Collected Item: “Robert Williams Oral History, 2021/02/22”
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Mini oral history with Robert Williams, 02/22/2021
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audio interview
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Interview transcript:
Speaker 1
Okay. Hello, my name is Matthew Williams, and I am a graduate student intern with the Covid-19 archive at ASU. The date is February 22 2021, and the time is 5:55pm, and I'm speaking with Robert Williams.
I want to ask you a question about your pandemic experience but before I do, I would like to ask for your consent to record this response for the Covid-19 archive.
Do I have your consent to record your response and add it to the archive with your name?
Speaker 2
Yes you do.
Speaker 1
Thank you. First, can you tell me your name, age, race and where you live.
Speaker 2
My name is Robert Williams.
And I'm 67 years old.
I live in Hackettstown New Jersey and identify as white.
Speaker 1
Thank you, I'd like to ask you a quick question about the pandemic. So, we have experienced a lot of changes in 2020, and many have been negative and disruptive.
But perhaps it's not all bad. What's one positive thing you've experienced during the pandemic?
Speaker 2
I think it proved without a doubt that if your job supported it, you can work from home.
So that'll cut way back on any kind of commuting, both in time, fuel usage, it'll cut way back on, on people being away from their houses for long hours.
So I think that that is, that's a positive thing from Covid.
Speaker 1
Okay. Hello, my name is Matthew Williams, and I am a graduate student intern with the Covid-19 archive at ASU. The date is February 22 2021, and the time is 5:55pm, and I'm speaking with Robert Williams.
I want to ask you a question about your pandemic experience but before I do, I would like to ask for your consent to record this response for the Covid-19 archive.
Do I have your consent to record your response and add it to the archive with your name?
Speaker 2
Yes you do.
Speaker 1
Thank you. First, can you tell me your name, age, race and where you live.
Speaker 2
My name is Robert Williams.
And I'm 67 years old.
I live in Hackettstown New Jersey and identify as white.
Speaker 1
Thank you, I'd like to ask you a quick question about the pandemic. So, we have experienced a lot of changes in 2020, and many have been negative and disruptive.
But perhaps it's not all bad. What's one positive thing you've experienced during the pandemic?
Speaker 2
I think it proved without a doubt that if your job supported it, you can work from home.
So that'll cut way back on any kind of commuting, both in time, fuel usage, it'll cut way back on, on people being away from their houses for long hours.
So I think that that is, that's a positive thing from Covid.
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HST580, Arizona State University, silver linings prompt
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Matthew Williams
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2021-02-22