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Collecting Middle-Class Memories? The COVID-19 Pandemic, Technology and Crowdsourced Archives
Zumthurm, Tizian; Krebs, Stefan
2022In Technology and Culture, 63 (2), p. 483-493
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Keywords :
history of technology; covid-19; memory studies
Abstract :
[en] Early in the COVID-19 pandemic, many groups initiated crowd-sourced archives that invite members of the public to upload personal material connected to the pandemic. By archiving and publishing how "ordinary" people experienced and perceived the pandemic, these platforms influence how the pandemic is remembered and how historians will write about it. This article presents the example of covidmemory.lu and compares contributions to this platform from Luxembourg with others from German speaking countries. Analyzing users' thoughts about empty streets and skies and their experiences with computers and phones for work and leisure at home, this article discusses the potential and the limitations of crowdsourced archives for future historians of technology.
Research center :
- Luxembourg Centre for Contemporary and Digital History (C2DH) > Public History and Outreach (PHO)
Disciplines :
History
Author, co-author :
Zumthurm, Tizian
Krebs, Stefan  ;  University of Luxembourg > Luxembourg Centre for Contemporary and Digital History (C2DH) > Public History and Outreach
External co-authors :
yes
Language :
English
Title :
Collecting Middle-Class Memories? The COVID-19 Pandemic, Technology and Crowdsourced Archives
Publication date :
2022
Journal title :
Technology and Culture
ISSN :
1097-3729
Publisher :
The Johns Hopkins University Press, United States
Volume :
63
Issue :
2
Pages :
483-493
Peer reviewed :
Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi
FnR Project :
FNR14704989 - History In The Making: #Covidmemory, 2020 (01/06/2020-31/03/2021) - Stefan Krebs
Funders :
FNR - Fonds National de la Recherche [LU]
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