Abstract
With a global extent, the pandemic of the new coronavirus and the resulting measures to contain the contagion imposed immediate changes in the routine of people and societies. In view of this historical event, the first part of this theoretical study discussed its relationship with the concept of crisis, while circumscribing human development processes, mobilizing reorganizations in life trajectories. In the second part, the intensification of the use of digital tools to support communication during social isolation was highlighted, particularly reflecting on new interactive arrangements and inter-corporeal experiences. The paper reflects on the proximal processes in the new interactive and contextual configurations through the bioecological theory of human development and, based on concepts of the enactive theory, discusses possible implications of the new perceptual fields and the production of meanings with the repositioning of the body and new modes of engagement. The study highlights that the changes, events, relationships, and effects that we are experiencing (trans)form our forms of sociability and bases of psyche.
Highlights
In January 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared that the COVID-19 epidemic constituted a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (WHO 2020a)
The theoretical perspectives that are discussed in this study are aligned in terms of the understanding that life trajectories, human development, and cognition cannot be understood disconnected to their socio-cultural context, apart from the social interactions that circumscribe how a person experiences, thinks, dreams, imagines, and understands the world
The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic will depend on how people, communities, or family members deal with the situation and on key factors that can stimulate personal, community, and family strengthening and growth in the face of crises and adversities, favoring resilience processes
Summary
COVID-19: Reflections on the Crisis, Transformation, and Interactive Processes Under Development. Gabriella Garcia Moura1 & Célia Regina Rangel Nascimento2 & Juliene Madureira Ferreira. Accepted: 17 December 2020 / Published online: 29 December 2020 # The Author(s) 2020
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