On your phone, record your story. On iPhone, use the built in Voice Memo app. On Android, use the built in voice recorder app. Save the file to your phone using the standard steps.
You may click upload your file below directly from your phone if comfortable with the technology. If you are struggling, consider emailing it to yourself and uploading from your laptop/desktop.
If you encounter challenges or have questions, please contact [email protected]
Overview
You have been invited to participate in an interactive art project sponsored by Boulder County Public Health. The project involves gathering and recording oral stories from community members about the experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The stories are anonymous but intended for public consumption. They will be available online and through the interactive art itself.
Procedure
You will be interviewed either in-person or via telephone about your lived experience during the COVID-19 pandemic, recording your responses as audio. The stories may be edited for clarity.
Anonymity
These stories are intended to be anonymous. Outside of the immediate individuals conducting your interview, your personal information will not be attached to the recording and will not be publicly known except as required by the Colorado Open Records Act, C.R.S. §§ 24‐72‐201 to -206 (“CORA”).
Consent
I consent to the recording of the my statements and grant to Boulder County Public Health (“BCPH”) and partnering organization Godot Communications (“Godot”) the right to copy, reproduce, and use all or a portion of the statements, personal experiences, remarks, and recollections (collectively, the “Interview”) for incorporation in the COVID-19 Oral History recordings (the “Work”). I hereby grant and assign to BCPH and Godot the right to quote or paraphrase all or any portion of the Interview, and to publish, reproduce, distribute, transmit, broadcast, exhibit, digitize, display, translate, modify, edit or otherwise use the Interview in connection with the exploitation and promotion of the Work in all forms and media including advertising and related promotion that BCPH and Godot may deem appropriate, throughout the world during the full term of copyright of the Work. I understand that BCPH and Godot will be the sole owner of all copyright and other rights in and to the Work and may assign such rights as necessary.
Release
I hereby release and discharge BCPH and Godot from any and all claims that may arise regarding the use of the Interview, including without limitation, any claims based on the right of privacy, the right of publicity, copyright, and defamation or any other right. I acknowledge that I have no ownership rights in the Work.
I understand and agree that BCPH and Godot are not obligated to utilize the rights granted in this Agreement and all such rights, permissions and releases herein extend and apply to Author, Publisher and their assigns, contractors, licensees, distributors, successors, and agents.
I have read and understood this agreement and I am over the age of 18. This agreement expresses the complete understanding of the parties.