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Title
Oral History of Trinh Thuy Mai
Creator
Mai, Trinh Thuy
Contributor
Yang, Arisa Miyake
Date Created and/or Issued
2012-05-07
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: An oral history with Trinh Thuy Mai, a Vietnamese American artist who graduated from San Jose State University with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Pictorial Art and since then has continued to exhibit nationally with representation reaching from San Francisco, CA to Naples, FL. She has also attended the School of Art and Architecture at the University of California Los Angeles. This interview focused on her experience as a second generation Vietnamese American growing up in the South Bay Area and learning about her Vietnamese background. She has donated numerous artworks to the Vietnamese communities and is currently still learning about her Vietnamese heritage.
Scope/Content: The Linda Vo Class Oral Histories, 2012 subcollection 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 narrator's maternal grandmother's mother and her mother, 1931
Type
sound
Format
3 mp3 audio files; 2 pdf transcription English; 2 pdf time log English; 1 pdf field notes English; 2 pdf documents; 11 jpg image files
Extent
2:03:13
Identifier
ark:/81235/d8jn0f
VAOHP0038_P01.jpg
http://hdl.handle.net/10575/2087
Language
English
en
Subject
Art | Artist | Catholic | College or university | Education | Ethnicity | Family | Identity | Immigrant | Orange County, California
Time Period
1970-1979
Relation
Linda Vo Class Oral Histories, 2012

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