Thanks to Steve Brace for letting me know about an opportunity for people to get involved in a research project around the pandemic called Stay Home Stories, led by QMUL.
- How does life at home during the pandemic differ for people of different ages, cultural backgrounds and faiths?
- How does it vary depending on whether we live in a high rise flat or on a terraced street, on our own or with other people?
- How has the pandemic changed our relationship to places beyond our threshold – our street, neighbourhood, city or place of birth?
- How should we document and map this unique experience not only for ourselves but for future generations?
- How can a focus on home inform policy and practice as we emerge from this pandemic and rethink our priorities both as individuals and as a society?
Funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) as part of the UK Research and Innovation rapid response to COVID-19 and in partnership with universities, museums and other cultural partners in London and Liverpool, ‘Stay Home Stories’ aims to address these issues through three interconnected strands:
Documenting Home: inviting people to record and submit their experiences of home during the pandemic and studying related political debate and media coverage
Practising Home: interviewing people of diverse cultural and faith backgrounds about their experiences of home during COVID-19
Mapping Home: encouraging children to map and record their experiences of home during this crisis
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