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TY - JOUR
T1 - Touch and contact during COVID-19
T2 - Insights from queer digital spaces
AU - Cheded, Mohammed
AU - Skandalis, Alexandros
PY - 2021/7/31
Y1 - 2021/7/31
N2 - The aim of this conceptual paper is to discuss the transformation of socialisation processes due to the digitalisation of entertainment and community formation during COVID-19. More specifically, we focus on alternative modes of touch and contact within the context of queer digital entertainment spaces and question how the world is shaped and sensed in a (post-) COVID-19 era. Inspired by the work of Karen Barad on a quantum theory of queer intimacies, we highlight that the rise of hybridised experiences in-between physical and digital spaces captures a series of spatio-temporal, material and symbolic dimensions of touch and contact. We conclude by drawing implications for the future of organisations and work.
AB - The aim of this conceptual paper is to discuss the transformation of socialisation processes due to the digitalisation of entertainment and community formation during COVID-19. More specifically, we focus on alternative modes of touch and contact within the context of queer digital entertainment spaces and question how the world is shaped and sensed in a (post-) COVID-19 era. Inspired by the work of Karen Barad on a quantum theory of queer intimacies, we highlight that the rise of hybridised experiences in-between physical and digital spaces captures a series of spatio-temporal, material and symbolic dimensions of touch and contact. We conclude by drawing implications for the future of organisations and work.
KW - COVID-19
KW - digital spaces
KW - queer entertainment
KW - queer theory
KW - touch and contact
U2 - 10.1111/gwao.12697
DO - 10.1111/gwao.12697
M3 - Journal article
VL - 28
SP - 340
EP - 347
JO - Gender, Work and Organization
JF - Gender, Work and Organization
SN - 0968-6673
IS - Suppl. 2
ER -