Collected Item: “Don't Forget Your Mask!”
Give your story a title.
Don't Forget Your Mask!
What sort of object is this: text story, photograph, video, audio interview, screenshot, drawing, meme, etc.?
The object is a standard mask that was used during the height of the pandemic and is still used to this day.
Tell us a story; share your experience. Describe what the object or story you've uploaded says about the pandemic, and/or why what you've submitted is important to you.
The mask has had a huge impact on our sense of touch and smell. For one, breathing with a mask on was an adjustment. Tuna sandwiches became something to avoid at all costs because of the smell you could be stuck with all day by wearing a mask. There is also something to say about the feeling of a mask around your ears and over your nose. The constant practice of grabbing a mask and putting it around one's ears has become a ritual of protection or habit as we are now bound to this object like that of a cell phone which is now always on our person. The sense of touch also adapted to various kinds of masks that were promoted and the variety of masks that would be marketed for commercial value. The mask, one of the few things that forces us to run back inside the house because we forgot it. The mask, a true measuring stick for how quick we can adapt and change society for better and for worse.
Use one-word hashtags (separated by commas) to describe your story. For example: Where did it originate? How does this object make you feel? How does this object relate to the pandemic?
Mask, Arizona State University, HST 643, and Sensory History, Limited, New Normal, Survival, Necessary
Enter a URL associated with this object, if relevant.
https://www.wabe.org/as-cases-rise-metro-atlanta-leaders-mixed-on-requiring-masks/
Who originally created this object? (If you created this object, such as photo, then put "self" here.)
This photo is from the website attached.
Give this story a date.
2021-10-18