NPR bringing history project to Portland.Byline: The Register-Guard National Public Radio is bringing its oral history project, StoryCorps, to Portland later this month. The project invites ordinary people to interview one another and record their personal stories. In the next 10 years, StoryCorps hopes to collect 250,000 interviews that document everyday history and unique grass-roots stories. Those interested in participating may apply to StoryCorps beginning Thursday. A limited number of recording sessions are available. StoryCorps will visit Portland Sept. 29 through Oct. 17. The StoryCorps MobileBooth, housed in an Airstream trailer, will be stationed in downtown Portland's Pioneer Courthouse Square Pioneer Courthouse Square, affectionately known as Portland's living room,[1] is a public space occupying a full 40,000 ft² (3700 m²) city block in the center of downtown Portland, Oregon. . Oregon Public Broadcasting Oregon Public Broadcasting (OPB) is the primary public broadcasting network for most of Oregon as well as southern Washington, with (as of 2006) over one million viewers throughout that region and an average of over 380,000 radio listeners each week. is assisting NPR NPR In currencies, this is the abbreviation for the Nepal Rupee. Notes: The currency market, also known as the Foreign Exchange market, is the largest financial market in the world, with a daily average volume of over US $1 trillion. with the project. Interviews of and by citizens will be archived at the Library of Congress and excerpts broadcast on OPB OPB Oregon Public Broadcasting OPB On-Chip Peripheral Bus OPB Ontario Pension Board (Canada) OPB OBERMEYER Planen + Beraten GmbH (German engineering firm) OPB Out of Plane Bending and other public radio stations nationwide. Those interested can call (800) 850-4406 or go online at www.storycorps.net (or the link at www.opb.org) to reserve an interview time. StoryCorps facilitators will help participants interview a grandmother, an uncle, the waitress who's been working at the corner cafe for years and anyone else whose story a participant wants to hear and preserve. Trained personnel will help create a question list and handle the technical aspects of the recording. At the end of the 40-minute recording session, each of the two participants will receive a copy of their interview on CD and have the option of sending a copy to the Folklife Folklife is an extension of, and often an alternate term for the subject of, folklore. The term gained usage in the United States in the 1960s from its use by such folklore scholars as Don Yoder and Warren Roberts, who wished to recognize that the study of folklore goes beyond oral Center of the Library of Congress to be archived in a collection that will eventually grow into an oral history of America History of America may refer to either:
Those who can't make a StoryCorps recording can stop by the booth or go online for information on how to preserve personal or family histories. (Check the link to StoryCorps at opb.org for MobileBooth hours.) |
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