Browse Exhibits (11 total)
Aaron González Quevedo
Aaron is a nine year old boy, born and raised in Milwaukee, Wisconsin to Jose Luis Gonzalez and Guadalupe Quevedo. Within his oral history, he expresses his thoughts on the current situation and how he has had to accommodate to online learning as well as social distancing practices.
Here is a link to the interview: https://www.bridgingthedistance.oberlincollegelibrary.org/items/show/170
Art
During such a stressful time, many people express their worries or their perspective on the situation through art. In this exhibit, there is a multitude of art pieces found in the streets of different countries and online. These art pieces provide commentary on the global pandemic happening right now and the social issues that have arisen from it. For example, there are light-hearted issues such as the humor behind the unbelievably high sale of toilet paper. But there also other pieces that provide commentary on the unfair relationships between landlords and their residents, and companies and their employees. People are using art as a tool to express their opinions and perspectives on a range of issues currently happening.
Overall, many people are being impacted during this pandemic: medical staff, essential employees, and regular people who are worried about how they're going to pay their bills. Through this art, one can see how people felt during such an uncertain time.
Chandra Grabill
Chandra Grabill is a clinical psychologist living in East Lansing, Michigan. In her oral history, she discusses the transition to teletherapy and the challenges of caring for clients from a distance.
Link to oral history:
https://www.bridgingthedistance.oberlincollegelibrary.org/items/show/166
Denise Russell
Denise Russel is an elementary school principal at Northfield Elementary School in Vermont. She has been working to distribute food and technology to students during the quarantine. Her interview focuses on some of the many struggles of the education system during coronavirus.
https://www.bridgingthedistance.oberlincollegelibrary.org/items/show/90
Drausin Wulsin
Drausin Wulsin is the primary farmer and visionary at Grassroots Farm and Foods in Cynthiana, Ohio, a farm dedicated to sustaining the earth through a practice of raising and selling grass-fed meats.
In this oral history interview, we talk about Drausin's life, Grassroots Farm, COVID-19, it's impacts on the farm business and society at large, as well as Drausin's hope for systemic change as we emerge from the pandemic.
Here is the link to the interview: https://www.bridgingthedistance.oberlincollegelibrary.org/items/show/80
Gabriel Beltrán
Gabriel Beltran is a father of three who has recently moved from Puerto Rico to Florida. He shared many stories during our oral history interview which included his childhood in Puerto Rico, his experience moving to the United States, and his experience in relation to the coronavirus. Here is a link to his interview: https://www.bridgingthedistance.oberlincollegelibrary.org/items/show/112
Oberlin House of the Lord Fellowship
With the rise of Corona Virus, Churches and other communities of faith around the world have been severely effected. However, congregations like the Oberlin House of the Lord Fellowship (OHOLF) have displayed tremendous resiliance and adaptability despite the difficult circumstances we live in today. This exhibit is the result of conversations with congregants and Church leaders about the history of OHOLF, ways in which the congregation has adaptated to the pandemic, the future of the Church and Scripture in the context of the virus.
Online Community Care and Support
This exhibit focuses on online care and support amid the pandemic, including resources on self-care amid the pandemic as well as the specific ways in which community care has been enacted online by members of the town of Oberlin and Oberlin College.
Social Spaces Impacted by Social Distancing Orders
With the arrival of COVID-19 to the United States, and the realization of the severity of the pandemic in mid-March, social spaces around the country shifted drastically as state governers declared social distancing and stay-at-home orders, and closed all non-essential businesses. This exhibit documents the pandemic emptiness in Oberlin, OH during the first week of April, as well as how grocery shopping experiences have changed at Whole Foods and Trader Joe's in Hadley, MA and in Crocker Park, OH.
The Dagnino Family
The Dagnino Family currently resides in Lima, Peru where they have lived for many generations. Gino and Patricia, along with their two kids Arianna and Giancarlo, shed a light to what life is like for them and for the rest of the country through conversations back and forth with their niece, Vianca.
Here is the link to their interview:
https://www.bridgingthedistance.oberlincollegelibrary.org/items/show/108
Zoom Memes for Self Quaranteens
An exploration of memes as a cultural item through the "Zoom Memes for Self Quaranteens" Facebook group, an online community of primarily college students established in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.