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Juan Pablo Pinilla1, José Antonio Román Brugnoli2, Daniela Leyton Legües3
1School of Sociology, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Valparaíso, El Litre 1028, Valparaíso, Chile.
Abstract:
This article presents original findings from a longitudinal qualitative study on changes in individual and family life associated with safety and health measures implemented during the COVID-19 pandemic in three regions of Chile. We developed a methodological approach based on multimodal diaries in a mobile application, in which participants submitted photographs and texts to express changes in their daily lives under residential confinement. Content and semiotic visual analyses show a significant loss in instances of collective recreation, partially compensated through new personal and productive activities performed at home. Our results suggest that modal diaries serve as potential tools to capture people's perceptions and meanings as their lives go through exceptional and traumatic times. We assert that using digital and mobile technologies in qualitative studies could allow subjects to actively participate in the co-construction of fieldwork and produce quality knowledge from their situated perspectives.
Supplementary Information:
The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s11133-023-09531-z.
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