'It's Like Waking Up in the Library' How an International Student Dorm in Copenhagen Became a Closed Circuit during COVID-19
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- [17522285 - Anthropology in Action] ‘It's Like Waking Up in the Library’
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This article examines how lockdown measures have affected international students living in an international student dorm in Copenhagen. During the COVID-19 lockdown in Denmark from March to June, the dorm, which was previously considered a domestic space only, emerged as a closed circuit that collapsed into a single space living, work and leisure activities. The article shows that due to the lack of physical, mental and temporal demarcations between spaces of work and leisure, the dorm as a closed circuit has altered social and intimate relations. Drawing on concepts of non-places, home, and hyper-places, it argues that the life of international students was particularly disrupted by the COVID-19 lockdown.
Original language | English |
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Journal | Anthropology in Action |
Volume | 28 |
Issue number | 1 |
Pages (from-to) | 63-66 |
Number of pages | 4 |
ISSN | 0967-201X |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Mar 2021 |
- Copenhagen, COVID-19, international students, lockdown, online teaching, place, space, HOME
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