Spaces and Places from the Imagination to Reality: The Case of the Global COVID-19 Spatial Lockdowns

Emilio Costales () and Anica Zeyen ()
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Emilio Costales: Royal Holloway, University of London
Anica Zeyen: Royal Holloway, University of London

Chapter Chapter 4 in Social Entrepreneurship and Grand Challenges, 2022, pp 51-77 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract The concept of the radical imaginaryradical imaginary is a vital element for incorporating the human capacity to impart meaningmeaning and valuevalue on various objects. Socializing this imaginary is a vital process for meeting grand challengesgrand challenges in the autopoieticautopoiesis society. In this chapter, we demonstrate the role of placeplace as a practical manifestation of the social imaginarysocial imaginary and spacespace as a tool for rule-settingrule-setting behavior, through a longitudinal case analysis which explores how social entrepreneurs responded to spatial disruptiondisruption in light of the COVID-19COVID-19 lockdowns. In doing so, we analyze which elements of space social entrepreneurs engage with to affect change. We induce the concept of sociomaterialitysociomateriality to explore the extent to which the digital dimension of space is adopted as an intermediary through which space is (pre)constructed and enables social imaginaries to manifest in the physical realm. We further induce the concept of psychological distancepsychological distance to examine how space is used as a tool for communicating meaning through the construction of space. This chapter offers an overview of the Netnographic and practice tracing methodologies for future researchers interested in grand challenges.

Keywords: Space; Placeplace; Psychological distance; Social imaginary; COVID-19COVID-19; NetnographyNetnography; Practice-tracingpractice-tracing (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-07450-9_4

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