Journals of a Pandemic: a project recording life in COVID-19
- Journals of a Pandemic
- Date:
- 2020
- Reference:
- SA/PAN
- Archives and manuscripts
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c. 72 written contributions in three languages (predominantly in English, some entries in French and Spanish) by diarists documenting their experiences during the initial COVID-19 lockdown in March 2020 and over the following months of the pandemic in 2020. Diary entries were submitted via an online submission form and have been collated into word documents to form the archive collections. Submissions were almost entirely text based, though some diarists also submitted image-based material. One diarist submitted audio entires for access reasons, which were subsequently transcribed by the curators and uploaded to the website. The collection also includes some audio files which were not transcribed due to resourcing constraints.
Files are organised by the contributor’s name (some anonymous) and comprise of first-person narratives about the impact of the pandemic on individual’s lives. The archive also includes some working files around the management of the project, including a selection of correspondence and email ‘directives’, briefs used in the project, screenshots of website and social media, agendas of project meetings; and digital assets (1-2 short videos). The two short films were both shot in Victoria Park by Gayan Samarasinghe for social media output, and include a recording of a helicopter and a film featuring voiceover from the park's tannoy system and park scenes during lockdown.
1 moleskin volume containing diary entries written by Phillip Dickinson based on his experiences during COVID-19 in 2020. Diary entries were typed up by Phillip and submitted to the project "Journals of A Pandemic".
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Diarists were encouraged to write entries describing any aspect of their day, from more mundane details, to mental health, emotions, sex life and everything in between. Participants were able to contribute as little or as often as they wanted and were also welcomed to submit any photographs, artworks or other media.
There were over 70 participants in the study and approximately 200 contributions were made by these participants. Some contributors included a short bio (or 'portrait') summarising who they are, some were submitted entirely anonymously.
The project was developed and curated by:
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- 2613
- 2639