Lost in pandemic time: a phenomenological analysis of temporal disorientation during the Covid-19 crisis

Autor: Pablo Fernandez Velasco, Bastien Perroy, Umer Gurchani, Roberto Casati
Rok vydání: 2022
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Zdroj: Phenomenology and the Cognitive Sciences.
ISSN: 1572-8676
1568-7759
DOI: 10.1007/s11097-022-09847-1
Popis: People have experienced many forms of temporal disorientation during the Covid-19 crisis. For this study, we collected a rich corpus of reports on the multifaceted experiences of disorientation during the pandemic. In this paper, we study the resulting corpus using a descriptive approach. We identify six emerging themes: temporal rift; temporal vertigo; impoverished time; tunnel vision; spatial and social scaffolding of time; suspended time. We offer a phenomenological analysis of each of the themes. Based on the phenomenological analysis, we draw a key distinction between episodic and existential forms of temporal disorientation, and we argue that the Covid-19 crisis is best conceptualised as a period of suspended time.
Databáze: OpenAIRE
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