Collected Item: “Fiona Tang Oral History, 2022/10/16”
Title
Fiona Tang
Who conducted the interview? List all names, separated by comma.
Kit Heintzman
Who was interviewed? List all names, separated by commas.
Fiona Tang
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?
#anxiety, #AsianAmerican, #asthma, #boundaries, #California, #career, #friendship, #guilt, #introvert, #masking, #Oakland, #pod, #Sacramento, #transit, #vaccination
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.
Sacramento, California
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.*
she/her
What is the age of the interviewee?
25 to 34
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.*
Chinese
Describe the oral history.
Some of the things we discussed include:
Moving from long commutes to in-person work to remote work; office in the bedroom; work/life separation.
Resisting scarcity mindset.
Worries about getting sick and getting others sick.
Spacing out social interactions between friends by a couple weeks, social distancing.
Having relative ease in the healthcare system; self-advocacy with healthcare providers.
Having a trust in science and medicine, understanding that those who have had more negative experiences don’t have the same trust.
Post-vaccination relief.
Moving from fixed-term work to job security.
The Trump administration minimizing the pandemic.
Sheltering in place.
Having a strong relationship with partner and friends.
Implicit and explicit boundaries; asking questions and answering them, sharing information about pods and behaviors.
Trying one’s best to stick to safety precautions.
Consideration of the others, being community minded, seeing the self as a part of the collective.
Public transit and walkability; accessibility in public space.
Civic tech, streamlining government services (eg food stamps, the postal service) for people in need of them; Code for America.
The importance of teaching more about marginalized people in history.
See also:
https://codeforamerica.org/people/fiona-tang/
Moving from long commutes to in-person work to remote work; office in the bedroom; work/life separation.
Resisting scarcity mindset.
Worries about getting sick and getting others sick.
Spacing out social interactions between friends by a couple weeks, social distancing.
Having relative ease in the healthcare system; self-advocacy with healthcare providers.
Having a trust in science and medicine, understanding that those who have had more negative experiences don’t have the same trust.
Post-vaccination relief.
Moving from fixed-term work to job security.
The Trump administration minimizing the pandemic.
Sheltering in place.
Having a strong relationship with partner and friends.
Implicit and explicit boundaries; asking questions and answering them, sharing information about pods and behaviors.
Trying one’s best to stick to safety precautions.
Consideration of the others, being community minded, seeing the self as a part of the collective.
Public transit and walkability; accessibility in public space.
Civic tech, streamlining government services (eg food stamps, the postal service) for people in need of them; Code for America.
The importance of teaching more about marginalized people in history.
See also:
https://codeforamerica.org/people/fiona-tang/
On what date did you record this oral history?
2022-10-16