This paper reports on an investigation into female academics' experiences of living and working through the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom (UK). A diary, diary-interview method (DDIM) was used to gather qualitative data from 25 participants about their lives during the period March 2020–September 2021 and diary and interview data have since been curated and published in an open access digital archive. The paper argues firstly that in recording and interpreting change over time in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, the methodology constitutes a qualitative longitudinal research (QLLR) approach. Secondly, that the method has the capacity to convey temporal disruption and complexity, aligned with notions of crisis as fast, slow and ongoing. Thirdly, that Nixon's theorising of ‘slow violence’ can be used to frame the impacts of the pandemic as gradual, unseen and banal despite potentially negative implications for female academics' career progression. Finally, the paper argues that gathering this data through DDIM and publishing it in a publicly accessible digital archive represents a necessary form of witness with the potential to be utilised for future interventions.

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快、慢、持续：女性学者在 COVID-19 期间的时间和变化经历

本文报告了对英国 (UK) 女性学者在 COVID-19 大流行期间的生活和工作经历的调查。采用日记、日记访谈法 (DDIM) 收集了 25 名参与者在 2020 年 3 月至 2021 年 9 月期间生活的定性数据，日记和访谈数据已被整理并发布在开放获取的数字档案中。该论文首先认为，在记录和解释 COVID-19 大流行背景下随时间的变化时，该方法构成了定性纵向研究 (QLLR) 方法。其次，该方法能够传达时间中断和复杂性，与快速、缓慢和持续的危机概念相一致。第三，尼克松的“缓慢暴力”理论可以用来将这一流行病的影响描述为渐进的、看不见的和平庸的，尽管它对女性学者的职业发展可能产生负面影响。最后，本文认为，通过 DDIM 收集这些数据并将其发布在可公开访问的数字档案中是一种必要的见证形式，有可能用于未来的干预。