Item
Coming Back Home
Media
Title (Dublin Core)
Coming Back Home
Disclaimer (Dublin Core)
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Description (Dublin Core)
When lockdown happened in March of 2020, I was in college in New York. I was immediatly picked up by my uncle and taken to their home in Long Island were I stayed basically stuck in an 8x8 room with a large bed and a dresser as a desk for the next 4 months. When flight restrictions were finally slightly lifted I took the first flight out to my home, Puerto Rico. Everyone had to wear masks, disinfecting stations at every corner, and it was very empty. When I got to PR, the baggage claim turned into a medical security depot with people in hazmat suits everywhere, plastic curtains draping every hallway, and incredibly tight restrictions on movememt. It was a miracle I got back. When I was home, I was finally able to walk outside in my neighborhood and decided to explore the river by my house that I had never really been to, even though I had lived there for 18 years. That's what this video represents. It represents the first real moment of freedom and nature after months of isolation and flourescent lights. That video also represents refuge, I was seperated from my homeland for over half a year at that point, 2 months by choice and 4 months by force. And though I was out in the jungle by myself, it was a much healthier form of isolation than what I had been doing in New York. So I appreciated my flowing river and low hanging tree branches all the more.
Date (Dublin Core)
August 20, 2020
Creator (Dublin Core)
Self
Contributor (Dublin Core)
Joseph D Freedman
Event Identifier (Dublin Core)
HST643
Partner (Dublin Core)
Arizona State University
Type (Dublin Core)
Video
Controlled Vocabulary (Dublin Core)
English
Biography
English
Travel
English
Public Health & Hospitals
Curator's Tags (Omeka Classic)
Puerto Rico
Long Island
restriction
outdoors
river
refuge
reflection
Contributor's Tags (a true folksonomy) (Friend of a Friend)
Arizona State University
HST643
Fall B Session 2024
History of Tourism
Puerto Rico
home
isolation
nature
pandemic
Collection (Dublin Core)
College COVID Stories
Linked Data (Dublin Core)
Date Submitted (Dublin Core)
10/31/2024
Date Modified (Dublin Core)
11/01/2024
Date Created (Dublin Core)
08/20/2020
Item sets
This item was submitted on October 31, 2024 by Joseph D Freedman 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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