Today was the true introduction into this unit's objective of Hong Kong Heritage. I thoroughly enjoyed the presentation given by the two representatives from the Hong Kong Heritage Group, talking to us (as mentioned in my previous blog entry) what the Hong Kong Heritage Group is all about and what oral history is and how to conduct it. I learned many new things today, beginning with the fact that I have never heard of oral history before.
After being introduced to the concept of oral history, I immediately recognized and understood the concept as I had previously conducted a similar type practice. Whereby I interviewed my grandfather all about his memories in World War 2, and that is when I connected with what the speakers were mentioning the importance of asking open questions because the interviewee tends to answer them and then span on to many other just as interesting subjects. I found he worked best, when you let him speak and just ask for more details when possible, rather than constantly breaking his thought train. I really enjoyed the process and am really looking forward to carrying out similar type interviews in this unit.
I also found today's lesson particularly interesting because I have met Sir Michael Kadoorie on several occasions, as he is a friend of my father's. I wasn't aware of this heritage group and found it extremely interesting, and if I run into him again I will be sure to ask him some questions about it.
When listening to the presentation, some thoughts were rushing through my mind of ideas of my film but I feel that I really need to research and investigate a little bit more still into this type of filming and what type of questions I will be wanting answered and so on. I've already been thinking about possible interviewees such as a family friend, Michael Jebsen, who has a long interesting family history in Hong Kong.
Today, from the IB Learner Profile, I feel I was particularly an inquirer, because so many questions and thoughts were running through my mind and this brought me to go onto some of their suggested websites such as http://www.hongkongheritage.org and find out more about the project.
I found the clip on the above link particularly helpful as a reference to a quick reminder of what the Hong Kong Heritage group is all about. To find it: go to http://www.hongkongheritage.org > about the project > on the right hand side there is a clip and press play!
Here is a screenshot of what the video should look like:
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