Oral History Essay

instantly have a better life in an economic and social way, which is not true. This is why oral history is important in this situation. Oral history will allow immigrants to share their personal experience with immigration and new life in Canada. This will allow the providing of a new perspective on immigration and even contradict the general beliefs on immigrations thanks to the use of oral history.

town, we are now the premier research and educational institution in the thriving Inland Southern California region. Explore our history through the links below. . Timeline View the highlights of the history of UC Riverside. . Oral History Project In the late 1990s and early 2000s interviews with early UCR leaders and pioneers were conducted to create an oral history of the campus. Contributors include Ivan and Birk Hinderaker, Concha Rivera, Hank Carney, Michael Reagan, George Zentmyer, Arthur

The individual I chose to interview for my oral history project was actually the Vice Principal of my school and his name was Mr. Clair. During our interview, he relayed to me the experiences he went during the Civil Rights Movement. What I was told during this interview was surprisingly different from what I was expecting, I was expecting to hear stories about how my interviewee witnessed many people of color being abused and segregated to the extremes. However, what I heard was a bit calmer than

1. Oral History has gone through a complex evolution in the professionalization of history. Green and Troup articulate that from the 1960’s on, oral history became known as “unreliable and tainted by personal subjectivity.” However, at the same time, oral history saw a revival with the arrival of New History. Green and Troup articulate, “history from bellow embraced oral history as a means for rewriting history from the perspective of the marginalized or oppressed.” This opens up the discussion of

“Can Oral History be Trusted” ? The 21st Century, a time we live in where nearly everything is documented. Whether it be written and put into archives or posted on Facebook. Things were much different in the early stage of man up until now. The cave people documented things by writing on walls, but can this be trusted? Even documents that have been written down cannot be trusted so can stories or myths have been written by people in their own diaries or in letters so loved ones be trusted? Essentially

For the Oral History Project, I am interviewing my dad. My dad has been personally impacted by the legacies of the Korean War. He has heard stories about the Korean War from his grandmother. His grandmother had gone through the Japanese occupation – where her family lost their land - and the Korean War – where she had to go down to Pusan. My dad has been raised hearing these stories about how bad the Japanese treated Korean people during their occupation. His grandmother was also heavily against

Oral History Assignment For this assignment, I had chosen to interview my uncle, Atif. He is 43 years old, married with four children, and currently resides in the Greater Toronto Area. He was born in Karachi, Pakistan where he lived in an extended family with his parents, brothers sisters, grandparents, aunts, uncles, and their kids. He had moved to Canada on October 26th 1990, by himself, to fulfill his undergraduate degree at the University of Manitoba in Computer Science and Math. He is now

Ashly.E.Jose AAAS 280E John Cheng November 11, 2016 Island: poetry and history of Chinese immigrants on Angel Island Chinese immigration to the United States began in large number during the California Gold Rush. Many people came to the country hoping to find jobs and fortune for themselves and their families back in China. Among those immigrants many stayed in the country and others went back to China. The point of entry for these Chinese immigrants to California between 1910 and 1940 was

surrounding the legitimacy of oral sources as a tool of understanding the evolution and development of Africa and its past. As a result of this, the exciting developments occurring within African history have been “…rendered unintelligible to academic historians in general” (Cooper 211) as the methodological research that Africanists put into acquiring and using oral sources are overlooked and ignored. She encourages other historians to utilize this research and for African history scholars to do their part

In “Dane-Zaa Oral History: Why It’s Not Hearsay,” Robin Ridington introduces an historical Canadian court case “in which oral history was introduced.” (Ridington 38) She “discusses evidence provided by elders, anthropologists, historians, and other experts” (Ridington 39) to demonstrate why oral history is not hearsay. In addition, Ridington provides an in-depth analysis of “Dane-Zaa oral history in current legal opinion regarding the admissibility of such evidence.” (Ridington 39) Ridington argues