Distanciamento social e tempo livre: paradoxos vivenciados por estudantes da Universidade Estadual de Minas Gerais no âmbito do lazer

Abstract

Based on the discussions about the contemporaneity and the officialization of law decree on the pandemic of the new coronavirus released by WHO in March / 2020, this research aimed to analyse the first consequences of social isolation in the day-to-day lives of students at the State University of Minas Gerais (UEMG), through three main axes: housing; work / income and health / well-being. In this aspect, a questionnaire, survey type, was elaborated with 42 questions. After material analysis, it is noticeable a growing precariousness in terms of quality of life, access to electronic devices, among others, due to the socioeconomic crisis engendered by the pandemic, of students and their families. In addition, a new conjuncture is perceived in spatial and temporal terms in the lives of students, greatly affecting the respondents' working time, spare time and leisure. It is concluded that, if there is no effective action by the public authorities, the country's social inequality tends to suddenly expand, opening up our social fracture.