Being There, but How? : On the Transformation of Presence in (Post-)Pandemic Times.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dümling, Sebastian.

Contributor:

Wang, Zhenwei.

Universität Bielefeld, Funder.

Series:

Sozialtheorie Series

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource (153 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Bielefeld : transcript Verlag, 2024.

Language Note:

In English.

Biography/History:

Dümling Sebastian : Sebastian Dümling (PD Dr.) arbeitet am Lehrstuhl für Europäische Ethnologie/Empirische Kulturwissenschaft an der Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg.

Summary:

In phenomenological tradition, presence has been understood as fundamental for human experience: I experience the world as my lifeworld because I am present in this world. Even more, I experience myself as »I« only in the physical presence of the other. However, this concept of presence has become fragile through processes of medialization - especially in (post-)pandemic everyday life. Presence can no longer be experienced exclusively in physical proximity, but also digitally or virtually. With global case studies alongside theoretical discussions by both students as well as junior and senior researchers, the volume launches a conversation between social sciences and humanities on how this change affects human experience.

Contents:

Cover

Contents

Preface

Authors

On the Transformation of Presences - An Introduction

Presence - empirical fractions

Presence - theoretical fractures

Presence - empirical observations, conceptual reflections

Bibliography

Scoping the Virtual World. Identity Reshaping as an Epistemological Prerequisite for Research

Introduction: The long journey of Cyberspace into Metaverse

Being there … a virtual presence is all you need

The 'brave new' citizen of cyberspace

Scoping the virtual world - methodological challenges

Conclusion - Questions about a possible future for social sciences in the 'brave new world'

Doing Presence. On the Construction of Relations and Realities in Online Teaching Settings

Introduction

Conditions and constraints of digital co‑presence

Digital co‑presence as function of sensory input and interaction/control possibilities

Immersion vs. distraction

Experiences of presence in synchronous situations of social interaction

Perceived effects of mediated co‑presence

An outlook to the future: habitualization processes

Conclusion

Riding Tools and Spiritual Excursion: Modes of Human Presence and Tool Usage

Being, from here to there

Then how do we get there?

Spatial quality of environment

Building

Dwelling

I.

II.

Corporeal boundaries of individual and society

Virtual and Physical Ways of Being Present in Odissi Dance Networks in Bhubaneswar in India

Disembodied presences and the question of truth

Presence of the dance in imagination

Presences on Internet sites: conventions and individual choices in self‑representation

Assessing factual presences of practitioners

In the physical world

Sensory disturbances.

Entanglements and disruptions between virtual and physical spaces

Socially situated spaces

Patterns of Odissi dancers' presence in town

Gendered presences

Discreet presences

Elusive presences

Bridging the gap between virtual and physical presences

Forced and Uncertain Co‑presence. Smart Cameras and Distant Homework Supervision in Eastern China

Constructing distant co‑presence, and doing family translocally

The research and empirical context

Parents and homework supervision in China

Migrant parents and process of distant supervision via smart cameras

Forced co‑presence rooted in an unequal parent‐child power relationship

Uncertain co‑presence determined by data synchronization

The Class Diary of the Pandemic. Comics of the Transformations of the 'Presence' in Brazilian Schools during the COVID‑19 Pandemic

Comics

Bibliography.

Notes:

This eBook is made available Open Access under a CC BY 4.0 license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

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ISBN:

9783839468807

3839468809