title: Time bound: the timescape of secondary trauma of the surviving teachers of the Wenchuan Earthquake.
abstract: This article introduces a timescape perspective to enrich our understanding of postdisaster secondary trauma and social capital. Drawing upon a 2-year ethnographic study in 2008-2010 of a high school most devastated by the Wenchuan Earthquake in Sichuan, China, this article discusses how the national future-oriented timescape of recovery produced the secondary trauma among the surviving teachers. In particular, this article elucidates the pervasiveness of the industrial linear and mechanical calendar and clock time in the state and societal response. This article proposes that human connectedness-the key component of social capital crucial to the restoration of self and community efficacy in postdisaster recovery-requires a temporal frame that allows multiple levels and rhythms of grieving and reconnecting with existing social relations. This article also highlights the critical role of teachers in the collective healing of students and the community efficacy of the school.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Psychology, The Chinese Academy of Sciences York University, 4700 Keele Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M3J 1P3.
authors.forename: Di
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Long
authors.forename: Yuk-Lin Renita
authors.initials: YL
authors.lastname: Wong
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D002681:China / Q000453:epidemiology; D004190:Disasters; D055866:Earthquakes; D005178:Faculty; D006801:Humans; D008016:Life Change Events; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology; D012944:Social Support; D017741:Survivors / Q000523:psychology*; D013997:Time Factors