Stories of Wisdom from Bodies in Separation (SWaBS): Archiving the Coronavirus Pandemic Through the Lens of Humanities

FAIN: HC-275086-20

University of Minnesota Duluth (Duluth, MN 55812-3031)
Devaleena Das (Project Director: May 2020 to May 2022)

Hiring thirteen humanists who have been furloughed, laid off, or otherwise impacted by the pandemic to develop a multimodal oral history of the coronavirus pandemic. 

The University of Minnesota Duluth proposes to hire 13 displaced library staff, journalists, arts administrators and creative writers to produce oral histories for the Northeastern Minnesota COVID-19 Community Archive Project, housed in the UMD Martin Library.