QUARANTINE TIME IN ROMANIA. PARTICIPANTS’ VISUAL PERSPECTIVE ABOUT BEING ISOLATED DURING COVID-19
QUARANTINE TIME IN ROMANIA. PARTICIPANTS’ VISUAL PERSPECTIVE ABOUT BEING ISOLATED DURING COVID-19

Summary/Abstract: THE PANDEMIC GENERATED BY THE COVID-19 VIRUS CAUSED SIGNIFICANT ALTERATIONS OF SOCIAL LIFE. MOST STATES OF THE WORLD TOOK QUARANTINE, LOCKDOWN AND RESTRAINT MEASURES IN WHICH PEOPLE SPENT WEEKS OR EVEN MONTHS AT HOME IN SOLITARY CONFINEMENT. SEVERAL VISUAL ESSAYS PUBLISHED DURING THIS PERIOD REFLECT CHANGES IN THE HUMAN ACTIVITIES, AS WELL AS THE PANDEMIC IMPACT ON PUBLIC SPACES. DURING THE STATE OF EMERGENCY IN ROMANIA, BETWEEN MARCH AND MAY 2020, WE COLLECTED VISUAL DATA IN THE FORM OF PHOTOGRAPHIC DIARIES, IN ORDER TO DISCOVER HOW PEOPLE’S LIVES TOOK PLACE IN THEIR PRIVATE ENVIRONMENT, AT HOME, AND HOW THEY ADAPTED TO THE SOCIAL ISOLATION IMPOSED BY THE PANDEMIC. THE VISUAL ESSAY WE BUILT USING THE IMAGES COLLECTED BY THE PHOTOVOICE TECHNIQUE HIGHLIGHTS THE UNUSUAL THINGS THAT THE PARTICIPANTS IN OUR RESEARCH DID OR FELT DURING THE ISOLATION PERIOD.

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