Oral History as Research Tool (English)
The third session of the panel discussions jointly presented by Asia Art Archive and Hong Kong Museum of Art to launch the second phase of the Hong Kong Art History Research Project.
This panel focuses on oral history as a research tool. The personal accounts of practitioners active in 1960s–70s Hong Kong form the core of the Project. These accounts sometimes challenge, or are challenged by, archival materials, existing narratives, and ongoing discourse. What role does oral history play in the research, writing and teaching of art history? What role can it play? And how does this compare with its application in other disciplines?
The talk was conducted in Cantonese. English simultaneous translation for the talk is provided in this video.
Building on previous and current research efforts, including the first phase in 2013, the Hong Kong Art History Research Project continues to develop a richer picture of Hong Kong’s art ecology during the 1960–70s. The Project encourages research through collaboration by a process that does not only produce knowledge, but also circulates material that can generate more complex narratives.
Focused around a new series of documented interviews that cover multiple voices and perspectives, the Project has digitised a selection of materials from the archives of Asia Art Archive, the Hong Kong Museum of Art, and the personal collections of leading arts professionals.
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