For Next Tuesday: Clark, “Inside the Nightmare Voyage of the Diamond Princess” (pp.2-23)

REMEMBER: NO CLASS THIS WEEK...attend your conference instead (see the conference schedule on the post BELOW this one). For next week, read the essay above and answer the questions below:

Answer TWO of the following:

Q1: What makes the tourists on board the cruise ship particularly vulnerable to COVID? How does this highlight one of the hidden dangers of exclusive travel?

Q2: The author writes that “the Diamond Princess remained a miniaturized version of the global order—because what other way could things go?” (10). What does he mean by this, and why does a cruise ship show us a uniquely clear portrait of class inequality in the world?

Q3: What was fundamentally flawed about the Diamond Princess’ response to the COVID outbreak? Why do you feel it responded this way? Could it have done it differently, given that its part of the tourist industry?

Q4: Dr. James Lawler, a director for the Global Center for Health Security, wrote on the respond of the US to the pandemic, it was “kind of like watching a movie that you’ve watched before” (22). Why did this seem so familiar to him, and how might this essay highlight the problem with responding to a global pandemic in the 21^st century?