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Emerging from the global syndemic crucible: Finding belonging in a post Corona future

Long, Le Anh; Triliva, Sofia; Davids, Tine; Fragkiadaki, Eva

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Authors

Le Anh Long

Sofia Triliva

Tine Davids

Eva Fragkiadaki Eva.Fragkiadaki@uwe.ac.uk
Senior Lecturer in Counselling Psychology



Abstract

The covid-19 global syndemic has upended societies worldwide and concomitantly united the world in a shared experience of lockdowns, social distancing, and economic upheaval. In the face of great uncertainty, dystopian realities, and binding government edicts, people's everyday lives, sense of agency, actions, and interactions changed forcibly. Importantly, it has disrupted many practices and routines essential for (re)constituting a sense of belonging, an important element of personhood and individual wellbeing. Using the “Letters from the Future” method, we investigate how individuals imagine and present themselves in the future to navigate this social change. We ask “How do letter writers construct a sense of belonging in a future of their own imagining?” To answer this question, we combine discourse- and text analysis with network analysis to examine 47 letters that Greek participants wrote during the Spring 2020 lockdown. We explore how individuals present and introduce their future self, what topos this self inhabits and what expressions, values, and practices they perform and negotiate as they reflect on and navigate their relational worlds. By and large, Greek letter writers recognize that inequities and injustices paved the way for the syndemic and express a pressing need for societal transformation.

Citation

Long, L. A., Triliva, S., Davids, T., & Fragkiadaki, E. (2022). Emerging from the global syndemic crucible: Finding belonging in a post Corona future. Futures, 143(October 2022), 103034. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.futures.2022.103034

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Sep 5, 2022
Online Publication Date Sep 12, 2022
Publication Date Sep 20, 2022
Deposit Date Jul 10, 2022
Publicly Available Date Mar 29, 2024
Journal Futures
Print ISSN 0016-3287
Publisher Elsevier
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 143
Issue October 2022
Pages 103034
DOI https://doi.org/10.1016/j.futures.2022.103034
Keywords global syndemic; Coronavirus; Covid 19; Pandemic
Public URL https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/9688027
Publisher URL https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0016328722001343?via%3Dihub

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