Collected Item: “The cover photo of 2020's chapter in history”
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The cover photo of 2020's chapter in history
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Tweet (found on Pinterest)
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HIST30060 - submitted as part of history assessment. This tweet produced in August 2020 includes a photograph of the American bushfires with the caption ‘this is gonna be the cover photo in the history chapter about 2020’. Like so many other memes and tweets, this item points to the cumulative nature of the disastrous events of 2020, suggesting that the entire year can be summarised by a hellish scene of a large fire devouring all its path while a sign warns of precautions needed to protect from covid-19. The tweet also draws attention to the study of history and how future generations of historians (and school students) will be introduced to the major events of the year.
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https://imgur.com/gallery/mKimTyC
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'Rudy Betrayed'
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2020-08-26