Covid Archive
Explore diverse COVID-19 storytelling: essays, poems, art, documenting global experiences, resilience, and loss.
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‘My Biggest Fear Is She’ll Die Alone’: Care Partner Perspectives of InstitutionalCOVID-19 Visitor Restrictions in Ontario, Canada
New Ways of Surviving: Writing through a Global Pandemic
A River Runs, Turns, Erases, Replaces (河流，奔跑著，倒映著)
How One COVID-19 Nurse Navigates Anti-Mask Sentiment
Hit Hard By COVID-19, Black Americans Share Their Grief
On the Dynamics of Social Trust in Human Cultures: Aeon Essays
How the Mainstream Media Help to Spread Disinformation about COVID-19
Beyond Health and Wealth: The Impact of COVID-19 and Anti-COVID-19 Measures on the Narrative Dimension of Human Life
Citadel
Spotted In Soho: Street Photography in the Age of COVID-19
Outside, Inside
COVID-19: An Essay in Keywords
Songbird
COVID-19 and the Threat to Democracy
Get Lost Dirty Covid 19!
How Have Philosophers Responded to the Pandemic?
Exposed: Documenting COVID-19 in the Criminal Justice System
Pandemic Playground
Cinema Now
In the Year of the Virus: A Poignant Look Back at the Time When the World Was Affected by the Coronavirus
Club Quarantine
In South Korea, COVID-19 Comes With Another Risk: Online Bullies
Friday Essay: COVID in Ten Photos
The COVID-19 Pandemic: Global Socio-Economic and Geopolitical Implications
Background
Corpus
Our research spans 2020-2025, detailing pandemic waves, lockdowns, vaccinations, and recovery. Factors include ability, age, ethnicity, gender, sexuality, socio-economic positions.
Method
Our databank selections capture diverse pandemic narratives, prioritizing inclusivity, with ongoing updates and scholarly annotations.
Resource for Research
Our database probes COVID-19 narratives’ aesthetic, social, cultural roles, offering insight, therapy, and debunking misinformation.
Values
The database transcends literature norms, emphasizes global humanity, solidarity, equity, diversity, inclusion, amplifying marginalized voices.
Submit your Research on COVID-19
Scholars and Researchers: Submit your essay engaging with any aspect of telling COVID-19 stories. We are looking for thesis-driven research, with a clear theory framework, a body of analysis that shows concrete examples, and a conclusion. Images are welcome. Articles are subject to peer-review and editing.
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Creative writers: Contribute to our global narrative project, amplifying diverse experiences and challenges.