Imagining the city in lockdown: Place in the COVID-19 self-recordings of the Lothian Diary Project

The COVID-19 pandemic brought about a profound change to the organization of space and time in our daily lives. In this paper we analyze the self-recorded audio/video diaries made by residents of Edinburgh and the Lothian counties during the first national lockdown. We identify three ways in which d...

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Main Authors: Claire Cowie, Lauren Hall-Lew, Zuzana Elliott, Anita Klingler, Nina Markl, Stephen Joseph McNulty
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-12-01
Series:Frontiers in Artificial Intelligence
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/frai.2022.945643/full
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Lauren Hall-Lew
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description The COVID-19 pandemic brought about a profound change to the organization of space and time in our daily lives. In this paper we analyze the self-recorded audio/video diaries made by residents of Edinburgh and the Lothian counties during the first national lockdown. We identify three ways in which diarists describe a shift in place-time, or “chronotope”, in lockdown. We argue that the act of making a diary for an audience of the future prompts diarists to contrast different chronotopes, and each of these orientations illuminates the differential impact of the COVID-19 lockdowns across the community.
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spelling doaj.art-e03e1cb15df04297ae51f5100a2afeb92022-12-22T04:38:00ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Artificial Intelligence2624-82122022-12-01510.3389/frai.2022.945643945643Imagining the city in lockdown: Place in the COVID-19 self-recordings of the Lothian Diary ProjectClaire CowieLauren Hall-LewZuzana ElliottAnita KlinglerNina MarklStephen Joseph McNultyThe COVID-19 pandemic brought about a profound change to the organization of space and time in our daily lives. In this paper we analyze the self-recorded audio/video diaries made by residents of Edinburgh and the Lothian counties during the first national lockdown. We identify three ways in which diarists describe a shift in place-time, or “chronotope”, in lockdown. We argue that the act of making a diary for an audience of the future prompts diarists to contrast different chronotopes, and each of these orientations illuminates the differential impact of the COVID-19 lockdowns across the community.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/frai.2022.945643/fullCOVID-19pandemiclockdownnarrativechronotopediary
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Imagining the city in lockdown: Place in the COVID-19 self-recordings of the Lothian Diary Project
Frontiers in Artificial Intelligence
COVID-19
pandemic
lockdown
narrative
chronotope
diary
title Imagining the city in lockdown: Place in the COVID-19 self-recordings of the Lothian Diary Project
title_full Imagining the city in lockdown: Place in the COVID-19 self-recordings of the Lothian Diary Project
title_fullStr Imagining the city in lockdown: Place in the COVID-19 self-recordings of the Lothian Diary Project
title_full_unstemmed Imagining the city in lockdown: Place in the COVID-19 self-recordings of the Lothian Diary Project
title_short Imagining the city in lockdown: Place in the COVID-19 self-recordings of the Lothian Diary Project
title_sort imagining the city in lockdown place in the covid 19 self recordings of the lothian diary project
topic COVID-19
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narrative
chronotope
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url https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/frai.2022.945643/full
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