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Title: Oral History of Cathy Lam
Creator: Lam, Cathy
Contributor: Chan, Lotusa
Date Created and/or Issued: 2013-02-19
Contributing Institution: UC Irvine, Libraries, Southeast Asian Archive
Collection: Viet Stories: Vietnamese American Oral History project
Rights Information: Copyrighted
This material is provided for private study, scholarship, or research. Transmission or reproduction of any material protected by copyright beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners. Contact the University of California, Irvine Libraries, Special Collections and Archives for more information (spcoll@uci.edu).
Description: Scope/Content: This is an oral history of Ms. Cathy Lam. She is a graduate of the University of California, Irvine. She graduated college early with an engineering degree. Upon graduating, she pursued a career with an engineering company but later decided to change her career choice to fit her true passion of helping others. She currently works at a non-profit doing philanthropy. This interview focused on her life from child in Vietnam to her current life in the United States. Through this interview, she describes her experiences as well as her family’s experiences before, during, and after the War in Vietnam.
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 Cathy Lam, Photographer Lotusa Chon, 2013, VDC Norte, Irvine, California
Type: sound
Format: 2 mp3 audio files; 1 pdf transcription English; 1 pdf field notes English; 1 pdf time log English; 1 jpg image file
Extent: 00:54:49
Identifier: ark:/81235/d8gr0v
VAOHP0112_P01.JPG
http://hdl.handle.net/10575/9871
Language: English
en
Subject: Children | College or university | Discrimination | Education | Engineer | Ethnicity | Family | High school | Identity | Immigrant | Language schools | Marriage | Politics | Stereotypes | Student | Teacher | Tradition or custom
Time Period: 1960-1969
Relation: Linda Vo Class Oral Histories, 2013

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