Opportunity
Letters from Lockdown
Most oral histories are recorded decades after the fact, but with technology and hindsight we have the capacity to document the pandemic, an extraordinarily significant moment in time, as it happens. Letters from Lockdown will encourage everyone to tell their own stories of time in lockdown or working on the frontline by recording voice memos or handwriting letters to our History Officer, Alan Townsend, who will collect these stories for future use in exhibitions and research. This project will provide future historians with an invaluable primary source documenting the crisis. By telling your story, you are making history.
How to participate:
- Write down your experience of lockdown in a letter format. ‘Dear Clarence Council, This is my story about the pandemic lockdown in 2020…”
Think about how has lockdown affected you? What do you miss? What is your daily routine? What do you hope for once the restrictions ease? - Send letter to:
- Via Post, handwritten or printed:
History Officer Alan Townsend
Clarence City Council
38 Bligh St, Rosny Park TAS 7018 - Via Email typed or as a voice memo recorded on your phone/computer: rosnyfarm@ccc.tas.gov.au
- Via Post, handwritten or printed:
Privacy Statement: The personal information you supply us is required by Council for the Arts Program. We will only use your personal information for this and related purposes. If this information is not provided, we may not be able to deal with this matter. You may access and/or amend your personal information at any time. How we use this information is explained in our Privacy Policy, which is available at www.ccc.tas.gov.au or at Council offices.
Submissions deadline: 14 August 5pm
How to use Voice Memos to record audio...
