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What does it mean to be human in a post-COVID world?\xa0How are we connected to other humans?\xa0What is the role of privacy and social justice when responding to a global pandemic?\xa0What is our place in the natural world and our connection with non-human animals? What does it mean for us as humans when we see\xa0viruses jumping from the animal world to the human?\xa0These are some of the big questions philosophy researchers are asking and that we explore in today\u2019s episode of Foreword.\xa0\nDr.\xa0Christine Daigle is a philosophy professor with\xa0Brock\u2019s Interdisciplinary Humanities PhD program and Director of the Posthumanism Research Institute. She is currently a Research Director (Core Fellow) at the Helsinki Collegium for Advanced Studies in Finland. She is also a member of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Chair on Community Sustainability research team at Brock, where she investigates the\xa0ways\xa0humans are entangled with the environment and how to frame notions of sustainability. Her research is funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC).\nThis conversation was originally recorded in March 2021. Some details about the pandemic may have changed. Consult your local health authority for the latest information for your area.\n\xa0\nLinks\nChristine Daigle faculty bio\nInterdisciplinary Humanities PhD\nPosthumanism Research Institute at Brock\nUNESCO Chair on Sustainability at Brock\n"COVID-19 vaccination requires global thinking: Brock expert" (Brock News, March 15, 2021)\n"Re-opening requires us to reconsider our vulnerability, says Brock prof" (Brock News, July 15, 2020)\n"Humanities prof receives prestigious fellowship in Finland" (Brock News, July 14, 2020)\n\xa0\nCredits\nThank you for listening to Foreword.\xa0\nFind our footnotes, links\xa0to\xa0more information,\xa0transcripts,\xa0and past episodes on our website\xa0brocku.ca/humanities.\xa0\nWe love to hear from our listeners! Join us on\xa0Twitter,\xa0Facebook, and\xa0Instagram\xa0@brockhumanities.\xa0\nPlease subscribe and rate us on your favourite podcasting app\xa0so you don\u2019t miss an episode.\xa0\nForeword\xa0is hosted and produced by Alison Innes for the Faculty of Humanities at Brock University.\xa0\nSeries two sound design and editing is by Nicole Arnt. Theme music is by\xa0Khalid Imam.\xa0\nSpecial thanks to Brock University\u2019s\xa0MakerSpace\xa0and Brock University Marketing and Communications for\xa0studio and web support.\xa0\nThis podcast is financially supported by the Faculty of Humanities at Brock University.