Fragments of Everyday Life in a Pandemic: Autoethnographic Reflections of Young Women from Eastern and Southeastern Turkey
Abstract
This article consists of autoethnographic texts written by six young women from Eastern and Southeastern Turkey, studying Sociology at Harran University and was edited and supervised by Dr. F. Güzin Ağca-Varoğlu. The contributions are reflections in their lived spaces after March 16, 2020. The students became involved as social scientists in their communities, and at the same time, experienced the liminal status of being members of their family homes in the pandemic. This ambiguous position tactically strengthened them in their everyday lives and enabled them to analyze their layered, intertwined, and multidimensional social environment. In this article, these young women gave a voice by expressing the deep-rooted power relations, spatial interactions, traditions and experiences in which they switched between the self and society as "boundary crossers".
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Details
Primary Language
English
Subjects
Women's Studies
Journal Section
Research Article
Authors
F. Güzin Ağca-varoğlu
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Türkiye
Berrin Çoban
This is me
0000-0001-7322-7298
Türkiye
Melek Bingöl
This is me
0000-0002-3990-4045
Türkiye
Zeynep Karakurt
This is me
0000-0001-8925-1049
Türkiye
Gülbahar Kılıç
This is me
0000-0002-7910-9046
Türkiye
Nazime Kaplaner
This is me
0000-0002-2968-8369
Türkiye
Sümeyya Zengin
0000-0001-5606-1388
Türkiye
Publication Date
June 10, 2022
Submission Date
December 29, 2021
Acceptance Date
April 11, 2022
Published in Issue
Year 2022 Volume: 14 Number: 1
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