Uncovering & Preserving Our Stories
NEXT TALK STORY
Dear Friends:
Our priority is always your safety and well-being. Because of the unpredictable condition of the coronavirus, we have cancelled the March 22 Talk Story.
Please watch our Talk Story web site for new schedulings.
In the meantime, everyone stay well.
Thank you for you constant support,
The 1882 Foundation Team.
Remember: Stay calm. Wash hands frequently.
And, don't be a racist, the virus does not discriminate.
Talk Story, often associated with Hawaii, is both concept and process. For the 1882 Foundation, it refers to the set of activities and programs that we associate with collecting oral histories and preserving story sites. These include our monthly Talk Story Events and efforts to record and store oral histories. They include the production of the Through Chinatown’s Eyes short documentary series. They are related to heritage tours.
Talk Story encourages individuals to reveal their stories in their own words and to share them with others. There are two parts to this—telling and sharing. “Telling” refers to people saying what is historically important to them. This is empowering. It allows them to define themselves, the elements of their identity, as opposed to having an “historian” define for them what is historically important.
Missed a Talk Story?
Many of our talk stories after December 2018 are available in our Digital Archive.
You can also check out our blog for detailed recaps for the events, and check out our Facebook Live videos for live footage of the programs!
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To the extent the stories resonate with others and groups coalesce to listen, our communities become defined. The “sharing” of a common legacy and the inspiration to re-tell them in a modern setting and even to go out and create new stories make the community alive.
This leads to our Talk Story slogan, inspired partially by Bonny Tsui’s observation in American Chinatown: