Jak pandemie covidu-19 mění orální historii: příběhy doby koronavirové v anglo‑americkém digitálním prostředí
How the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has transformed oral history: coronavirus stories in the Anglo‑American digitized world

Summary/Abstract: In spring 2020, the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic changed the world as it used to be. Simultaneously, various initiatives have emerged intending to preserve this historical moment for future generations. In the Anglo‑American world, the initiatives have predominantly focused on collecting personal stories from the public through Internet. In the article, this need to collect and share stories is analyzed. I explore who were the initiators, why they wanted to collect the experiences of COVID-19 and analyze the aspects of stories. I argue that within a short period of time, oral history has been transformed through this experience: most initiatives didn’t need oral history to come into existence, yet their results are surprisingly comparable to the oral history projects. Oral history has become quicker, shorter, organized through digitized forms, even without oral historians. The future will show which features of this crisis form of oralhistory will remain.

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