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Collected Item: “Digital Barkive”

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Digital Barkive

What sort of object is this: text story, photograph, video, audio interview, screenshot, drawing, meme, etc.?

Instagram account

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.

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I created an Instagram account during Victoria’s first lock-down to chronicle my experiences with my dog during the pandemic. It’s from Gracie’s perspective and purely for fun, but I think it also represents a rudimentary ‘barkive’ with insight into how ‘stay-at-home’ mandates provided refreshed impetus to interact with our furry friends and rely upon them for comfort and companionship.

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?

#instagram, #dog, #pets, #model, #walks, #family, #communication

Who originally created this object? (If you created this object, such as photo, then put "self" here.)

Joseph Moorhead

Give this story a date.

2020-09-01
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