Distance

Simandan, Dragos

doi:10.1016/b978-0-08-102295-5.10723-1

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“…We consider distance as articulating the subjective and relational experience of place and the particularities of spaces or how experiencing change in our surroundings, modes of interactions, and relationships, has effects far beyond mere location. In this way, shifts in distance impact how and why our particular personal social worlds are understood and acted upon/within (see: Simandan, 2016Simandan, , 2020.…”

Section: Affective Distance and The Provision Of Carementioning

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Experiencing the SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic Whilst Living With Cancer

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The SARS-CoV-2 pandemic has resulted in considerable consequences for many cancer patients, exacerbating pre-existing systemic health system limitations as well as creating new challenges. From socially distanced clinics and the widespread introduction of telehealth, to the halting of clinical trials and the reassessment of what constitutes “essential” treatment, care in oncology has abruptly changed. There is currently limited analysis of cancer patients’ experiences of the pandemic and its impacts on illness, wellness, and everyday life. Through semi-structured interviews with 54 people living with cancer during the 2020 phase of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic in Australia, we explore how patients experience illness and care in reflecting upon a range of pandemic challenges, including delay, distance, and vulnerability. We find that in some cases, these pandemic conditions redefined the meaning of essential cancer care, reconfigured expectations around clinical trials, constructed new affective distances, and amplified dread and fear for people living with cancer.

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Section: Affective Distance and The Provision Of Carementioning

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Experiencing the SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic Whilst Living With Cancer

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Distance: A 2024 re-examination

Kellerman

2024

GeoJournal

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Distance, a concept that continues to be relevant and rather complex, is far from being obsolete despite its diminishing role in the age of virtual space. It represents spatial separation, a notion that was first quantified in Egypt some 5,000 years ago. The evolution of distance can be traced through five distinct phases: natural (absolute and relative distances), relational (time and cost distances, distance decay, friction of distance, and distanciation), technological (extensibility, accessibility, and speed), virtual (proximity, digital, cognitive, and metaphorical distances), and optional (optional and estimated distances). These historical phases have built upon each other, leading to our contemporary experience of all distance classes depending on specific separation cases. Modern humans may overcome any distance on earth, one way or another, unless prevented from doing so by political national sovereignties.

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‘Going the distance’? The effects of a new method of proximizing climate change on perceived distance, risk perception, emotional response, and engagement in climate change mitigation

Langlais,

Mauduy,

Demarque

et al. 2024

Environ. Res. Commun.

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“Proximizing climate change” is a widely used strategy for promoting public engagement in environmental communication. However, experimental manipulations of psychological distance often fail to substantially reduce the perceived distance of climate change, and, do not systematically affect responses to this issue. In this study, we test the effectiveness of a new proximizing method that combines two strategies on a sample of French students (N = 349). First, we communicated about the immediate (vs. distant) consequences of climate change. Then, participants were asked to relate these consequences to their own direct experiences to accentuate the level of distance induced (vs. a no-accentuation condition). We found that presenting proximal events reduces the perceived distance of climate change, but only when proximity is accentuated. This combined method also leads to greater risk perception, stronger emotional response, and increased engagement in mitigation, as it influences the perceived distance. Our results suggest that proximizing climate change is a valuable communication strategy in environmental campaigns when psychological closeness to climate change is made relevant to individuals’ personal experience.

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Distance

Cited by 3 publications

References 16 publications

Experiencing the SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic Whilst Living With Cancer

Experiencing the SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic Whilst Living With Cancer

Distance: A 2024 re-examination

‘Going the distance’? The effects of a new method of proximizing climate change on perceived distance, risk perception, emotional response, and engagement in climate change mitigation

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