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200 years of migration
Norwegian ancestors?
Norway builds an oral history collection
about migration from and to Norway.
The interviews will be shared on
and archived for the
future.
Memoar and Norwegian-American Heritage
This year marks the 200-year anniversary of the first organized Norwegian emigration to North-America. The Crossings 200 jubilee includes events and exhibitions taking place both in Norway and North-America.
Migrasjonsminne- Migration memories
An important part of the celebrations is the oral history project, Migrasjonsminne (Migration memories). A large collection of personal histories in recorded video interviews that explore both the experiences of Norwegian descendants living in North-America, and people who have made Norway their new home. They will be archived for the future as an important part of the Norwegian intangible heritage.
Visitors to Bryggen Museum will be met in the entrance by interviewers. People who have spare time, will be invitetd to a provisional intervirview studio at the second floor.
Those are the questions they will be asked to tell about:
Those are the questions they will be asked to tell about:
The old country (“gamlelandet”): What do you remember - or what have you heard - about the land that the first generation left?
Breaking up: Why did you - or your ancestors - leave? How did it happen?
The journey: Please tell about about it!
The new country: The first impressions? How were you/they met? What happened the first days?
Integration: How did you/they adapt? How many generations kept identity and language? Did you/they contribute to the development of the new country?
Cross-culture: Are you part of a Norwegian diaspora? What it means to be a former immigrant / immigrant descendant?
Back: Did you / they ever return? How many generations kept contact? Is this your first visit to Norway?
Memoar - Norwegian oral history society
Memoar - the Norwegian Oral History Organisation - is managing this project. Other partners in the project are the association of local history societies, the national genealogy organisation, the Tamil Diaspora Archive and a Council for Integration and Diversity. Main funding is provided by the Savings Bank DNB.
We have local projects going on all over Norway, in cooperation with local oral history societies, museums and immigrant organisastions. In the summer project i Bergen, foreigners with Norwegian roots will be the target group no. 1.
Archive:
Archive:
The interview collection will be archived in the regional public archive for all future, as part of our intangible heritage. It will be open for researchers, family historians, writers - in short anyone with interest for history and migration. Provided the consent of each interviewee, the stories will also be accessible on Memoar’s website - www.memoar.no
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