun pandemiye karşı farklı yaklaşımları seçme şeklini nasıl etkilediğini incelemektir. Ülkeler arasındaki kültürel farklılıkların salgınlarla mücadelede etkili olup olmadığını belirlemektir. Bu makale pandemi sürecinde kültürün rolüne (toplumda paylaşılan anlamlar, değerler ve uygulamalara) odaklanırken, küresel düzeyde toplumların bu süreçte geliştirdiği önlemler, farklı uygulamalar ve düşünceler üzerinde sosyolojik bir analiz geliştirmeyi amaçlamaktadır. Akademik açıdan bakıldığında bu çalışma, kültür ve COVID-19 pandemisi arasındaki ilişkiyi sosyolojik açıdan ele alması nedeniyle önemlidir. Uygulama açısından bakıldığında çalışma, sadece teknik önlemlere odaklanılmaması, aynı zamanda bu önlemleri kültürel unsurlarla pekiştirerek geliştirmeleri gerektiğine vurgu yapmaktadır. Çalışmada literatür taramasına dayalı nitel araştırma yöntemi kullanılmıştır. Yerli ve yabancı literatür incelenerek, ülkelerin aldıkları önlemler, yer alan mekanizmalar ve uygulamalara değinilmiştir

Keywords

Pandemi, Kültür, Toplum, Covid-19, Komplo Teorileri Abstract

THE IMPACTS OF SOCIETY AND CULTURE ON THE CHANGES IN PANDEMIC PERIOD: A SOCIOLOGICAL ANALYSIS

Abstract

COVID-19 virus has been affecting all countries in the world since the beginning of 2020. The virus has spread in a rapid way because the globalized world is interconnected more than ever. It is observed that the individuals react and manage the virus differently in this process. Cultural differences between societies become apparent in individual behaviors, beliefs, values, and norms. The comparisons between the societies in different regions of the world manifest how culture affects human behavior. The aim of this study is to examine how culture affects the approaches of countries and societies towards pandemic period and to identify that the cultural differences between countries is effective or not in the matter of struggling with pandemic. This paper focuses the role of culture (common understanding, values, and applications in society) and aims to develop a sociological analysis on the different strategies, applications, and thoughts which global societies adopt in this period. This study is sociologically investigating the relation between culture and COVID-19 pandemic, and it has importance when considered from academic point of view. From the practical perspective, there is an emphasis on not to solely focus on technical measures but to reinforce these measures with cultural elements. Qualitative research method based on literature review was used in the study. By referring national and foreign literature about the precautions taken by countries, mechanisms and practices was examined.

Keywords

pandemic, culture, society, COVID 19, conspiracy theories

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