Output: Seasonal diaries

From the start of March 2020, the pandemic led to various restrictions like social distancing, self-isolation, travel restrictions and enforced home office for many employees all over the world.

A mountain top covered with moss and lichen, a view over more mountain top
How can we use our personal experiences doing research? In CALENDARS we turned to autoethnography when the world went into lock- down in March 2020. Photo: Sissel Aasheim

Diaries of seasonal changes

For the CALENDARS project, the restrictions much affected our work as fieldwork and interviews were about start in both Norway and in New Zealand.

As we rearranged the workflow and worked more on the conceptual part of the project in this phase, the team members also kept diaries of how seasonal changes were experienced during the time of lockdown.

Read the diaries below:

Seasonal diaries

Last updated: 20.08.2025