Abstract
This joint publication is an output of the third edition of the International Summer School ¨Southeast Asia in Motion¨ which had the theme ¨After Covid-19? Work and Daily Life in Indonesia¨. Comprising of 10 short essays from collaborative research by student from UZH, UGM, UniBe, and other partnering universities in Southeast Asia, the essays delve into the trajectory and meaning of a profession for each interlocutor and show that the pandemic has had very different (and unequal) impacts on the people portrayed.