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COMMUNITY RESILIENCE IN THE FACE OF COVID-19 PANDEMIC: THE CASE OF NYEGOL OF UPPER BENGOH

Drawing on anthropological observations, this paper throws its focus on the Nyegol community in Upper Bengoh, Sarawak, to examine how and what the community did to negotiate and adapt to the disruptions as a result of COVID-19. In a world changed by COVID-19, the importance of understanding communit...

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Main Authors: EVVIA, VENO, Poline, Bala, Kelvin, Egay
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Penerbit UMT 2022
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H Social Sciences (General)
HN Social history and conditions. Social problems. Social reform
HT Communities. Classes. Races
Online Access:http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/38335/1/resilience1.pdf
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https://doi.org/10.46754/jssm.2022.01.002
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spelling my.unimas.ir.383352022-04-20T01:01:41Z http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/38335/ COMMUNITY RESILIENCE IN THE FACE OF COVID-19 PANDEMIC: THE CASE OF NYEGOL OF UPPER BENGOH EVVIA, VENO Poline, Bala Kelvin, Egay H Social Sciences (General) HN Social history and conditions. Social problems. Social reform HT Communities. Classes. Races Drawing on anthropological observations, this paper throws its focus on the Nyegol community in Upper Bengoh, Sarawak, to examine how and what the community did to negotiate and adapt to the disruptions as a result of COVID-19. In a world changed by COVID-19, the importance of understanding community resilience to health security has garnered the attention and interests of scholars, health practitioners, and policymakers worldwide. There are increasing attempts to understand, measure disaster preparedness, and examine the ability of communities to negotiate the spread of the disease itself as well as to adapt to the disruptive effects of the mechanisms put in place to halt the transmissions of the virus. Based on Chaskin et al. (2001), this paper elaborates on the four characteristics of a community in dealing with the pandemic, namely, a sense of community, commitment to the community, ability to solve problems, and having access to resources. The community has effectively mobilised mechanisms and resources, namely their social capital, and social organisation, located within the locality. With that this paper suggests that it is important to consider rural communities’ adaptive strategies and especially their own autonomy when designing policies that affect their livelihoods. Penerbit UMT 2022-01 Article PeerReviewed text en http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/38335/1/resilience1.pdf EVVIA, VENO and Poline, Bala and Kelvin, Egay (2022) COMMUNITY RESILIENCE IN THE FACE OF COVID-19 PANDEMIC: THE CASE OF NYEGOL OF UPPER BENGOH. Journal of Sustainability Science and Management, 17 (1). pp. 16-31. ISSN 2672-7226 https://jssm.umt.edu.my/wp-content/uploads/sites/51/2022/02/13.-FULL-COMMUNITY-RESILIENCE-IN-THE-FACE-OF-COVID-19-PANDEMIC-THE-CASE-OF-NYEGOL-OF-UPPER-BENGOH.pdf https://doi.org/10.46754/jssm.2022.01.002
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HN Social history and conditions. Social problems. Social reform
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EVVIA, VENO
Poline, Bala
Kelvin, Egay
COMMUNITY RESILIENCE IN THE FACE OF COVID-19 PANDEMIC: THE CASE OF NYEGOL OF UPPER BENGOH
description Drawing on anthropological observations, this paper throws its focus on the Nyegol community in Upper Bengoh, Sarawak, to examine how and what the community did to negotiate and adapt to the disruptions as a result of COVID-19. In a world changed by COVID-19, the importance of understanding community resilience to health security has garnered the attention and interests of scholars, health practitioners, and policymakers worldwide. There are increasing attempts to understand, measure disaster preparedness, and examine the ability of communities to negotiate the spread of the disease itself as well as to adapt to the disruptive effects of the mechanisms put in place to halt the transmissions of the virus. Based on Chaskin et al. (2001), this paper elaborates on the four characteristics of a community in dealing with the pandemic, namely, a sense of community, commitment to the community, ability to solve problems, and having access to resources. The community has effectively mobilised mechanisms and resources, namely their social capital, and social organisation, located within the locality. With that this paper suggests that it is important to consider rural communities’ adaptive strategies and especially their own autonomy when designing policies that affect their livelihoods.
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author EVVIA, VENO
Poline, Bala
Kelvin, Egay
author_facet EVVIA, VENO
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title COMMUNITY RESILIENCE IN THE FACE OF COVID-19 PANDEMIC: THE CASE OF NYEGOL OF UPPER BENGOH
title_short COMMUNITY RESILIENCE IN THE FACE OF COVID-19 PANDEMIC: THE CASE OF NYEGOL OF UPPER BENGOH
title_full COMMUNITY RESILIENCE IN THE FACE OF COVID-19 PANDEMIC: THE CASE OF NYEGOL OF UPPER BENGOH
title_fullStr COMMUNITY RESILIENCE IN THE FACE OF COVID-19 PANDEMIC: THE CASE OF NYEGOL OF UPPER BENGOH
title_full_unstemmed COMMUNITY RESILIENCE IN THE FACE OF COVID-19 PANDEMIC: THE CASE OF NYEGOL OF UPPER BENGOH
title_sort community resilience in the face of covid-19 pandemic: the case of nyegol of upper bengoh
publisher Penerbit UMT
publishDate 2022
url http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/38335/1/resilience1.pdf
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