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SUMMARY:The Memory Project Symposium
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 background-color: #f5f5f5\;\n}\n\n\n\nJoin filmmakers\, faculty\, and 
 librarians in a conversation reflecting on The Memory Project\, a 
 long-standing collaborative initiative that demonstrates the powerful 
 intersection of academic research\, creative production\, teaching and 
 learning\, and library stewardship. Through documentary filmmaking\, oral 
 history preservation\, and digital archiving\, the project has created 
 enduring opportunities for scholarly inquiry\, community engagement\, and 
 curricular innovation. This symposium brings together key collaborators to 
 discuss the project's origins\, evolution\, impact\, and future 
 directions.\n\n \n\nPanelists\n\n\n	Nicole Barnes (Professor\, History\; 
 Director\, APSI)\n	Jim Cheng (Guest Librarian\, Director of C.V. Star East 
 Asian Library\, Columbia University)\n	Maggie Dickson (Head\, Architecture 
 & Curation\, DUL)\n	Guo-Juin Hong (Professor\, AMES)\n	Naomi Nelson 
 (Director\, Rubenstein Library)\n	Zhang Mengqi 
 章梦奇(Filmmaker)\n\n\nBackground\n\nThe Memory Project is a 
 groundbreaking digital oral history archive documenting the lived 
 experiences of survivors of the Great Famine (1958–1961) in rural China. 
 Initiated in 2010 by renowned filmmaker Wu Wenguang at the Chaochangdi 
 Workstation in Beijing\, the project has amassed over 1\,000 interviews 
 across nearly 250 villages. These testimonies offer an invaluable 
 grassroots perspective on one of the most devastating periods in modern 
 Chinese history.\n\nIn 2012\, with the support of Duke University faculty\, 
 the Chaochangdi Workstation entrusted the collection to Duke University 
 Libraries (DUL). Between 2015 and 2018\, thanks to a Mellon 
 Foundation–Council on East Asian Libraries Innovation Grant\, DUL 
 completed the arrangement\, description\, and metadata creation for the 
 entire collection. This included bilingual metadata (Chinese and English)\, 
 translation of selected transcripts and blogs\, and normalization of video 
 formats for long-term access and preservation. All original digital 
 materials are now securely housed in the Duke Digital 
 Repository.\n\n\n\nSince 2019\, DUL has published the collection in phases. 
 The initial launch of 300 interviews was made possible through close 
 collaboration with the filmmakers during their 2019 residency. As of 
 today\, the open-access digital archive includes 739 video interviews. The 
 collection is actively used in teaching and research across disciplines 
 such as History\, Asian & Middle Eastern Studies (AMES)\, and MFA in 
 Experimental and Documentary Arts\, and has drawn international scholarly 
 attention.
LOCATION:Rubenstein Library 153 (Holsti-Anderson Family Assembly Room)\, West Campus
ORGANIZER;CN="Luo Zhou":MAILTO:luo.zhou@duke.edu
CATEGORIES:Public Event
CONTACT;CN="Luo Zhou":MAILTO:luo.zhou@duke.edu
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