Sam Tranum is assistant professor in the Department of Journalism and Mass Communication at the American University – Central Asia in Bishkek. Organizing a seminar on Historical Journalism he managed to gather a group of students and motivated them to engage into a very fascinating project. The idea was to interview elderly people in Kyrgyzstan and collect their stories as long as they are able to tell them. The result is a collection of more than 30 interviews conducted by 17 students.
The project promises to grow even further with a website launched to present the results and to connect all those who are interested in the preservation of stories from the (Soviet) past. A first list of publications and projects on oral history in Central Asia is presented and asks to be extended …
Here’s the link to the project’s website.
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