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lives lives profit driven. and globally connected. or has this pandemic sparked irreparable change. how we live in the future after the pandemic. hello and welcome to detail has covered 900. 11 and this week we're peeking ahead imagine life after the cove in 1000 pandemic our guest today is richard sennett he's a british american sociologist and one of the world's most important theorists of urban studies or the architecture and social life of cities said it is currently a member of the council of urban initiatives for united nations habitat and since the beginning of the outbreak he's written about his concerns for city life amid growing pandemic restrictions. professor senate welcome to the show you've

described the city as a settlement in which strangers are likely to meet one another there hasn't been a whole lot of that lately given the pandemic as vaccines come online and more people are vaccinated are you optimistic that the city will come back. indeed i think it has to come back because. in the long term we need. places where people can interact face to face when the economically we need dense cities for the sake of climate change and really ration is not an option for people to live long term socially distance lives professor we talk about cities of course we talk about the architecture of a city is one thing we also talk about social interactions or look 1st at the architecture what could this mean for how cities are planned in terms of i think of open spaces for example elevators that are probably being avoided now more than

ever what do you see. well i think long term this argues just as climate change for much more flexible ways of building cities. to not make spaces which can only be used in one way it might be that the age of the skyscraper is over. or that we're going to have to rethink public transport but it say about both the issue is is how to think about adaptable spaces not to transform these spaces in the places which are stricken by sheer. in which see. in which the extremes of social isolation. to which that had a night against us are going to lead to permanently socially isolated

spaces question of experiment. spacing people out in public transportation. figuring different ways to use elevators and so on it's trivial the horrible thing would be to freeze the environment we talk about the social interactions that make up a city as well you mention as well that face to face interaction do you think a pandemic has always made us more aware of our our social connections the social capital that we have in their life. you knew america a life spent on. kind of a kind of human experience that would be. you know this is the nurse it's what it when i'm saying you know the danger in this is that you know actual is the extreme. to zoom or even working from home in isolation full

time the norm can't do that it's a very soon me very. evocative. where we are today of what happened in new york 20 years ago you have to was hit by 911 almost immediately well the planning because in new york were rewritten as though every week another airplane would fly into new york skyscraper didn't happen for about a decade the city was paralyzed and building these fortress like structures that's what we have to boyd. that kind paralysis and yet at the same time there is a real danger as we know from the virus so how do we find the right way of measuring the importance of our social lives with the real devastation that the virus can cause well.

this is just my. but there it's there we really have a problem with her virus was going to radically transform our lives look that way you're going there no vaccines there are very few. drugs that could could treat people who are sick now or in a very different place. and i hope you in germany soon will be in their places as well. where people who are vaccinated have a big weapon to use against. your coming onstream mean that if you even if you fall sick you're not doomed to die and so we're we need to change our consciousness. you know we have to take on board that this narrative has changed what we think of

when we use the term the virus is not a death sentence against very. redolent of the aids crisis in new york 80 when the beginning of it people thought this was. gradually you know it became a chronic disease but many of the current practices that people were recommending in the 1980 s. to deal with aids. were the notion that anybody who was touched by it was going to die and that became very very counterproductive over the long term and it's sort of odd that i'm saying this to you know a very old 100 people supposed to be mustard risk from this virus but it just seems to me that i think being paralyzed with fear

is a horrible way to live and now that we don't need. to be paralyzed with fear we've got to move on mentally. and and think about ways to. to live with it. rather than feel overwhelmed by. in britain i don't know how this isn't germany but in britain you sell newspapers or social media. byard flaming the sense of fear the very very afraid it's overwhelming. that's good for general as and but it's not good for human beings. so i really think this is a moment where you got to think is going to be over for you i think i hope it will be over. it could i say one more thing about this for you. because threaded

to. race in europe is that. during the last year of the crisis could lead to the breakup of the european union it would be a terrible long term. where nations think that you know the because the union largely failed failed you that it should be in the hand for really essential things go back to the nation state. that would be a terrible way to as it were naturalized is state of emergency present future free of. it you know so i just think it's very important to look forward rather than learning lessons from about how was this crisis is. that there for now richard thank you so much for joining us ok thank you. and now it's time

for your questions over to our science correspondent there. what impact has the pandemic had on the public perception of science this is the perfect question to start off this week's look at visions of the post coded world because one of the things the pandemic has done is radically change the way that many of you out there in the public view science and scientists some have turned into really famous figures who are no really well known not just in their home countries but but all over the world germany also of course gained a few new science of leverage these in 2020 the most prominent of the viral a just in chief christiane dalston millions of germans 2000000 for his regular pandemic

podcasts he's even been turned into a traditional christmas ornament so one way covert 19 has certainly changed public perception of science is by dragging researchers and science experts out of the shadows they mostly worked and up until now and arresting them and their fields on to center stage i mean i'm sure there are lots of kids here in germany now saying i want to grow up 'd to be the next christian to boston and if you ask me that's a great thing. derek williams there and around the world christians are celebrating easter one of the most important festivals on the christian calendar will leave you now with a look at how the faithful celebrated during the global pandemic thanks for watching for stay safe and we'll see you soon again.

since the outbreak a little civil war hundreds of thousands of syrian christians. more want to live there is. one of the oldest religious communities in the world is on the verge of extinction. christians around the world are inches lee watching the development courage in despair help for serious christian. oh.

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just. another way if after all employment is interest cyclable. plays make up your own mind to play. w. made for minds. a growing number of christians from the middle east now live in germany. kurt has been here for decades he was born in southeastern turkey. but in recent years many have come from syria where christianity is fast disappearing does it it's not the 1st time this has happened in the middle east in my view that there are always wars and in the end if the christians lose of the. power lose kurt is seeking to help.

he's come to syria to find out what he can do to alleviate the situation and to encourage the last remaining christians not to leave. will his journey succeed. his 1st destination a clinic in the town of sadat in western syria he hasn't come empty handed this ambulance is as good as new one final check the weekly e.c.g. monitor is there ever so i found that you. know that us with his get it in a few minutes paolo's card and hines now will hand over the vehicle. it was transported from germany by ship. the ambulance has been completely renewed thanks to 30000 euros in donations. volunteers worked on it for 2 years members of

a catholic association in germany also helped hines neath is want to. knock out. a qualified paramedic he goes through the equipment on board with one of the doctors at the clinic. the hospital's own ambulance was destroyed by islamist militants. many of those who donated to the new vehicle were initially concerned about giving money to a country ruled by a dictator but in the end the desire to help in the face of human need prevailed you mentioned people here have suffered a lot stolen from them you can see the state of the previous hour. they were shot to pieces by almost for militants and caught fire on this is what's important for us is to help. whether there's an autocratic governments in power. or to have. the ambulances ready to go staff at the

clinic are delighted they say it will help save lives. it's very much needed because the next time spittle is 45 kilometers away and we have no specialist doctors here every time we need to transfer patient we need a vehicle but there just aren't any often you can't even order a private car the m.b. alliance will serve more than 15000 people not just here inside guards but also the surrounding villages. the ambulance is the 1st major project for paulo skirts small aid organization he knows what it is to flee fighting he was a refugee himself when he came to germany in 1980 this is a big moment for him. up when i see that bust up ambulance. i can't put into words how happy and proud i am that these people now have this ambulance. here that. used to be home to many christians the

same as quickly shared with other syrians back in germany high class the ambulance . all with their own axe fall. in germany where. rania. fled syria 4 years ago and now lives in germany she works for the aid organization which is why she was given special permission by the german immigration authorities to return here just for a few days. time for another quick photo for friends and donors back in germany through. the ice and not and then. suddenly a man comes by on a moped the group knows him how do you see her newman was previously a refugee in germany to. how you know you well. those who are shut the honeymoon and bites his old friends back to his house. because he fled

syria to escape the islamic state group rather than the assad regime he and his family faced no problems when they return and now he works as a self-employed car mechanic and. he and his wife and children are living here sharing with another family. they hope it's just a temporary solution. rania wants to know if shanny and his family need any help the she can't understand why they returned voluntarily i think let's assume you know what made you leave germany in come back here when. i came back because i wasn't doing well mentally. ill that i had no work and nothing to do i just spent 24 hours a day thinking about everything after i need work to distract me and pass the time while i was in germany but my thoughts were here in

a sadar sort of my market is i'm not planning to return there's nothing here for me that my son says mom i'm not going back i'm studying i'm working i don't want to lose my future my daughter is doing her high school diploma aren't you worried about your family and children if the ins return is you guys mother thought. no it's completely safe here. with worship my mother there were bomb attacks yesterday lot of homes is completely safe syria is completely safe right through to iraq is the father would you go back if the militants returned. a lot to germany probably. running a asks his daughter lane and she wants to go to germany that yes she does she tells us she loves going to school in germany lane shows us around the home and this is the living room she says. the this is the bedroom for the entire family. this is and this is the kitchen where they all cook

together. shaadi honeymoon is not typical most christians aren't keen to return to syria. the assad dynasty has ruled the country since 1971 the personality cult surrounding the president is all too evident and so are the scars of war. there are roadblocks everywhere. and. journalists are not allowed to move freely in syria. at least one person from the information ministry escorted us whenever we felt for security reasons we were told. that the capital damascus is still a bustling center of life. all appears calm here and relatively normal. but

appearances can be deceiving. the old city which remains largely intact has numerous control posts and a host of security officials who we're not allowed to film. the fear of terrorist attacks is very real there's also rampant inflation the war and international sanctions have driven crisis through the roof the syrian pound is constantly losing value. even the man selling sweets deals with huge bundles of money. that some of our sanctions the problem i asked bear if yes they're driving up the prices says this trader. it's a crisis with no indian site for syria's war weary population. not far from the market is the official residence of the head of the syriac orthodox church. paulose and the members of his a group international society of oriental christians are here to talk to the

patriarch about new projects you know. the ambulance for saddam was just a start. they've waited weeks for this appointment with the patriarch. not c s i from the 2nd meets them in person. with. the patriarch is the spiritual leader of millions of syriac orthodox christians all over the world. he has no illusions about the future of christians in syria as he tells us in a rare interview. if i have to look at it as a christian situation in syria i would say that i would numbers have almost. been reduced by half unfortunately. those who are still here some of them are still looking forward to leaving syria. in this in such

a situation we believe that it's important for us to strengthen our presence and i would contribution to syria because of the. you know the decrease in numbers we have to double 0 if worse and to be stronger in our situations in order to. prove ourselves as citizens and also to be able to help but it's of the syrian brothers us is that really with what many centuries all over. at the cathedral of st george in damascus the psalms are sung in aramaic the language spoken by jesus christ. the syriac orthodox denomination sees itself in the tradition of the early church the 1st christians came to damascus 2000 years ago. patriarchic not he was our friend has been in office since 2014.

even at the height of the syrian civil war he stayed mostly in damascus. but he rejects criticism from the west that he and his church have sold out to the assad regime. we have been in contact with many politicians and leaders in the west and i am sorry to say that they have failed to understand our situation they have followed the main line politics of the west. they look at christians in particular as collaborators as people supporting this regime or that and this is the case of course it hurts us to see people in the west accusing us off of standing on the side while we think they are on the wrong side of history so why does the patriarch

believe the west is on the wrong side of history on syria for more insight we meet with. a german expert on eastern christianity he spent years living in the middle east and knows many of the church leaders personally. mark under-sea in the fuselage at the patriarch is just taking care of his flock. and it's quite simply the case that all the christians in syria believe that the conditions they've experienced on the bashar al assad and his father before. good as it gets in a state like syria. into the best move and there's always the fear that if things change fundamentally then the situation for the christians could look very differences in that for example if radical islamists like the muslim brotherhood came to power. so preventing the top priority. for him that is not the cure to see. kurt prefers to stay out of

politics he just wants to help his fellow christians in their time of need. when the people talk a lot but they don't actually do anything to help it as someone who has been through these things i see it as my duty and my calling to help and support people in a situation like this to help and to. rania's focus is elsewhere right now she's longing to see her parents again and is planning a visit her family lives quite a distance from damascus. i haven't seen them for 4 years. i feel like my heart has stopped beating. we had north to visit rania's parents. while some areas have been reduced to rubble others remain untouched protected by checkpoints. our destination is

an area known as the valley of christians in the province of homs where ronnie is mother and the entire family are waiting expectantly the war torn rania's family apart her parents village hasn't been destroyed but it was behind the front line meaning rania was cut off from her family. except the amount of the it's incredible to think she's on her way here and. i think you know what i'm so happy. because. there's just nothing much sympathy i'm very happy about that any mother in my position when i'm happy to see her daughter again it's been 5 years since we've seen her that she had to flee we were very worried about her she left on her own and has been through a lot. for the past week they'd been waiting impatiently for rania to reach them.

for years the only contact they've had with their daughter has been on the phone. and my darling oh. oh. oh we're so happy that she came back and you got the take you and your children.

if you will sue i'm so happy to see my mother and father among all my uncles and and all my friends here i'm going i'm very happy. about your ma. rania only just got out of homs in time. she lived near here in the city of homs together with her husband and children along with many other christians she never wants to come back here again. this neighborhood can only be accessed with a special permit from syria's military intelligence service palms was a center of the uprising against assad. the city came under rebel control the christians suffered greatly and during the long government siege

to retake the city conditions were desperate. since 2017 the whole of homs has been back under government control. nature is gradually taking over. most residents were able to escape many now live in germany. but a few have returned and are now living in the ruins. it's mainly the older generation that have come back to their former neighborhood like swat and her husband she says homes was like hell on earth. oh it did not have to be the good when i came back i didn't recognize our apartment ever. the thing was burned up destroyed or had collapsed so it makes me sad at 1st i fainted at the sight i was as white as a sheet looking at all this houses apartments everything gone they left nothing

that. will or will. sue aren't witnessed terrible things but still she's hoping that her neighbors will return and things will be as they were before. there was a woman who just wanted to cross the street with her children they attacked them and shot them all dead they shot the woman her husband and the children what can i say seeing the bodies lying on the street was terrifying just as they had is that it. can she ever forgive the murderers. that none of them know i'm not forgiving them it's impossible i would somehow that he forgive everything but what happened here he wasn't normal at that time we saw things with their own eyes that we could never have believed he has just not been there bored event any birds even the birds fled from those gonna feel. a

bit mean. a few minutes drive away is the oman's than our church and important syriac orthodox cathedral this site is said to have been a place of christian worship for 2000 years. the building was severely damaged in the fighting but has since been restored. the church is seen as an anchor by many oriental orthodox christians kurt included . this is my identity. throughout history we oriental orthodox christians have never had a state that represented us politically or practically it so the church was always

the highest authority that has always represented us and so it's my identity. that . very often it's the churches that have been rebuilt 1st in syria without a church many see no hope of returning. palos continues his journey to the column on mountains near the lebanese border. the road passes through terrain that has remained unchanged for centuries. eventually we reach a small mountain village. home to an ancient christian community. the war came here to. in september 2013 are not militants of the al qaeda affiliated al nusra front

invaded the village days of fighting ensued between the militants and the government troops. buildings and artifacts dating back to antiquity were badly damaged some were directly targeted by the militants. right now things in manama are quiet. hollows has a range to meet professor needs are example or he's a well known artist who has studied the history of syria including this special place called. ok. he says that even during those terrible weeks back in 2013 there were courageous people who helped their neighbors. when the militant

muslim residents from the village of. help the christians of mali. for some even hit the christians in their homes a few minutes of. this relatively peaceful coexistence between diverse cultural groups set syria apart before the war good is the force could you imagine syria without this diversity these different religion it's really be sure to be a few one clash syria has 18 different religious denominations and ethnic groups. in the midst of adversity is one of its most outstanding characteristic. of the dimmest now you've looked around damascus and. things how you expect them to be. mild how to you if. i thought i would only see images dealt with because. everything we saw in europe was dark and hopeless.

but what i've noticed here now is that there is hope. and hope. but i do see that some people are fearful and this is an angst. and when i stand here i see the monastery on the one side it has been repaired. but on the other the hotel that still stands in ruins. this is why so there are 2 different pictures this is for me and it's not easy for me to imagine that all this will stop at some point. although i sincerely hope it will. be. but i would like europe to come and see where their own oil is how life here is and to newegg of the so i have a fair despite the sanctions passed by cultivated europe with all respect come and see how life syria is. looking at the destruction and the still relatively tense situation it's hard to

imagine that this was once a popular tourist destination. footage from a german broadcaster dating back to 2001 shows the hotel in the village as it was a lively and beautiful place. visitors would come from all over the world to see them our sark it's the one of syria's oldest surviving monasteries with its famous icons and ancient altar. the rule. is one of the last remaining villages where aramaic is still spoken the language of jesus christ this is the lord's prayer in aramaic of honor. he shared the i'm. just going you know. it's me wish morse has a lot of. the holy oh my hopefully that was 20 years ago

what happened to the young woman did she survive the war. after months of research we find she's still here when the islamist militants came she hid in a cave now she's happy to show us around the monastery and church. of them with the this is one of the oldest altars in christian. what the runabout has broken. you can still see the cracks. but our guys stuck it back together. when we came back after i was liberated we found it in 3 or 4 pieces that are about . order has been restored in the church and the dome rebuilt. who. i.

really. walk oh oh. oh. home. was. all willing to. take. another sizable christian community is located in northern syria right near the turkish border. this footage was filmed in july 29 teams before turkey invaded the area. it's a predominantly kurdish region the kurds have long strived for political autonomy

and traditionally oppose the assad regime. the footage shows many images of. the jailed founder of the kurdistan workers' party or p k k both turkey and the west see the p.k. k. as a terrorist group the turkish government views the local kurdish administration and all kurdish fighters as terrorists. in october 21000 turkish troops and allied militias invaded northern syria among them turkish back to jihad ists. in the chaos there were many reports of islamic state militants escaping from kurdish jails. the local christians found themselves with nowhere to turn. caught up in the fighting targeted by the islamists but not natural allies of the kurds either i escape route

to europe via turkey was blocked by the walled off border i the muslims or forgives and god has no hope of escaping from this area allows these and beats the whole of turkey has been closed for a number of years it took a magically sealed and so the christians are forced to stay where they are because it gets women though it's a bloody bulls isn't cool. but what will the christians do if the situation in northern syria escalates. james or gets woman if they're forced to flee with an open city they will somehow be through and sadly that could happen in the next few years. i am thankful.

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