Domestic Leisure in Covid 19 Pandemic Times

Abstract

This article aims to present the leisure experiences most present in pandemic times of Covid-19 and their relationship with the concepts and socio-cultural barriers of leisure. Considering the quarantine and social distancing policies, leisure experiences were restricted to the home space, thus emerging new possibilities related to the virtual environment and also the domestic environment, such as musical “lives”, use of streaming platforms for films, series, music, games, as well as physical exercises, cooking and gardening activities and virtual tours. Although it was possible to find experiences adapted to the home space, there was also the intensification of socio-cultural barriers related to the economic development level, education level, access to leisure spaces and equipment, internet access, among others. The methodology consisted of bibliographic and documentary research in books, articles, publications, news and jornalistic content related to leisure, entertainment, consumption and domestic leisure, as well as organs and institutions related to leisure, culture and tourism in line with some surveys related to the new coronavirus. As a result, there is the existence of new leisure experiences and the transformation of some that until then were developed outside their houses.