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Linking urban rhythms to emotions: the inevitable emergence of emotions in the covid-19 daily life’s arrhythmia
The paper aims in highlighting that situations of pandemics and social disasters, such as the recent Covid-19 emergency, have an impact on daily urban rhythms and spatial practices and, as a result, a series of emotions emerge which, in the future, we will have to take seriously in consideration when creating urban policies. Henri Lefebvre, with his book Rhythmanalysis, studied the link between rhythms (cyclical & linear) and cities, in which he also described how the frequency of rhythms in spaces could manifest signs of health or illness (Arrhythmia, Polyrhythmia, Eurhythmia and Isorhythmia). Arrhythmia (otherwise indicated as non-rhythm in greek language), characterized by an unstable frequency and a lack of repetition, is a condition manifesting signs of illness, biologically, but also, according to Lefebvre’s theory, in an individual’s daily life pattern and more generally in urban rhythms. Sudden events, in the micro or macro life, could interfere with frequency and interrupt rhythm. As a result to a sudden interference of rhythm in various scales of our daily lives (economical, social, cultural, etc.), the paper proposes that, a series of negative emotions emerge on the “surface”. Undoubtedly, the emotion-protagonist in a situation of arrhythmia (biological or urban, in our case) is fear, with which individuals but also larger scale systems (cities, activities, institutions, governments, communities, etc.) have to deal with. In the Covid-19 and quarantine situation, the individual had to adapt him/herself to a new daily pattern of life and to change profoundly him/herself routine. Apparently, individuals who managed to maintain a constant daily rhythm, although in quarantine situation (in other words, being eurhythmic inside the Covid-19 arrhythmic situation), seem to be those who managed better their emotional condition. We cannot but ask ourselves, if emotions are also responsible for an individual’s and an entire community’s resilience and quality of life, why they are missing from urban policies ...
Linking urban rhythms to emotions: the inevitable emergence of emotions in the covid-19 daily life’s arrhythmia
The paper aims in highlighting that situations of pandemics and social disasters, such as the recent Covid-19 emergency, have an impact on daily urban rhythms and spatial practices and, as a result, a series of emotions emerge which, in the future, we will have to take seriously in consideration when creating urban policies. Henri Lefebvre, with his book Rhythmanalysis, studied the link between rhythms (cyclical & linear) and cities, in which he also described how the frequency of rhythms in spaces could manifest signs of health or illness (Arrhythmia, Polyrhythmia, Eurhythmia and Isorhythmia). Arrhythmia (otherwise indicated as non-rhythm in greek language), characterized by an unstable frequency and a lack of repetition, is a condition manifesting signs of illness, biologically, but also, according to Lefebvre’s theory, in an individual’s daily life pattern and more generally in urban rhythms. Sudden events, in the micro or macro life, could interfere with frequency and interrupt rhythm. As a result to a sudden interference of rhythm in various scales of our daily lives (economical, social, cultural, etc.), the paper proposes that, a series of negative emotions emerge on the “surface”. Undoubtedly, the emotion-protagonist in a situation of arrhythmia (biological or urban, in our case) is fear, with which individuals but also larger scale systems (cities, activities, institutions, governments, communities, etc.) have to deal with. In the Covid-19 and quarantine situation, the individual had to adapt him/herself to a new daily pattern of life and to change profoundly him/herself routine. Apparently, individuals who managed to maintain a constant daily rhythm, although in quarantine situation (in other words, being eurhythmic inside the Covid-19 arrhythmic situation), seem to be those who managed better their emotional condition. We cannot but ask ourselves, if emotions are also responsible for an individual’s and an entire community’s resilience and quality of life, why they are missing from urban policies ...
Linking urban rhythms to emotions: the inevitable emergence of emotions in the covid-19 daily life’s arrhythmia
Tzatzadaki, Olga (author)
2021-12-30
doi:10.6093/2723-9608/7094
Fuori Luogo. Rivista di Sociologia del Territorio, Turismo, Tecnologia; Vol 10 No 2 (2021): Fuori Luogo Rivista di Sociologia del Territorio, Turismo, Tecnologia - Special Issue Flânerie; 127 - 135 ; Fuori Luogo. Rivista di Sociologia del Territorio, Turismo, Tecnologia; V. 10 N. 2 (2021): Fuori Luogo Rivista di Sociologia del Territorio, Turismo, Tecnologia - Special Issue Flânerie; 127 - 135 ; 2723-9608 ; 2532-750X ; 10.6093/2723-9608/2021/2
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