The shifting sands of COVID and our uncertain future has a name -- liminality

By Sarah Wayland, Senior Lecturer Social Work, University of New England

During the pandemic, lots of us, myself included, are struggling to live in the “now”. That “now”, with all its uncertainty, doesn’t look like the life we used to live or the life we imagine we will return to.

That experience has a name — liminality.

Understanding liminality and its origins can provide ways to better understand the foggy, ambiguous space we currently inhabit.

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~	In Brazil, the intelligence services spied on over 300,000 citizens during the military dictatorship

~	Dark matter: our new experiment aims to turn the ghostly substance into actual light

~	The politics stopping the UK from opening a youth mobility scheme with Europe

~	Tarantino abandons his tenth film – five other times Hollywood giants cancelled big projects

~	Jordan has long been a beacon of stability in the Middle East – but that looks to be changing

~	Male baldness is often trivialised – our research shows it should be taken seriously

~	To tackle climate change Labour must rebuild the planning system – not ‘bulldoze’ it

~	US drugs regulator gives LSD ‘breakthrough’ status for treating anxiety – why this is so significant

~	I contributed to the Misogyny In Music report – it’s sadly unsurprising that its recommendations have been rejected

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