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Throughout history, pandemics have had acute and lasting effects on society, and their perceived risks have fascinated and terrified many. Today, they are the subject of movies like World War Z<\/em> and video games like Plague Inc.<\/em>, but this type of representation isn\u2019t limited to popular culture. It\u2019s also found in news media and public health communications. Recently, the U.S. Centre for Disease Control even released a zombie graphic novel to promote pandemic preparedness.<\/p>\n

Dr. Sheryl Hamilton<\/a>, Canada Research Professor and member of the Royal Society\u2019s College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists, is building a picture of what it\u2019s like to live in an era where we are continually advised that we\u2019re at risk of contracting pandemic diseases. H1N1, MERS, Ebola, and Zika are a few examples of contemporary pandemics we\u2019re warned of regularly.<\/p>\n

\u201cA common pandemic narrative is emerging which is challenging the more familiar outbreak narrative,\u201d she says. She calls this concept \u201cpandemic culture.\u201d<\/p>\n

The relationship between human touch and disease is also at the heart of Hamilton\u2019s research, including hand washing and human contact. She\u2019s interested in the growing anxieties around social touching and self-touching, and how this will affect things like handshakes\u2014a common social ritual that even holds legal consequences.<\/p>\n

Hamilton is exploring the potential impacts and consequences of living in this \u201cpandemic culture,\u201d including what it feels like to be both vulnerable to disease in our everyday lives and active vectors in its transmission to others.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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