Collected Item: “Solace in the Smell”
Give your story a title.
Solace in the Smell
What sort of object is this: text story, photograph, video, audio interview, screenshot, drawing, meme, etc.?
Text story and photograph
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.
This is a story about how hand sanitizer kept one woman hopeful during the pandemic. "Sanitation theater" was a coping mechanism used by individuals, businesses, and organizations used to convince ourselves that we were safe. So much of what we needed during the pandemic, was respite from the dread and insecurity. So much was unknown and so much felt out of control. The smell of the hand sanitizer produced by my local distillery instantly evokes the emotions I felt at the height of the pandemic
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?
ArizonaStateUniversity, HST643, SensoryHistory, handsanitizer
Who originally created this object? (If you created this object, such as photo, then put "self" here.)
McClintock Distillery, Sophie Huntington
Give this story a date.
2020-06-14