Abstract
The aim of the article is to present preliminary conclusions from the analysis of the material gathered in “Everyday life in the time of corona virus” diary writing contest. In the article we focus on how the Polish countryside was presented in the diaries on the Covid-19 pandemic and how the pandemic influenced everyday life of the rural population. In the first part we present the methodological aspects of the contest held jointly by SGH (Warsaw School of Economics) and UMK (Nicolaus Copernicus University) between 23 March and 19 November 2020 and outline our chosen sample of diaries by country-dwellers and those connected to the country by their family ties. Then we discuss key motifs that predominated in these diaries: (1) portraying the countryside as an asylum and oasis of security; (2) the emergence of fears, tensions and prejudice towards strangers; (3) re-evaluation of relations in rural communities and (4) changes in everyday functioning in the countryside and challenges to basic activities.
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