Item
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)
Date Submitted (Dublin Core)
1/11/2021
Date Modified (Dublin Core)
1/20/2021
3/4/2021
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”: http://mail.covid-19archive.org/s/archive
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