Cambodian Oral History Project
| Cambodian Oral History Project | |
|---|---|
| Held by | Brigham Young University Office of Digital Humanities |
| Scope | Family interviews recorded by Cambodian youth in Cambodia |
| Subjects | Family & Intergenerational Life; History & Remembrance; Language & Literacy |
The Cambodian Oral History Project gathers more than 5,000 interviews recorded by Cambodian young people with their own family members, run by the Office of Digital Humanities and the Department of Asian and Near Eastern Studies at Brigham Young University. (BYU Cambodian Oral History Project)
Overview
Youth and young adults in Cambodia interview family members about their lives and stories, so the archive documents ordinary family memory rather than only public testimony. The page names the Office of Digital Humanities and the Department of Asian and Near Eastern Studies, and gives January 2016 as the project launch date. (BYU Cambodian Oral History Project)
Material coverage
The project describes over 5,000 interviews, most of them available as audio recordings through its own website, and states that the team is transcribing and translating them. The project page states no item identifiers, durations or languages for individual interviews, and notes that many records were destroyed during the Khmer Rouge period from 1975 to 1979. (BYU Cambodian Oral History Project)
Catalogue and access
Interviews are browsed on the project website at https://cambodianoralhistoryproject.byu.edu rather than through a numbered catalogue. (BYU Cambodian Oral History Project)