Experiences of home during the COVID-19 pandemic
Research, films, podcasts and much more
Staying at home has been a key strategy in saving lives during the COVID-19 pandemic. How has the pandemic changed our relationship to home?
This research addresses this question through interviews, podcasts, films and events in London and Liverpool.
This is the website of the project 'Stay home': rethinking the domestic in the COVID-19 pandemic,' funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) as part of the UK Research and Innovation rapid response to COVID-19.
*Stay Home Stories homepage photo credited to Life Under Lockdown
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Documenting Home
During these extraordinary times, our homes have never been more important.
Through the ‘Stay Home’ collecting project the Museum of Home in East London is inviting people across the UK and beyond to submit images, written words, audios and videos of their experiences of home during the COVID-19 pandemic. Read some stories here
Part of this strand will also analyse the ways in which, during this crisis, home has been represented in political debate and media coverage.
*Photo credited to Museum of the Home - Stay Home Collection
Practising Home
This strand explores how people of different faiths, ethnicities and migration histories have experienced home during the pandemic. Black, Asian and minority ethnic communities, migrants and refugees have been adversely impacted by the pandemic, particularly those working on the front line and living in areas of high deprivation, often in overcrowded housing. Religious practices have changed, with the closure of public places of worship and the increased importance of home as a place for observance.
*Photo credited to Life Under Lockdown
Mapping Home
Mapping Home will explore school students’ experience of staying at home during school closures, through a nationwide map. Children in the City of Liverpool will create their own individual maps and related stories.
*Photo credited to National Museums Liverpool