Contact and the 2020 Pandemic: A Poetic Autoethnography. Issue 2 (August 2021)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Pelias, Ronald J.
• Other Names: Alexander Bryant Keith guest-editor.; Douglas Kitrina guest-editor.
• Is Part Of: International review of qualitative research. Volume 14:Issue 2(2021)
• Page Start: 358
• Page End: 364
• Publication Date: 2021-08
• Subjects: contact -- COVID-19 -- contamination -- communication -- social distancing; Qualitative research -- Periodicals; Social sciences -- Research -- Periodicals; Social justice -- Periodicals; Qualitative research; Social justice; Social sciences -- Research; Periodicals; Electronic journals; 001.42
• DOI: 10.1177/1940844721991081
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1940-8447

Abstract

This poetic autoethnography explores aspects of human contact and communication during the COVID-19 pandemic of 2020. Through a series of poems, the inquiry focuses upon the desire for ordinary interactions and the fear of contamination. The piece stands as a lament, not only for those who have died and have become ill from the virus, but also for the loss of human connection as people practice in varying degrees social distancing.