Orientation, disorientation, reorientation: a reply to Fernández Velasco, Perroy and Casati

Friedberg, Marcella Schmidt di

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“…To this end, we rescaled each component between − 2 and + 2, with 0 meaning no experienced temporal or social disruptions. The disorientation-orientation axis offers a helpful framework through which to encompass the diverse disruptions across temporal, social and affective domains [36][37][38][39][40][41][42][43] . In contrast, the two components of interest related to time judgements functioned between slow versus fast time on the one hand, and long versus short time on the other, and couldn't be a priori reduced plotted onto a disorientation-orientation spectrum.…”

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Experiencing a slow passage of time was an indicator of social and temporal disorientation during the Covid-19 pandemic

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Time dilation was experienced in most countries and across the several years of the Covid-19 crisis: the passage of time was deemed slower than before the pandemic, and the distance to the beginning of the pandemic seemed longer than it really was. An outstanding question is how these two aspects of time judgements relate to other temporal, social and affective disturbances. We developed and validated a 59-item questionnaire to explore these questions. 3306 participants completed the questionnaire in France in May and June 2021. Here, we analyse group differences and find that both slow passage of time and long distance judgements were associated with larger disturbances across all domains under study. These included temporal disruptions—the aptness to project oneself into the future, the sense of a rift between pre-pandemic and pandemic time, the ability to locate oneself in time, the capacity to recall the order of past events—, as well as an overall sense of social disorientation, and trauma-specific disturbances. In contrast, both fast passage of time and short distance judgements were associated with beneficial effects across all of the mentioned domains. Our results indicate that perceived passage of time and temporal distance judgements are key indicators of social and temporal disorientation.

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Experiencing a slow passage of time was an indicator of social and temporal disorientation during the Covid-19 pandemic

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Perroy

Gurchani

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“…The landmarks we use to orient ourselves in our everyday life have been shaken, and, as a result, many find themselves in a state of disorientation that has spatial, temporal, and social ramifications (van Gils-Schmidt et al, 2020 ; Nelson, 2020 , Fernández Velasco et al, 2021 ). The concept of disorientation has been employed to further our understanding of the pandemic in work coming from philosophy, ethnography, geography, cultural studies and social psychology (Henk, 2020 ; Oinas, 2022 , di Friedberg 2021 , Means & Slater 2021 , Benedikter & Fathi, 2021 , respectively).…”

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“…. The concept of disorientation has been employed to further our understanding of the pandemic in work coming from philosophy, ethnography, geography, cultural studies and social psychology (Henk, 2020;Oinas, 2022, di Friedberg 2021, Means & Slater 2021, Benedikter & Fathi, 2021.…”

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Lost in pandemic time: a phenomenological analysis of temporal disorientation during the Covid-19 crisis

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People have experienced many forms of temporal disorientation during the Covid-19 crisis. For this study, we collected a rich corpus of reports on the multifaceted experiences of disorientation during the pandemic. In this paper, we study the resulting corpus using a descriptive approach. We identify six emerging themes: temporal rift; temporal vertigo; impoverished time; tunnel vision; spatial and social scaffolding of time; suspended time. We offer a phenomenological analysis of each of the themes. Based on the phenomenological analysis, we draw a key distinction between episodic and existential forms of temporal disorientation, and we argue that the Covid-19 crisis is best conceptualised as a period of suspended time.

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“…Social, spatial, and temporal disruptions, such as curfews, social distancing measures and repeated lockdowns (both current and potential), suddenly supersede the previous organization of life in sometimes confusing ways. Many authors have claimed that disorientation is a central element in people’s experience during the Covid-19 era [1, 2, 3, 4], with contributions coming from social psychology [5], geography [6], philosophy [7], ethnography [8] or cultural studies [9], to name but a few disciplines. Such discussions are not only in the purview of academic research, but are also common in mainstream culture, with the media explicitly discussing the disorienting nature of lockdowns [10], of reopening [11], of routine disruption [12], of Covid-19 data [13], of new waves [14], and of the pandemic as a whole [15].…”

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Development and validation of a quantitative instrument for measuring temporal and social disorientation in the Covid-19 crisis

Velasco

Gurchani

Perroy

et al. 2022

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We developed a quantitative Instrument for measuring Temporal and Social Disorientation (ITSD), aimed at major crises such as the Covid-19 pandemic. Disorientation has been identified as one of the central elements of the psychological impact of the Covid-19 era on the general public, but so far, the question has only been approached qualitatively. This paper offers an empirical, quantitative approach to the multi-faceted disorientation of the Covid-19 pandemic by operationalising the issue with the help of the ITSD. The ITSD was developed through multiple stages involving a preliminary open-ended questionnaire followed by a coder-based thematic analysis. This paper establishes the reliability and validity of the resulting ITSD using a 3-step validation process on a sample size of 3306.

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Orientation, disorientation, reorientation: a reply to Fernández Velasco, Perroy and Casati

Cited by 7 publications

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Experiencing a slow passage of time was an indicator of social and temporal disorientation during the Covid-19 pandemic

Experiencing a slow passage of time was an indicator of social and temporal disorientation during the Covid-19 pandemic

Lost in pandemic time: a phenomenological analysis of temporal disorientation during the Covid-19 crisis

Development and validation of a quantitative instrument for measuring temporal and social disorientation in the Covid-19 crisis

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