Touch and contact during COVID‐19: Insights from queer digital spaces
这篇概念性论文讨论了COVID-19期间娱乐和社区形成的数字化如何改变社交过程，聚焦酷儿数字娱乐空间中的替代性触摸与接触模式，并思考后疫情时代的世界感知与塑造。
The aim of this conceptual paper is to discuss the transformation of socialization processes due to the digitalization of entertainment and community formation during COVID-19. More specifically, we focus on alternative modes of touch and contact within the context of queer digital entertainment spaces and question how the world is shaped and sensed in a (post-) COVID-19 era. Inspired by the work of Karen Barad on a quantum theory of queer intimacies, we highlight that the rise of hybridized experiences in-between physical and digital spaces captures a series of spatiotemporal, material, and symbolic dimensions of touch and contact. We conclude by drawing implications for the future of organizations and work.