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Scope/Content: This is an oral history of Ty Thai, born in Cần Thơ, Vietnam in 1960 to a large family with six other siblings. He lived in Cần Thơ and attended school there until the Communists took over in 1975. He lived under the Communist regime for three years before leaving his hometown in 1978 as a boat refugee to seek freedom in the United States. He arrived at a Malaysian refugee camp and was able to come to America after completing an immigration interview. After one year, a family friend sponsored him to the United States in November 1979. He currently works at an import and export warehouse and resides in Los Angeles County, California with his family. Scope/Content: The Linda Vo Class Oral Histories, 2013 are part of a seminar that introduced students to a range of key methodological issues in Asian American Studies. The readings are organized around questions, approaches, and critiques that will help students develop technical skills in qualitative research and analysis, as well as examine how researchers have studied the demographic transformations, economic restructuring, and political changes that shape social relations. We will gain a critical understanding of some of the theoretical, empirical, and ethical challenges posed by scholarly research in the humanities and social sciences. In addition, we will discuss "voice" which can refer to literal, direct forms of expression such as interviews, personal testimonies, and oral histories; and more broadly, as well as forms of symbolic representation such as photographs, videos, and other cultural texts. Students are required to complete a fieldwork research/oral history project, presentations, and short writing assignments. Scope/Content: Photograph of Ty Thai, Photographer Cindy Thai, 2013, Rosemead, California
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1 mp3 audio file; 1 pdf transcription English; 1 pdf field notes English; 1 pdf time log English; 5 jpg image files
Boat People | Business | Children | China | Chinese and ethnic Chinese | Citizenship | College or university | Communism | Communist | Education | Family | Refugee camp | Restaurants | Soldier | Sponsors or sponsorship | Student | Vietnam War | Little Saigon (Orange County, California) | Los Angeles, California | Can Tho (Vietnam)
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