COVID diaries: quotidian snapshots of life during the pandemic

Starting on March 16, 2020, I began keeping a personal written and visual record of my experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic. The record is in the form of visual and written journal entries posted online through my personal, private Instagram and Facebook pages. The project started simply as a wa...

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Published in:Visual studies (Abingdon, England) England), 2023-08, Vol.38 (3-4), p.575-581
Main Author: Bogumil, Elizabeth
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Autobiographical literature
COVID-19
Diaries
Pandemics
Rituals
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Summary:Starting on March 16, 2020, I began keeping a personal written and visual record of my experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic. The record is in the form of visual and written journal entries posted online through my personal, private Instagram and Facebook pages. The project started simply as a way for me to document the quickly changing facets of day-to-day life during the pandemic but slowly evolved into a place to punctuate time by sharing trials, tribulations, and rituals surrounding a new normal. This essay represents diary excerpts from the first 74 days of social distancing, for the COVID-19 pandemic, in Los Angles under California's Safer at Home order.
ISSN:1472-586X
1472-5878
DOI:10.1080/1472586X.2022.2038036