Reports from quarantine: what society(ies) will emerge after the coronavirus? Solidarity strategies for building other possible worlds

Abstract

The Covid-19 pandemic revealed multiple dimensions of the civilizational crisis, highlighting the failure of the hegemonic capitalist development model and the unjust concentration of global wealth, generating deep social inequalities. At the local level,  the "Cuidar é resistir" campaign demonstrated that traditional populations from the Brazilian can offer promising answers for the future. Through the coordination of several actions, such as food collection and distribution, purchase of local products, and effective communication, this campaign has promoted health, economic, and food security, in addition to reducing inequalities and social and environmental pressures. The participation of civil society organizations, public institutions, and the Sistema Único de Saúde (Unified Health System) was fundamental in this process. This experience suggests that the future in the face of the pandemic and the climate crisis can be found in the ways of life of traditional communities, which can inspire new ways of inhabiting the planet, promoting a sustainable and solidary relationship between human beings and nature. By learning from traditional ways of life and combining their practices with the positive dimensions of scientific and technopolitical thinking, based on solidarity approaches and collaborative knowledge, it is possible to use living governance strategies to promote the Bem Viver.