During the extraordinary time of the COVID19 lockdown all of our lives changed. The Coronavirus brought with it tremendous difficulty and sadness but has also allowed for new experiences. Method Communications launched FISHBOURNElife, an opportunity to document how residents in our community have experienced this period of time.
FISHBOURNElife is a collection of photographs taken by our community between 23rd March and 4th July 2020. All Fishbourne residents were invited to take part in this project by uploading their images directly onto the FISHBOURNElife website.
’One day, our insights will be invaluable to future generations and historians, let's make sure that Fishbourne is part of this future learning.’
For this initiative Method Communications:
Devised and instigated all aspects of the project.
Designed and built the FISHBOURNElife website including the ability for participants to upload their photographs and details.
Promoted this project to local residents across local social media groups and pages.
Contacted local groups to invite residents of all generations to participate.
Worked with our local school to invite their families to be part of the project.
Researched national records which FISHBOURNElife could be part of.
Researched future events and exhibitions which FISHBOURNElife could contribute towards.
The UK Web Archive collects millions of websites each year, preserving them for future generations and is a collaboration between all of the UK Legal Deposit Libraries:
Bodleian Libraries, Oxford University
British Library
Cambridge University Libraries
National Library of Scotland
National Library of Wales
Trinity College, Dublin
FISHOURNElife has been accepted to be archived in the Coronavirus collection which will be available under the Pandemic Outbreaks Collection.