Item
Happy 21st
Title (Dublin Core)
Happy 21st
Disclaimer (Dublin Core)
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Description (Dublin Core)
HIST30060
A person’s 21st birthday (whilst not as big a deal in Australia as other countries) is still considered an important milestone. I, like many other people in Melbourne, had the pleasure of experiencing my 21st birthday in lockdown. Friends were not invited. Family could not visit. Instead, I spent the day at home with only myself, my sister and my dog. I feel like this picture accurately represents what the time was like. Dead. Not literally, of course, but life had grinded to a halt during this period. And yet, that day was one of my happiest. Maybe because it gave an excuse for people to contact me. A theme I think runs through a lot of the pandemic. Because we could not meet physically, social interaction through technology became a lot more prevalent. And who doesn’t love being sent cupcakes?
A person’s 21st birthday (whilst not as big a deal in Australia as other countries) is still considered an important milestone. I, like many other people in Melbourne, had the pleasure of experiencing my 21st birthday in lockdown. Friends were not invited. Family could not visit. Instead, I spent the day at home with only myself, my sister and my dog. I feel like this picture accurately represents what the time was like. Dead. Not literally, of course, but life had grinded to a halt during this period. And yet, that day was one of my happiest. Maybe because it gave an excuse for people to contact me. A theme I think runs through a lot of the pandemic. Because we could not meet physically, social interaction through technology became a lot more prevalent. And who doesn’t love being sent cupcakes?
Date (Dublin Core)
November 4, 2020
Creator (Dublin Core)
Alyssa Morgan
Contributor (Dublin Core)
Alyssa Morgan
Event Identifier (Dublin Core)
HIST30060
Partner (Dublin Core)
University of Melbourne
Type (Dublin Core)
This is a photograph of a vase filled with dying flowers and a helium balloon with "21" on it. It is in my bedroom in Melbourne.
Controlled Vocabulary (Dublin Core)
English
Home & Family Life
English
Events
English
Food & Drink
English
Cities & Suburbs
Curator's Tags (Omeka Classic)
lockdown
celebration
cupcakes
social connection
connection
isolation
social interaction
Contributor's Tags (a true folksonomy) (Friend of a Friend)
birthday
21st
flowers
Collection (Dublin Core)
COVID Birthdays
Linked Data (Dublin Core)
Date Submitted (Dublin Core)
2020/11/04
Date Modified (Dublin Core)
2020/11/05
02/17/2021
07/12/2021
Date Created (Dublin Core)
2020/11/04
This item was submitted on November 4, 2020 by Alyssa Morgan 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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