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From YouTube: Artist Interview: Xi Wang & Ariella Milkman
Description
The make sure that we do not forget the struggles today Xi and Arrielle and recording the oral histories of those in the area, specifically about their housing. They want to make sure that these stories are not forgotten and that people feel connected through listening to others. Creative Neighborhoods: COVID-19 Work Projects was launched by the Office of Arts + Culture and Create Boulder: https://boulderarts.org/public-art/creative-neighborhoods/covid-19-work-projects/
A
Yeah
so
my
name
is
c
wong
and
I'm
I'm
a
phd
student
at
cu
in
the
department
of
geography,
and
I
am
a
social
scientist
by
training.
So
I
have
conducted
a
lot
of
oral
histories
creatively.
I
also
do
some
audio
arts,
as
well
as
podcasting,
to
help
great
to
create,
like
a
more
of
a
creative
and
community
effort
into
oral
histories.
B
Hey,
I'm
arielle
milkman,
also
a
phd
student
in
the
department
of
anthropology
at
cu,
boulder
and
yeah.
I
also
I'm
a
social
scientist,
so
I
use
mixed
methods
to
try
to
understand
what
makes
humans
human
and
one
of
the
things
I
like
to
use
is
audio.
So
I've
worked
on
a
number
of
podcasting
projects
and
also
oral
history
projects
in
the
denver,
boulder
area.
B
I
think
you
know
for
people
who
are
creatives
and
researchers
and
writers
in
some
ways
the
day-to-day
hasn't
looked
that
different
right,
because
I
previously
did
some
of
my
work
from
home
and
I'm
able
to
have
the
privilege
of
doing
that
now
and
then
I
think
in
other
ways.
It
feels
like
it's
like
there's
this
narrative
that
it's
laid
bare
the
inequalities
and
problems
in
our
system
already.
B
So
I
think
that
folks
in
this
industry
have
already
had
a
problem
of
having
kind
of
precarious
work
conditions
and
different
gigs,
and
that
problem
just
feels
like
it's
more
precarious
and
more
scary.
Now
so
yeah.
I
think
those
are
the
main
things
you
know
like.
Like
other
people
in
this
industry,
I've
had
sort
of
gigs
that
got
cancelled
and
conferences
that
got
cancelled
and
then
in
other
ways,
some
more
flexibility
to
kind
of
work
from
home
and
and
support.
Folks.
A
Yeah,
I
would
say
that
it's
been
challenging
both
as
like
an
educator
and
an
artist
in
terms
of
like
the
availability
of
funding
and
of
gigs,
especially
ones
that
require
like
in-person
or
face-to-face
kind
of
interactions,
and
I
mentioned
a
little
bit
earlier
that
I'm
also
an
educator
as
a
graduate
student.
So
you
know
there's
a
lot
of
uncertainty
around
classes
and
whether
or
not
they'll
be
like
conducted
in
person
and
online,
both
during
the
summer
and
the
fall.
A
So,
for
example,
I
was
scheduled
to
teach
an
in-person
class
this
summer
that
was
cancelled,
and
recently
my
department
has
been
able,
to.
You
know,
put
me
into
an
online
course
alternative,
which
has
helped
in
terms
of
just
sort
of
like
being
able
to
supplement
my
income.
But
it's
been
really
challenging
because
you
know
I
learned
about
that
course
like
very
very
recently,
and
that
wasn't
something
that
I
was
scheduled
to
teach.
So
it's
just
like
switching
mentally
to
like
a
very
different
mode
of
like
thinking
about
yourself
and
how
you
present.
B
So
I
think
the
theme
of
the
the
project
is
to
to
record
some
oral
histories
with
people
living
in
boulder
about
how
kobe
19,
what
their
housing
experience
has
been
like
with
cobia
19,
and
I
think
that's
because
we
started
to
see
that
this
was
affecting
people
really
differently,
based
on
what
their
situation
was
right.
So
there
are
some
people
who
are
living
alone,
who
are
feeling
really
isolated.
B
There
are
people
who
are
navigating
how
to
date.
With
this
going
on,
there
are
people
who
are
living
in
co-ops
and
having
to
kind
of
think
collectively,
and
then
I
think
across
the
country,
we've
also
seen
more
of
a
movement
about
housing,
organizing
because
the
united
states
and
colorado,
and
particularly,
were
already
in
a
housing
crisis
before
covet
happened,
and
now
we
have
all
these
issues
with
unemployment.
This
is
actually
a
really
interesting
time
for,
like
anti-eviction
campaigns
and
people,
organizing
for
mortgage
and
rent
moratoriums,
so
yeah.
A
We're
really
hoping
to
kind
of
get
a
diversity
of
oral
histories
in
our
project,
and
we've
been
trying
to
just
kind
of
like
think
through
the
ways
in
which
we
can
solicit
folks
that
we
can
talk
to
who
are
very,
not
traditional,
who
might
not
be
able
to
be
online
or
like
see,
calls
for
this
project.
So
we're
kind
of
actually
proactively
reaching
out
into
our
communities.