Postcards from Home

Eleanor Shember

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SOCIETY & CULTURE

Postcards from Home is a series of audio postcards from people around the world to document life during the Coronavirus pandemic. DM me to take part (@mscrow on Twitter)

24/07/2020

23 - Sabine Eichbauer “We just hit a wall with our usual lifestyle, everything changed”

Today’s postcard, recorded on 17 July, is from Sabine Eichbauer. The episode is longer to accommodate the fact that she lives in both Italy and Germany. Sabine handles multiple businesses including wine growing at her vineyard, Podere Salicutti in Tuscany, managing restaurant Tantris in Munich with her husband, and she continues to practise architecture. She is mother to two young girls. When we spoke, Sabine had trouble pinning down where home was. The panic of lockdown has prompted a reassessment of what home and happiness means to her. She shares some of that reflection in this postcard.

16 min
17/07/2020

22 - Higor Boconcelo "It's now a physical solitary life but digitally crowded. I miss human touch"

“It’s now more the physical solitary life but very digitally crowded. I miss human touch”Today’s postcard, recorded on 15 July, is from Higor Boconcelo who lives in São Paulo, Brazil. Higor is a user experience designer for a large tech company. Unlike daily-wage workers in Brazil, he’s been able to work from home during lockdown. In this postcard, Higor describes life in solitude during the pandemic that has also led to burst of creativity.

12 min
10/07/2020

21 - Nunu Kaller "I was sitting in my bed unable to stop crying. I thought, I have to do something"

“I remember sitting in my bed and I was not able to stop crying…I thought about one of my closest friends who does costumes at two different theatres and sold upcycling fashion at a market, but everything was closed down. She has three kids and raising them on her own.I thought, I have to do something.”Today’s postcard, sent on 7 July, is from Nunu Kaller who lives in Vienna, Austria. Nunu is an author and activist who focuses on sustainable living, feminism and body positivity. In this postcard, Nunu talks about the book she’s been writing during lockdown that addresses consumerism and shopping more intelligently to achieve meaningful sustainability.

12 min
03/07/2020

20 - Pankkara Larrea "I haven't kissed anyone hello in three months"

“In Latin America, we kiss when we say hello, and I haven’t said hello to anyone with a kiss in three months”Pankkara Larrea is a wedding and family photographer who lives with her husband and two Yorkshire terriers in Bolivia. She recorded her postcard on 2 July. Pankkara revels in the joy and love that comes with photographing big life events so the shift to lockdown, curtailing of work, and sudden sharing of her home workspace, was significant. In this postcard she talks about how her vigorous pace of creative activity hasn’t let up and why she believes there’s no going back to an old normal.

12 min
26/06/2020

19 - Shagufta Siddhi "I have missed seeing people so badly"

“I missed seeing human beings during this time…I’m a people person and I didn’t see anyone on the road or the street outside our house, and I wanted to see people so badly.”Shagufta is an educator and also director of an intercultural learning project called Ganga Jamuni. She lives in Delhi, India, with her husband and four year old daughter. She recorded her postcard on 23 June. Shagufta set up Ganga Jamuni to connect young people with their vibrant and diverse cultural heritage; a response to the current populist political climate in India. You can access information about the initiative on Facebook and Instagram. In this postcard, Shagufta talks about shifting learning online during lockdown, a period that brought family closeness but also financial stresses and emotional hardship.

13 min
19/06/2020

18 - Lucy Graney "the Coronavirus, it’s just pushed us over the edge"

“We’ve both been left unemployed…before, we were hanging on and now we’ve just fallen…the Coronavirus, it’s just pushed us over the edge”Lucy Graney lives with her husband Will and their two young children in Salford, UK. Before the pandemic she was a sling librarian, consultant and a prolific content creator publishing on Facebook and Instagram. Both Lucy and Will recently made the move to self-employment which meant they weren’t eligible for any government grants to sustain their businesses through lockdown. In this postcard, sent on 11th June, she reflects on family life in isolation, being Autistic and the challenges that their current situation presents as lockdown is lifted.

14 min
05/06/2020

17 - Sarah Pabst "I wanted to work on motherhood - the secrets and taboos”

“I suddenly noticed I wanted to work on motherhood, but all its different chapters – the secrets and taboos – the things we don’t really talk about”Sarah Pabst is a freelance photographer covering documentary and visual storytelling for international media outlets and news organisations. You can reference her work on Bloomberg, her website and Instagram. She’s also a member of Women Photograph and posts to WP the Journal too. Sarah lives in Buenos Aires in Argentina with her husband and toddler daughter. She recorded this postcard on 30th May. International photography assignments have been put on hold during the COVID-19 lockdown, but Sarah hasn’t been idle. In this postcard, Sarah talks about documenting family life, and an unexpected loss, that has unlocked a surprising period of personal creative growth.

13 min
29/05/2020

16 - Jonathan Reynolds MP on balancing family life and parliament during the pandemic

“To be frank, I feel guilty at not being able to give the children as much time as I would have wanted alongside the pressures of the job.” Jonathan Reynolds is a husband and dad. He’s also the member of parliament for Stalybridge and Hyde in the UK. He recorded his postcard on 28 May. Juggling full time work, homeschooling and your children’s welfare during the pandemic is stressful for any parent. Jonathan is also Shadow Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, a brief he took on during the lockdown period. This has led to a manic pace of increased constituency casework and scrutinising the governments response to the increasingly precarious employment landscape. In this postcard, he talks about that juggling act and the uncertainty that lies ahead.

15 min

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0 - Postcards from Home - Introducing a podcast about everyday lives during the COVID-19 pandemic

An introduction to the Postcards from Home series that documents personal lives during the COVID-19 pandemic

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Postcards from Home is a series of audio postcards from people around the world to document life during the Coronavirus pandemic. DM me to take part (@mscrow on Twitter)

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