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Collected Item: “Making the Best of Unexpected Situations”

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Making the Best of Unexpected Situations

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Audio Interview

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Carolyn is someone who has been dreaming about her 21st birthday and had big plans for celebrating it as well, however the pandemic forced her to cancel those plans. However, we still made the best of the situation. During this interview I asked Carolyn a couple questions that I needed to be careful with how I phrased them. I related this back to the things we learned about ethical archives. When figuring out what I was going to ask Carolyn, I was careful to think about what affect the question might have on her. I didn’t want to ask questions too harsh or questions that were accusatory. This definitely limited the questions that I could ask but I also think it was very helpful to think of it prior to the interview and make adjustments accordingly.

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#HST241 #CovidMiniCollection #Suffolk #Turning21DuringPandemic #Interview #Unexpected

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

Sydney Provencher, Carolyn Fletcher

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2020-12-14
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