62 10 1657 https://ricovidarchive.org/files/original/8326b9b9ea7a6b3153c429d823de49a0.pdf 6e48f7bae136993e99562394d6f4f70d Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title What would you title this item? Bryant University Description What is it all about? In these five essays, first year college students in Professor Martha Kuhlman's Writing Workshop 106 class at Bryant University reflect on their experiences under the COVID lockdown at the end of August, 2020. To help students think about how to represent this difficult time, we read “We can’t comprehend this much sorrow” by Teju Cole, which was published in the New York Times May 18, 2020. Cole writes eloquently about his perspective on the pandemic from Cambridge, Massachusetts, where he is a professor of Creative Writing at Harvard. He adopts a diary format, which you will note in these student essays as well, to meditate upon his connections to New York, Nigeria, Cambridge and the rest of the world as the pandemic numbers in New York State rise. The students responded to the prompt, “Reflect on your own experiences with the COVID quarantine. What was difficult, and what kept you going?” You will hear from a student who had an epiphany about her own personality, a musician whose musical was cancelled, a student who worked at a hardware store, a student from the Dominican Republic, and a student whose mother passed away from cancer. My heartfelt thanks to the students for sharing their personal insights with us. Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Date When was this created? 2020-08-28 Location Where was this item created? Smithfield, RI Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title What would you title this item? Even the Most Blatant Foreshadowing Would Have Left Me Ill-Prepared Creator Who created this item? anonymous Language A language of the resource English Description What is it all about? A student recounts the heartbreak of losing a parent during the pandemic Death Families Grief Loss Quarantines Social isolation https://ricovidarchive.org/files/original/ef96786c81ca0d3822096d469b7e4812.pdf 34899c378450ba335a39bbc474b1c8d8 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title What would you title this item? Segue Institute for Learning Description What is it all about? Humanities teachers John Rosenbaum, Joshua Chevalier, and Caely Flynn, asked students from Segue Institute for Learning in Central Falls to choose from several different projects in order to document their experiences and reflect on life during the Spring of 2020 during the height of the Covid-19 quarantine. Central Falls was especially hard hit by the Covid-19 outbreak Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title What would you title this item? Everyday Items that Have Taken on a New Meaning during COVID-19 Creator Who created this item? Ashley Medina Date When was this item created? 5/31/20 Description What is it all about? A google slide set of photos and descriptions for a 7th grade student's experience during quarentine Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Central Falls Publisher Are you submitting this on behalf of someone else? Segue Institute for Learning Language A language of the resource English Internet Masks Toilet paper Young adults https://ricovidarchive.org/files/original/a925e12699effa15735d4444e4032ca8.pdf d038be4b600852b533ce331f5fb6b737 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title What would you title this item? Excerpts from a Covid Diary Description What is it all about? Excerpts from a personal COVID journal kept starting April 1, 2020 so that my grandchildren would have a first-hand account of the experience of the pandemic. The entries describe the ways that life adjusted to deal with the lockdown and the subsequent changes as the country adapted. Creator Who created this item? Cheryl Teverow Date When was this item created? April 2020 - October 2021 COVID-19 (Disease) Diaries Families Holidays Masks Quarantines Shopping https://ricovidarchive.org/files/original/9229cc4ec144e74848dcaa548e1475dc.jpg a663bb61848c7e0c6256ddb876df7ca9 https://ricovidarchive.org/files/original/0cd6443319d8008190c3811a265e0999.jpg 385e8d6e08eefd1e7e79ad217ac9157d Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title What would you title this item? Mask Up RI Description What is it all about? Mask Up RI is an initiative to promote the importance of masking up during this Covid-19 pandemic. Showcasing Rhode Island citizens wearing masks and doing their duty for the health of others and themselves. Still Image This could include any kind of visual item. For example: photographs, paintings, drawings or maps. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title What would you title this item? Extraterrestrial life doing their duty by masking up Creator Who created this item? @mask_up_ri Date When was this item created? 2020-04-18 Description What is it all about? Portrait posted to Instagram as part of the @mask_up_ri initiative created by StyleWeek Northeast (@styleweek), RMO Public Relations (@rmopublicrelations), Providence Warwick Convention & Visitors Bureau (@goprovidence) and Rhode Island Commerce (@ricommerce). #RhodeIsland, #MaskUpRI, #MaskUp, #WeAreRhodeIsland, #DoYourDuty Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Rhode Island Publisher Are you submitting this on behalf of someone else? @mask_up_ri Language A language of the resource English Buildings Masks Stuffed animals https://ricovidarchive.org/files/original/bcf46ca5c8cac4345ece519849ac76c7.jpg 3f089049e0a433ddcc61f090159f367d Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title What would you title this item? Mask Up RI Description What is it all about? Mask Up RI is an initiative to promote the importance of masking up during this Covid-19 pandemic. Showcasing Rhode Island citizens wearing masks and doing their duty for the health of others and themselves. Still Image This could include any kind of visual item. For example: photographs, paintings, drawings or maps. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title What would you title this item? Extraterrestrial Life, taking Precaution. Big Nazo Creator Who created this item? @mask_up_ri Date When was this item created? 2020-04-12 Description What is it all about? Portrait posted to Instagram as part of the @mask_up_ri initiative created by StyleWeek Northeast (@styleweek), RMO Public Relations (@rmopublicrelations), Providence Warwick Convention & Visitors Bureau (@goprovidence) and Rhode Island Commerce (@ricommerce). #RhodeIsland, #MaskUpRI, #MaskUp, #WeAreRhodeIsland, #DoYourDuty Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Rhode Island Publisher Are you submitting this on behalf of someone else? @mask_up_ri Language A language of the resource English https://ricovidarchive.org/files/original/cc8f0eea7c1f10f12659da4fb669881e.pdf 8b96f57fc4dc23d33ad0260871ae4a18 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title What would you title this item? Recrudescence (Pandemic Journal 2020-2022) Description What is it all about? As the pandemic continued month after month and the isolation became unbearable but still necessary, I found that I no longer gained enough intellectual satisfaction from creating classical music compositions (my forte), especially since my newest works probably would not be performed until Covid-19 was conquered. So instead I wrote and gathered together diary-like essays, literary critiques, philosophical musings, poetry, short stories, and narratives from contemporary experience as well as from deep in memory. I had written them each month to send to friends, with no thought of continuity—they would range where ever my mind and imagination wanted to go. I preferred to stay away from discussions about the coronavirus of which I knew little, the care givers who appeared to be so heroic, or the victims of the disease who were even more confined than I was and whose desperate circumstances were so frightening. Nor was I thinking of it as being a diary—my hermetic life was not interesting enough for that type of documentation. No, my writings were meant to be a diversion, to take one away from the horrific plague that in 2020-22 ingulfed us. I must confess that I have made no attempt to stick with subjects that I think would interest a general public. I am not even sure I would know what these would be. So, my suggestion is to only read those entries which excite your own imagination or generate some curiosity. About the Author Geoffrey D. Gibbs, Professor Emeritus of Music Composition at the University of Rhode Island, received a DMA degree in composition and voice from the Eastman School of Music (University of Rochester, NY) in 1974. Born in 1940, Dr. Gibbs began his music training at age seven and was soon composing his own pieces. In high school he studied composition privately with Elie Siegmeister noted for championing American folk music. At Eastman he studied composition with Howard Hanson and Bernard Rogers. He began teaching composition and related subjects at URI in 1965 and has remained in Rhode Island since that time. He retired from URI in 2001 to devote all of his energies to creative projects. His interest in literature blossomed when he typed, edited, and annotated a thousand of his father’s poems and many essays. During his years of retirement three operas of his were premiered. His works were performed in Boston, Providence, Dartmouth College, the University of Rhode Island, Vibe of the Venue, Aurea Ensemble, Verdant Vibes Ensemble and the Fall River Symphony. As well he has had works performed at the Kennedy Center (Washington, DC) and as far away as Russia and South America. As mentioned above, it was during the last two years when it was difficult to present concerts, that Geoffrey Gibbs devoted much of his time to creating his pandemic journal. Creator Who created this item? Geoffrey Gibbs Date When was this item created? 2020-2021 Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title What would you title this item? Factualized Fiction and Fictionalized Fact (September 2021) Creator Who created this item? Geoffrey Gibbs Date When was this item created? September 2021 Description What is it all about? “First and Second Contact”—science fiction short story. “Brainwashed by Circumstance”—morality tale. “Waiting for the Next Bus”—a conversation at a bus stop. “To Lose is to Win”—poem about leaving Afghanistan Language A language of the resource English Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Kingston, RI https://ricovidarchive.org/files/original/62a54c82ffe0466937200327ca8d7013.jpg 2ca2c535ba7aac6a67742118ea558eba Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title What would you title this item? Alan Roseman Photographs of Covid Days Description What is it all about? My name is Alan Roseman. I have been an active photographer for more than 50 years. Street photography is my first love and the Covid pandemic called me to the near deserted streets of Providence, East Providence, Pawtucket and Central Falls. Each excursion was painstaking for safety reasons as my age and health placed me in a high risk category. I felt the pandemic changed everything, my thoughts on the display of my work included. While it was never my goal, many of the images in the ongoing "Covid Days" album have won awards on the street photography sites internationally. Still Image This could include any kind of visual item. For example: photographs, paintings, drawings or maps. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title What would you title this item? Family in Doorway Description What is it all about? Two children wait with their father in a doorway. Creator Who created this item? Alan Roseman Date When was this item created? 9/15/2020 Publisher Are you submitting this on behalf of someone else? Kate Wells https://ricovidarchive.org/files/original/bee5e5e9dcf0bab5ff38034bcde3de00.jpg 49bf896947b7af91823146dbd2fc42e5 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title What would you title this item? Public Contributions Description What is it all about? Crowdsourced stories, images and recordings that reflect the individual experiences of Rhode Islanders during the COVID-19 pandemic of 2020. Still Image This could include any kind of visual item. For example: photographs, paintings, drawings or maps. Creator Who created this item? This might be you or someone else. Please list the full name or "anonymous" if you prefer Phil Barber Date When was this created? 4-5-20 Location Where was this item created? Atwells Ave. Providence Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data photograph Description What is it about? Photograph of Atwells Avenue on Federal HIll in Providence during stay-at-home order with no cars, restaurant patrons or shoppers. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title What would you title this item? Federal Hill Federal Hill Government shutdowns Providence Social distancing Stores & shops Streets https://ricovidarchive.org/files/original/50be3b1ee2d47227dae8e06f72867385.pdf 06faf409cbb054d24170a5727219aac9 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title What would you title this item? Write Rhode Island: Our Lives Now Description What is it all about? Write Rhode Island: Our Lives Now is a flash non-fiction program, co-created by School One and local authors Hester Kaplan and Taylor Polites, that invites young people in grades 7-12 in the state of Rhode Island to reflect on their current experience during the Covid-19 outbreak of 2020. <br /><br />If you would like to contribute to this program, please visit our <a href="https://writerhodeisland.submittable.com/submit/68d0ac6a-6c6b-44e3-a09b-cdfaedfbf4f5/our-lives-now-flash-non-fiction-2020">submissions page</a> for guidelines. Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Date When was this created? 5/11/20 Location Where was this item created? Richmond, RI Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title What would you title this item? Feelling Like a Midas Creator Who created this item? Gianna Tretton Language A language of the resource English Description What is it all about? Write Rhode Island’s COVID-19 flash non-fiction program Our Lives Now, a co-creation of School One and local authors Hester Kaplan and Taylor Polites, invites young people in grades 7 through 12 in the state of Rhode Island to submit a 400-word reflection on the changes in their lives during these extraordinary times. Feeling Like a Midas was written by Gianna Tretton, a 12th grade student at Chariho High School who lives in Richmond, RI. Creative writing Disappointment Essay High School seniors Richmond Students https://ricovidarchive.org/files/original/68fc0b2e6f1e9cfa9572e05edeaa1308.mp4 1c5c4aac9983d3a9e6fd2db9c6c8d8e7 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title What would you title this item? Public Contributions Description What is it all about? Crowdsourced stories, images and recordings that reflect the individual experiences of Rhode Islanders during the COVID-19 pandemic of 2020. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title What would you title this item? Felicidades Prima Description What is it all about? The pandemic prevented my family and I from being together, especially for very important events. This past summer, my cousin married the love of her life in Guatemala. She and I always talked about being in each other's wedding; to be each other's right-hand person. Sadly our dreams did not go as planned. Instead, my mom and I joined virtually for my cousin's wedding via WhatsApp. We cried, we laughed, we smiled. I am so happy my cousin found her person, and I look forward to meeting her new family one day. Te quiero mucho, prima - pronto nos veremos Creator Who created this item? Yuselly Mendoza Date When was this item created? 12/03/2020 Language A language of the resource Español / English