Slow time

Romanian domesticity and the world outside in times of coronavirus pandemic

Authors

  • Valentin Gatlan Independente researcher

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2316-9133.v29isuplp16-24

Keywords:

Romania, Bucarest, Coronavirus pandemic

Abstract

The essay portrays daily life in Bercine, southern part of Bucarest, Romania, during the lockdown. The pictures presented here are part of my observations of the life in front. People that are my neighbours, acquaintances and with whom I shared my life as well. As so, I decided to present the pictures in a form of photo-board in order to put together shared experiences. This essay is not a study of daily life under quarantine, or how life is in a certain period of our time. It may be an effect, but not its reason. Rather, it attempts to portray life in a small-scale. Such small-scale is made up of daily routines and experiences of cleaning, talking, waiting as well as feelings of solidarity, solitude, fear and sometimes hope. It is the idea of shared experience that turns silence and waiting not as a singular experience, but a communal space, as is the daily life in a building

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Published

2020-07-27

Issue

Vol. 29 No. supl (2020)

Section

Chimeras

License

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I agree with this statement as an absolute expression of truth. On my behalf and on behalf of eventual co-authors I also take full responsibility for the material presented.

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How to Cite

Gatlan, V. (2020). Slow time: Romanian domesticity and the world outside in times of coronavirus pandemic. Cadernos De Campo (São Paulo, 1991), 29(supl), 16-24. https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2316-9133.v29isuplp16-24