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Loh Kah Seng – 20 Years Interviewing Singaporeans Part 1 | Chronicles of Old Singapore
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Welcome to Chronicles of Old Singapore. I reflect on my oral history work spanning 20 years, beginning with leprosy survivors in 2005 and victims of the 1961 Bukit Ho Swee fire to recent interviews with shopkeepers of Chinatown and TCM physicians. Looking at two very different interviews with leprosy survivors, I discuss how ordinary people offer additional voices to the Singapore Story and new ways of writing history from below.
00:00 Introduction
00:57 Voice of the Singapore Story
02:41 3 Questions
03:05 Rise of Oral History
05:53 Early Projects
09:00 Recent Projects
10:50 The Leprosy Interviews
12:29 The New Silra Home
14:44 Joseph Tan
18:52 Lim Ah Hin
22:39 Conclusion
Welcome to Chronicles of Old Singapore. This is Dr Loh KS, the people’s historian, and I speak to people on their memories of Singapore before it became a global city.
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• Old places or kampongs.
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• Childhood & schools.
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