[HN Gopher] Mundane emotions: Losing yourself in boredom, time a... ___________________________________________________________________ Mundane emotions: Losing yourself in boredom, time and technology (2022) Author : yamrzou Score : 50 points Date : 2023-12-02 18:22 UTC (4 hours ago) (HTM) web link (journals.sagepub.com) (TXT) w3m dump (journals.sagepub.com) | tedd4u wrote: | "The primary source of data was interviews conducted with 15 | people..." | rNULLED wrote: | I think there's value in talking extensively to 15 people and | writing a paper reflecting on their different human | experiences. The paper even handily posits a hypothesis on the | role of boredom in everyone's life. | nvader wrote: | Thank you for posting this. I was daunted by the jargon in the | abstract, and came here to see if it was going to be worth my | time. | zoover2020 wrote: | I think the abstract is pretty clear about the semistructured | interviews though? I didn't feel lied to as a reader at | least. | graphe wrote: | If you can read a blog post by 1 person on this subject | seriously, you can read a summary of an interview of 15 people. | I downloaded the epub. This line sold me to read it. | | >In this article, we coin the term 'mundane emotions' to draw | attention to everyday routines and the distinctive emotions | that flow from them (De Certeau 1988; Lefebvre 2004). For | example, commuting, cleaning or cooking routines, for some, may | provide precious moments of comfort and calm after the daily | grind. These very same routines may leave others feeling empty | and bemoaning the absence of spontaneity, excitement and joy in | their lives ___________________________________________________________________ (page generated 2023-12-02 23:00 UTC)