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Collected Item: “Anonymous Child Oral History, 2020/07/25”

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Anonymous Oral History 07/25/2020

What sort of object is this: text story, photograph, video, audio interview, screenshot, drawing, meme, etc.?

Oral History

Tell us a story; share your experience. Describe what the object or story you've uploaded says about the pandemic, and/or why what you've submitted is important to you.

Shanna Gagnon interviews an anonymous 8 year old girl about the COVID-19 pandemic. She explains her initial reaction to learning about COVID-19. Anonymous describes how the pandemic has impacted her daily life. She discusses how her family and friends are responding to COVID-19. She talks of the things that are important to and worrying people right now. Anonymous details the most difficult parts of the pandemic for her. She shares how COVID-19 is impacting local businesses and schools. She also discusses how she thinks life will be different moving forward and includes her thoughts on vacations and milestone celebrations, such as Halloween and birthdays.

Use one-word hashtags (separated by commas) to describe your story. For example: Where did it originate? How does this object make you feel? How does this object relate to the pandemic?

#HST580, #ASU, oral history, children, San Francisco Bay Area

Who originally created this object? (If you created this object, such as photo, then put "self" here.)

Shanna Gagnon

Give this story a date.

2020-07-25
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