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Altered Rhythms of Ramadan: Temporalities of Social Media Non/Use during COVID-19

Abstract

This article explores how the relational context of religious rituals and practices and pandemic-induced stay-at-home orders shape the socio-temporal organization of young Muslims’ everyday social media engagement during Ramadan under COVID-19. We collected semi-structured interviews with 22 self-identified Muslims who observed Ramadan during the pandemic (in 2020 and 2021). Our findings point to the impacts of COVID-19 and related public health measures in the formation of the participants’ psyche about their observance of Ramadan in 2020 and 2021. Drawing on the concept of socio-temporal rhythms in everyday life practices, we map the temporal patterning of their everyday religious rituals and practices onto their social media (dis)engagement, as enabled or constrained by pandemic restrictions.

Authors

Ekmekcioglu C; Caidi N; Chandra P; Jamali R

Publication date

June 26, 2022

DOI

10.31235/osf.io/enmd4

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