Oral History
In my experience, I would characterize oral histories as verbal accounts of situations, history, or feelings. For me to get a type of idea of what oral histories are my professor made us (my classmates and I) look for oral history projects. An oral history project that I found was the NYC Trans oral history project . It is hosted by the New York Public library (NYPL) . There are a plethora of interviews that you can look at. In my case, I listened to Yanyi In the oral story, he talks about his life living as a trans person, identity, childhood, and much more. From this oral history, I realized how important oral history is. In the case of this particular project, it is a platform where trans people can express themselves and tell their stories. I think that’s very important because we can get a sense of what life is like for them. And, through educating ourselves we can create this open dialogue and have more discussion. After we listened to our respective oral history projects o...
