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Project Details

JOTPY is a rolling response archive and global curatorial consortium documenting pandemic life. We have collected 15,000 stories from members of the public and curated them in real time, making both the stories and their metadata available to the public. The archive also functions as a pedagogical tool. JOTPY has been integrated into lesson plans and syllabi all over the world. Students of all levels have submitted to the archive, used the archive, and participated in curatorial and archival efforts. Future plans include interface re-design, data visualizations, and a focus on preservation and sustainability.

Subjects or Themes

COVID-19, poverty, incarceration, civic unrest, Black Lives Matter, health care, public health

Project Language(s)

English, Spanish, French, Korean

Time Period

Geographic Location

Project Categories

Content Type

Oral History, Images, Text, Video, Lesson Plans, Mapping, Sound, Exhibits

Target Audience(s)

Creators

Dr. Mark Tebeau, Public History, ASU
Dr. Catherine O'Donnell, History, ASU
Dr. Richard Amesbury, Religious Studies, ASU

Year(s)

2020

Host Institution / Affiliation / Project Location

Arizona State University, School of Historical, Philosophical, and Religious Studies

Software Employed

Labor and Support

Partnerships, funding sources, or grant-funding acknowledgement

The archive was seeded by funding from the public history endowment at Arizona State University, endowed by Noel Stowe. Additional and significant funding for curators and design has been provided by Arizona State University: the Humanities Dean of the College for Liberal Arts & Sciences; the School of Historical, Philosophical, and Religious Studies; the Institute for Humanities Research; and the Center for the Study of Religion and Conflict through the Luce Foundation.