Collected Item: “Marquis Allen Oral History, 2022/05/23”
Title
Marquis Allen
Who conducted the interview? List all names, separated by comma.
Kit Heintzman
Who was interviewed? List all names, separated by commas.
Marquis Allen
Email Address(es) for all interviewers. Separated by comma.
kheintzman@gmail.com
Use one-word hashtags (separated by commas) to describe your oral history. For example: Where did it originate? How does this object make you feel? How does this object relate to the pandemic?
#Africa, #Black, #billionaires, #Buffalo, #capitalism, #China, #church, #coughing, #crime, #death, #doula, #election, #empathy, #family, #Gambia, #grief, #hate, #healthcare, #hope, #hugs, #hygiene, #insurance, #masking, #media, #medicalracism, #NewYork, #optimism, #race, #racism, #religion, #restaurants, #shootings, #spirituality, #technology, #Tennessee, #trauma, #travel, #virtual, #war
What is the format of your recording?
Audio
In what ZIP code is the primary residence of the interviewee? (enter 5-digit ZIP code; for example, 00544 or 94305)? In what city/town/village does the interviewee live? In what country does the interviewee live? All comma-separated.
Tennessee
What is the gender of the interviewee? Be sure to allow interviewees to self-identify their gender in the pre-interview or interview. *Do not assign a gender identity to interviewees.*
Cis Male
How does the interviewee describe their race or ethnicity? Be sure to allow interviewees to self-identify their race/ethnicity in the pre-interview or interview. *Do not assign a racial or ethnic identity to interviewees.*
Black or African American
Describe the oral history.
Some of the things we discussed include:
Working as an end of life doula
Grieving grandfather’s death
Leveraging the use of online and virtual technology
Body language and body awareness
Interfaith connections
Pre- and post-pandemic capitalism, for profit healthcare, healthcare as a business, Big Pharma
Health insurance as a predictor of the quality of healthcare; inequities
Politicians weaponizing the pandemic
First hearing about COVID-19 from news coverage of China
Deaths measured in graphs, charts, and numbers
Inconsistent messaging about COVID-19
New stigma about illness and symptoms; fear of coughing in public
Pandemic fatigue and setting boundaries
Pandemic safety taking over people’s lives
Global politics: Ukraine, Russia, North Korea, NATO
USA crime increasing, inflation and increasing home prices
15 May 2022 mass murder in Buffalo, New York; shooter’s POV video footage
Grief as a non-linear process; diverse responses to death and dying
Euphemisms about death
The pandemic restricting face-to-face access to clients, but also opening based to a larger virtual audience
Using PPE with clients pre- and post- pandemic
Empathy and active listening
Emotional regulation while working with clients; emotional experiences in private
People dying alone in hospitals
Personal space norms
Living far away from family and friends
Safety precautions at restaurants
Hope
Biases in history, the importance of African-American history
Recently traveling to Gambia and Senegal; traveling testing regulations
How easy it is to be misunderstood and misrepresented
The value of diverse perspectives
Don’t forget about people who don’t leave a record behind
Trauma responses and the long term mental health consequences of the pandemic
See also:
https://www.serene-transitions.com
https://endoflifedoulaassociation.org/membership-roster/marquis-allen/
Other cultural references: Jordan Davis (murdered 23 November 2012), George Floyd, Roe v. Wade, Baader-Meinhof Phenomenon, Will Smith and Chris Rock at the Oscars
Working as an end of life doula
Grieving grandfather’s death
Leveraging the use of online and virtual technology
Body language and body awareness
Interfaith connections
Pre- and post-pandemic capitalism, for profit healthcare, healthcare as a business, Big Pharma
Health insurance as a predictor of the quality of healthcare; inequities
Politicians weaponizing the pandemic
First hearing about COVID-19 from news coverage of China
Deaths measured in graphs, charts, and numbers
Inconsistent messaging about COVID-19
New stigma about illness and symptoms; fear of coughing in public
Pandemic fatigue and setting boundaries
Pandemic safety taking over people’s lives
Global politics: Ukraine, Russia, North Korea, NATO
USA crime increasing, inflation and increasing home prices
15 May 2022 mass murder in Buffalo, New York; shooter’s POV video footage
Grief as a non-linear process; diverse responses to death and dying
Euphemisms about death
The pandemic restricting face-to-face access to clients, but also opening based to a larger virtual audience
Using PPE with clients pre- and post- pandemic
Empathy and active listening
Emotional regulation while working with clients; emotional experiences in private
People dying alone in hospitals
Personal space norms
Living far away from family and friends
Safety precautions at restaurants
Hope
Biases in history, the importance of African-American history
Recently traveling to Gambia and Senegal; traveling testing regulations
How easy it is to be misunderstood and misrepresented
The value of diverse perspectives
Don’t forget about people who don’t leave a record behind
Trauma responses and the long term mental health consequences of the pandemic
See also:
https://www.serene-transitions.com
https://endoflifedoulaassociation.org/membership-roster/marquis-allen/
Other cultural references: Jordan Davis (murdered 23 November 2012), George Floyd, Roe v. Wade, Baader-Meinhof Phenomenon, Will Smith and Chris Rock at the Oscars
On what date did you record this oral history?
2022-05-23T17:04