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How to use the search function

Explore the images and oral histories by typing a word into the search box at the upper-right hand corner (where the magnifying glass icon is). You do not need double quotes.

Have more than one word in your search term? Place it within double quotes for accurate search results e.g. “daily life necessities”.

Below is an index of the search terms in use for the oral history transcripts. If you wish to search for a specific term e.g. TraceTogether, just enter it into the search box.

Index of search terms

• Biography, see also ‘Job’
• Border restrictions/closures
• Changes to daily routine
  • Diet (e.g started taking vitamin supplements, ate more vegetables)
  • Exercise (e.g started going on more walks)
  • Hygiene (e.g washing hands)
  • Meals (e.g not sharing food, eating separately)
  • Space (e.g separate rooms, rearrangement of furniture)
  • Work see ‘Job’
• Comparison with other crises
• Daily life necessities (what items are considered necessary and how people obtain them)
  • Difficulty in obtaining supplies
  • Food (food sources)
    • Food delivery
  • Hand sanitiser
  • Masks
• Description of Covid-19 (interviewee’s understanding of Covid-19)
• Discrimination
• Financial impacts of Covid-19 (having to borrow money/reduced income)
• Infection by Covid-19
• Information sources on Covid-19 and related measures (interviewee’s sources of information)
• Job/Jobs (interviewee’s own job, jobs of others)
• Post Covid-19 hopes
• Psychological impacts (fear, depression, worries)
• Public transportation
• Relationships (strained family ties/more time to spend together as a family) 
• Response measures for Covid-19
  • Assistance for Covid-19 relief (government social welfare, donations, personal contributions)
  • Contact tracing
  • Government measures (overview of government measures)
  • Local measures (local initiatives such as monks going around to teach people, neighbourhood units establishing systems to check in on people)
  • Online learning
  • Quarantine/self-isolation
  • Reactions to measures
  • Surveillance testing
  • Workplace measures (e.g. building architectural features, using meeting rooms as workspaces)
• Social media
• Treatment for Covid-19 patients
• Vaccines