"But You're Right, It Sped Up My Life for Sure"
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Title
"But You're Right, It Sped Up My Life for Sure"
Description
Interview #11 - Pre-1980 Birthdate
The following pages consist of an oral history interview between the interviewer, Megan Yang (denoted MY), and her subject, Carmen Gutierrez* (denoted CG). This interview was conducted on Friday, October 12th, 2018 around 10am in Office 237 at Pierce Hall. It lasted around 23 minutes.
Carmen Gutierrez is a White European professor at Oxford College of Emory University. She was originally born in the Canary Islands of Spain, but has most recently lived in Atlanta, Georgia. She first had regular in-home access to a digital device of some sort at age 24 (in year 1998) and has personally owned one for 23 years. For this interview, Carmen chose to discuss her iPhone.
Megan Yang is an Asian American first-year student at Oxford College of Emory University. She was born in California, moved to Connecticut, and then lived in Shanghai, China for twelve years. At Emory, she hopes to study marketing and international business while double-majoring in psychology. Her goal for this interview is to understand the technological habits of someone in an older generation relative to her own in order to explore whether digital habits or literacies differ between generations. Bolded statements are deemed significant to reflection on this topic.
The following pages consist of an oral history interview between the interviewer, Megan Yang (denoted MY), and her subject, Carmen Gutierrez* (denoted CG). This interview was conducted on Friday, October 12th, 2018 around 10am in Office 237 at Pierce Hall. It lasted around 23 minutes.
Carmen Gutierrez is a White European professor at Oxford College of Emory University. She was originally born in the Canary Islands of Spain, but has most recently lived in Atlanta, Georgia. She first had regular in-home access to a digital device of some sort at age 24 (in year 1998) and has personally owned one for 23 years. For this interview, Carmen chose to discuss her iPhone.
Megan Yang is an Asian American first-year student at Oxford College of Emory University. She was born in California, moved to Connecticut, and then lived in Shanghai, China for twelve years. At Emory, she hopes to study marketing and international business while double-majoring in psychology. Her goal for this interview is to understand the technological habits of someone in an older generation relative to her own in order to explore whether digital habits or literacies differ between generations. Bolded statements are deemed significant to reflection on this topic.
Publisher
Oxford College of Emory University
Date
October 2018
Format
Adobe PDF
Language
English
Oral History Item Type Metadata
Interviewee
Carmen Gutierrez (pseudonym)
Original Format
Transcript
Duration
10 pages
Interviewer
Megan Yang
State/Province of Residence
Georgia, USA
State/Province of Birth
Canary Islands, Spain
Five-year birth range
1971-1975
Nationalities
Spanish-American
Gender
Female
Race or ethnicity
Caucasian, European
Socioeconomic class
Middle Class
Main Languages
English, Spanish, French
Occupation
Professor of Spanish
Length of digital device access
23 years
Age of regular digital device acess
24 years old
Coding/markup languages
N/A
Device Type
Cellphone
Device Make and Model
iPhone 8 Plus
Files
Collection
Citation
“"But You're Right, It Sped Up My Life for Sure",” Archive of Personal Digital History, accessed November 22, 2024, https://apdh.oxomeka.org/items/show/26.