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The Smell of the Pandemic, Face Coverings in 2020

Title (Dublin Core)

The Smell of the Pandemic, Face Coverings in 2020

Description (Dublin Core)

One of the longest lasting memories for me of the Pandemic will be the olfactory association I will forever have between the smell of musty, soiled fabric and this period of time. The combination of coffee, toothpaste, sweat and laundry detergent was a defining one for me this year. As a high school teacher and coach, my days were long and required extensive periods of lecture based discussion and non negotiable face coverings. While the requirement was understandable from a safety perspective, the result was a facemask that always either smelled like it needed washing or had just been washed. For that reason, these scents will always remind me of this period

Date (Dublin Core)

January 11, 2021

Creator (Dublin Core)

Colin Donovan

Contributor (Dublin Core)

Colin Donovan

Event Identifier (Dublin Core)

HST643

Partner (Dublin Core)

Arizona State University

Type (Dublin Core)

photograph

Controlled Vocabulary (Dublin Core)

English Public Health & Hospitals
English Education--K12

Curator's Tags (Omeka Classic)

mask
PPE
sensory history
smell
stink

Contributor's Tags (a true folksonomy) (Friend of a Friend)

COVID-19
stink
#wearyourmaks

Collection (Dublin Core)

English K-12

Linked Data (Dublin Core)

Sensory history submissions and the COVID-19 Pandemic

Date Submitted (Dublin Core)

1/11/2021

Date Modified (Dublin Core)

1/20/2021
3/4/2021

Item sets

Covid 19
Arizona State University

This item was submitted on January 11, 2021 by Colin Donovan using the form “Share Your Story” on the site “A Journal of the Plague Year”: https://covid-19archive.org/s/archive

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