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  • Collection: Battling the Virus: Didactic Imagery

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A masked female figure is looking up and waving a mask in the air as one would a flag.

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A wheatpasting depicts an orange and red traffic cone with a white coating over it. Around the cone is an N95 blue face mask. Scattered throughout the cone are human eyes and small virus balls.

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A black planchette ouija board piece reads "Wash Your Hands Or Else."

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A wheatpasting depicts an orange and white traffic cone with hands. In between the hands is a bar of soap and soap suds. Scattered throughout the cone are human eyes.

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A poster reading WA$H YOUR HANDS followed by the signature Absurdly Well. The use of the $ in Wash politicizes the message.

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"Wash Ur Hands And Clean Ur Heart" is written in white on black background.

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A simple tag posted on a utility pole reading "WASH UR HANDS" in white.

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Tags written on a larger piece reading "Wash Hands/Avoid Covid19/Stay Safe"

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Image shows a nurse giving the middle finger / standing up to a screaming corona virus.

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A note of celebration to Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, reminding the public to wash their hands to the tune of Happy Birthday.

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A giant anthropomorphic virus with an ominous grin holds the limp bodies of its victims in its hands. Text in Arabic reads "the Corona that dislike sickens you," and in English "tak[e] it seriously"

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Didactic murals that explain, in clear visual language, the importance of hand washing and face masks in preventing the spread of the coronavirus.

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This image is one of a series of walls painted around the city of Dakar promoting various steps one can take to stay healthy. This panel depicts a woman wearing a colorful headwrap, caught in the middle of a sneeze or cough. Her eyes are closed, and…

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A mural of a shop sign saying "Sorry We're Closed". The "O" in "Closed" is covered by a depiction of the coronavirus that bounced in from the right side of the image.

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A figure is dancing in front of a black and grey background. Above and below are the words "Social" and "Dis-Dance".

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Extremely large representations of the virus of are scattered across the pavement. The viruses are frowning and sweating.

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Three healthcare workers stand together, speaking in unison with one text bubble reading: "We're working for your benefit. Please stay in for ours." One of the healthcare workers (man) wears a face mask, but the other two (women) do not. One of the…

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Panel-by-panel demo on how to wash hands. The left image show a pair of hands under running water. The center image shows a purple pair of hands rubbing together with soap bubbles around them. The right image shows pink hand using a towel to dry off.

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A young, male figure wearing a face mask. The artist is painting a rendition of the coronavirus on the man's chest. Text reads: “By fighting the epidemic, we protect the human being and preserve the earth”

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A bifurcated face appears floating against an orange-speckled background. One half of the face shows a man wearing a face mask; the other half shows a skull, including that failure to wear a face mask can result in death. Text in Arabic reads "Stay…
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