“The protagonist in this project is my sister Dominique (34). She lives in a top level apartment in Amsterdam, Rivierenbuurt, a 15 minute walk away from me. She lives there with her boyfriend Julian. With the Corona virus she is also working in this apartment."
“Normally, Dominique is an English teacher, with her own classroom somewhere ‘in ’t Gooi’. Right now she is teaching from home through Skype. On the left you can see her new improvised workspace. She is working at her dinner table. The blue water bottle is more important in this story than I thought. She tells me that when she is working at home she drinks a lot more water because she feels she has the time to think about it, and also, she has the time to go to the bathroom. In a home lecture, she speaks for 15 minutes, the other 30 minutes she responds to chat messages from her students. Normally, she has to stay in the classroom to keep an eye on her students. This is her first year at this school and in the right picture you can see one of the assignments she has created for her lectures. The font that is used reveals she is a high school teacher. Also, she loves traveling and has been to Australia. New-Zealand might be her next adventure (after the Corona Virus is gone of course :) .”
“I chose this picture to give you an idea of the space that my Sister is currently working in. This is her livingroom, also her diningroom.”
“This picture shows how my sister is communicating with her students. The chat conversation is blurry because I wanted to respect the students privacy. My sisters diary is sharp, ready for her to grab, still important for her as a teacher.”
“My sisters boyfriend is also at home now 24/7. He shows me what they are doing to get through the day when Dominique is not working and when he - himself - is not studying. The picture on the right is showing Dominique having a coffee break. She misses having coffee moments with her colleagues and social moments with her colleagues in general. She tells me that apparently there is also memes going viral with people showing their coffee moment with their wife/baby/dog etc. Clearly, the internet is missing it’s colleagues as much as my sister does.”
“Working from home means that living blends with working. In the picture on the right you can see the big television, which is big for a reason. My sister and her boyfriend love to watch television. Working at home also means being able to wear a bit more comfortable clothes.”
GAINED INSIGHTS
My sister drinks a lot more water during a workday at home
She also has to go to the bathroom more often because of that
She really enjoys those coffee moments with her colleagues
My sister misses having social contact with her colleagues
She walks a lot less during the day
My sister enjoys to create fun assignments for her students
My sister enjoys teaching
My sister makes a lot of jokes during lectures
POINTS UNABLE TO OBSERVE WITHOUT A CAMERA
The happiness on my sisters face
The space of the appartment
The MacBook Air she from school at the beginning of the year
SPECIFIC CONTEXTUAL KNOWLEDGE &
INSIGHTS I CANNOT CONVEY THROUGH IMAGES
INSIGHTS I CANNOT CONVEY THROUGH IMAGES
My sister teaches highschool students (havo & vwo)
The neighbours downstairs were making a lot of noise, doing odd jobs around the house
My sister spends 15 minutes explaining her students what to do by talking through skype, the rest of the 30 minutes they can ask questions through chat
My sister thought the light that was coming through the windows was too bright
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