Monday, May 04, 2020

Journal of the plague

Discovered an incredible site in my search for interesting ways in which museums are documenting life during a pandemic. It's been going for awhile, so I am glad I found out about it. What I like about it are how accessible it is (anyone can contribute) and how collaborative it is (I've copied the list of the curators below).

A Journal of the Plague Year: An Archive of COVID19
Join us in documenting our uncertain moment. We are acting not just as historians, but as chroniclers, recorders, memoirists, as image collectors. We invite you to share your experience and impressions of how CoVid19 has affected our lives, from the mundane to the extraordinary, including the ways things haven't changed at all. Share your story in text, images, video, tweets, texts, Facebook posts, Instagram or Snapchat memes, and screenshots of the news and emails--anything that speaks to paradoxes of the moment. Imagine, as we are, what future historian might need to write about and understand this historical moment... [continue reading the site's About page].
Curators
The site title was inspired
by Daniel Defoe's novel of
that name. First published in
March 1722 the novel,
A Journal of the Plague Year,
tells story of one man's experiences
 of the year 1665, in which the
bubonic plague shook London.

  • Mark Tebeau, Public History, ASU
  • Catherine O'Donnell, Arizona State University (ASU)
  • Mills Kelly, George Mason University
  • Andrew May, Melbourne History Workshop, University of Melbourne, Australia
  • Mitchell Harrop, Melbourne History Workshop, University of Melbourne, Australia
  • Victoria Cain, History, Northeastern University
  • Jason Kelly, IUPUI
  • Rebecca Wingo, University of Cincinnati
  • Casey Ruble, Fordham University
  • Micki McGee, Fordham University
  • Juilee Decker, Rochester Institute of Technology
  • Connie Zeanah Atkinson, Midlo Center, University of New Orleans
  • Mary Niall Mitchell, Midlo Center, University of New Orleans
  • Kathryn O'Dwyer, University of New Orleans
  • Jessica Dauterive, RRCHNM, George Mason
  • Amy Tyson, Depaul University
  • Sharon Musher, Stockton University
  • Andrew Schocket Bowling Green State University
  • Maureen Barry, Bowling Green State University
  • Susannah Ottoway, Carleton College
  • Cathy Gudis, UC-Riverside & LA Skid Row Archive
  • Nicki Tarulevicz, Hobart University
  • Ariel Beaujot, University of Wisconsin--LaCrosse
  • Brendan Lindsay, California State University--Sacremento
  • Cheryl Jimenez Frei, University of Wisconsin, Eau Claire
  • Dave Ghamandi, University of Virginia
  • Michelle Hamilton, University of Western Ontario
  • Denise Bates, Arizona State University
  • Terry Shoemaker, Arizona State University
  • Susan Barrett, Arizona State University
  • Katy Lasdow, Suffolk University
  • Katy Kole de Peralta, Arizona State University
  • Katie Clary, Coastal Carolina University
  • Matt Casey, Arizona State University
  • Michael Della Iacono, Suffolk University
  • Nancy Berlage, Texas State University San Marcos
  • Jaime Ding, Kennedy Library, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
  • Brian Cwiek, Bates College
  • Tom Beazley, ASU
  • Erin Craft, ASU
  • Christopher Bradley, ASU
  • Marc Vance, ASU
  • Lawson Miller, ASU
  • Wendy Trakes, ASU
  • Jordan Meyerl, UMASS Boston
  • Ella Irmiter, Northeastern University
  • Hanna Leatherman, Brown University
  • Anjelica Oswald, Northeastern University
  • Aaron Peterka, Northeastern University
  • Abby Goldstein, Fordham University
  • Alfie Paul, UMASS Boston
  • Allinston Saulsberry, ASU
  • Carmen Coury, Southern Connecticut State University
  • Carolyn Goldstein, UMASS Boston
  • Chris Parsons, Northeastern University
  • David Duncan, UC-Santa Cruz
  • Deborah Krieger, Brown University
  • Doug Clouse, Fordham University
  • Ellen Holt Werle, Macalester College
  • Erin Hall, University of Wisconsin- Eau Claire
  • Gregory Smoak, University of Utah
  • Heather Monro Prescott, Central Connecticut State University
  • Heather Perez, Stockton University
  • Isabel Allen, ASU
  • Jane Collins, UCLA
  • Jennifer Long Morehart, Georgia State University
  • Joey Dorion, ASU
  • Julia Howington, Suffolk University
  • Julie Paulesc, ASU
  • Kate Levitt, Stony Brook University
  • Ken Albers, George Mason University
  • Kyle Minor, UIPUI
  • Liza Black, Indiana University
  • Marie-Louise Paulesc, ASU
  • Molly Mitchell, University of New Orleans
  • Nick Johnson, University of Munster
  • Nicolette Paglioni, Georgia State University
  • Oliver Ayers, New College of the Humanities
  • Patricia Belen, Fordham University
  • Rachel Reinhard, University of California Berkeley
  • Rebecca Walker, Rochester Institute of Technology
  • Rosanna Dent, New Jersey Institute of Technology
  • Shane Carter, University of California Berkeley
  • Tatiana Baxter, Vanderbilt University
  • Taylor Griffith, Vanderbilt University
  • Zoe Kahn, University of California Berkeley
  • Tory L. Schendel Cox, Evansville Museum of Arts, History & Science
  • Thomas R. Lonnberg, Evansville Museum of Arts, History & Science


A Journal of the Plague Year: An Archive of COVID19 - main website




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