Doing Oral History In Hong Kong
– Some Experiences
香港口述历史实践:经验分享
Dr Wong Wai Ling, The University of Hong Kong
香港大学王惠玲博士 (wongwlc@hku.hk)
October 27-28, 2014, Changsha, China
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My Previous
Commitments
个人经验
Oral History Projects
口述历史项目
 Hong Kong Oral History Archives
Project (2001-2004)
 Tung Wah Group of Hospitals
Oral History Research (20052008)
 Hong Kong Jockey Club Oral
History Archives (2006-2008)
 Hong Kong Memory Project
(2008-2013)
 HKU WAY Project (2014-2018)
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 香港口述历史档案库(2001-2004年)
 东华三院口述历史研究计划
(2005-2008年)
 香港赛马会口述历史档案库(20062008年)
 香港记忆计划(2008-2013年)
 香港大学同行计划(2014-2018年)
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Hong Kong Oral
History Archives
香港口述历史
档案库
Building Archives
建立档案库
 设立一个有系统的口述历史档案库,
记录来自不同背景的市民与香港历
史有关的课题
 搜集了约200个口述历史记录,档案
库含访谈录音、访谈逐字稿、部份
受访者所捐赠的私人旧照片珍藏
 档案材料数码化,另设专门目录系
统方便检索
 由香港大学图书馆储存及管理使用
 主要供大学师生使用
Link to Archives 链接至档案库:
http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkoh/
 To set up an oral history archive
systematically, recording oral
histories from all walks of life
about the history of Hong Kong
 The Archives: around 200 records
collected, audio records, verbatim
transcripts and photos contributed
by some interviewees
 Digitized and indexed
 Managed by and accessible in the
University of Hong Kong Libraries
 Available mainly for the academics
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Hong Kong Oral
History Archives
香港口述历史
档案库
Set-Up Methodology
构造方法
 Life story approach plus thematic
approach
 Audio records, Verbatim transcript
 Indexed by biography, summary
and subject themes for keyword
search
 Available on the HKU Libraries
website and online catalogue
 Visits must be made in person to
the Library
 Consent forms signed by the
interviewees, some with additional
restrictive conditions
 User’s agreement signed by the
users
 访谈方法揉合「生命历程」及
「专题研探」两种取向
 档案材料类型:录音、逐字稿
 档案编目方式:人物背景、访谈
概要及主题,可以关键词检索搜
寻档案
 档案编目置于大学图书馆的网页,
并可于网上检索系统搜寻
 录音及逐字稿只限图书馆内阅览
 受访者均签署使用同意书,部份
附加使用限制
 使用者必须签署使用协议书
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Hong Kong Oral
History Archives
香港口述历史档
案库
Contributions and Constraints
贡献及局限
 Contributions
 贡献
 Build up the first oral history
archives accessible for studies
and researches
 Set a reference for other scholars
who do not have the habits of
sharing primary research
materials
 这是香港第一个口述历史档案库
开放予研究者及学生等使用
 为其他应用口述历史方法的学者
提供参考,将搜集所得安排予开
放使用
 限制
 使用限于大学图书馆内,在数码
时代,显得落后
 使用者限于大学的学者,普罗大
众难以接触这些档案
 Constraints
 Accessibility is limited to
university library
 Accessibility is limited to
university scholars
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Institutional
Projects
机构口述历史项目
知识转移
Knowledge Transfer
 两个不同的合作项目:
 Two separate projects, we have
collaborated with
 东华三院
 香港赛马会档案库
 Tung Wah Group of Hospitals
 Hong Kong Jockey Club Archives
 将香港口述历史档案库的方法应用
于建立机构口述历史档案库
 机构管理权及角色
 HKOHA’s methodology was applied to
construct oral history archives within
the institutions
 Management role and authority of the
institutions
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 Subject themes covered in the
interviews
 Selection of interviewees
 Censorship arrangement
 Ownership of the interview records
 Accessibility of the interview records
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对访谈课题的规限
邀约受访者
审查安排
访谈记录所有权
阅览及使用安排
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Institutional
Projects
机构口述历史项目
Contributions and Constraints
贡献及局限
 Contributions
 贡献
 Knowledge transfer between
university and institutions
 promoted oral history to the
institutions of historical
significance
 Enhanced the people of the
institution with the sense of
history and solidarity
 大学与机构之间的知识转移
 向历史悠久的机构推广口述历史
 让机构成员/员工加强自我历史
意识及归属感
 局限
 自我审查对访谈内容形成规限
 只限内容使用
 Constraints
 Self censorship restricts the
scope of the interviews
 Accessibility limited to internal
uses
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Hong Kong
Memory Project
香港记忆计划
Oral History as Cultural Heritage
口述历史作为非物质文化遗产
 Digitization of local heritage and
historical materials
 A response to the “Memory of
the World” as proposed by the
UNESCO
 A joint project of the Hong Kong
Jockey Club Charities Trust and
the Leisure and Cultural Services
Department
 Developed by The University of
Hong Kong, Hong Kong Institute
for the Humanities and Social
Sciences and HKU Libraries
 本地历史文化档案数码化项目
 响应联合国教科文组织的「世界
记忆」的呼吁
 合作机构:香港赛马会慈善基金及
香港特区政康乐及文化事务署
 网站开发:香港大学香港人文社会
研究所及香港大学图书馆
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Hong Kong
Memory Project
香港记忆计划
Oral History on the Web
互联网上的口述历史
 The Oral History Section --- Hong
Kong Voices
 Oral history methods inherited and
modified from HKOHA’s
methodology
 All records are available on the
website
 New methodological concerns:
 口述历史部份:「香港留声」
 口述历史方法承接自香港口述历
史档案库的方法
 所有搜集所得的口述历史档案均
于网上开放使用
 产生新的方法学课题:
 避免干犯有关隐私、保护个人资
料、诽谤等问题
 访谈课题和内容受到相应规范
 版权的安排
 The concern of privacy, protection
of personal information, and libel
 This has imposed some limitation to
the scope of contents recorded in
the interview
 Copyright arrangements
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“Hong Kong
Voices”
香港记忆
《香港留声》
Contributions and Constraints
贡献与局限
 Contributions
 贡献
 The promotion of oral history to a much
wider scope of audience
 Younger generations can understand
history from accounts of lived
experiences of the older generations
 A change of conception of what history
means to ordinary people
 让普罗大众更容易接触口述历史,
可促进民众对口述历史的认同
 年青人可从长辈的个人生活记忆
认识历史
 由此,可改变民众对历史的观念,
即书写历史不单是学者的专利,
民众亦可参与建立历史记录
 Constraints
 局限
 The element of community
engagement awaits further
explored
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 社区民众只是受访者、聆听者,
参与程度仍有一定限制
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WAY Project
香港大学同行计划
Community Engagement
社区参与项目
 Community - Southern District
and Aberdeen
 Operative Partners:
 社区–香港岛南区、香港仔
 执行机构
 香港大学学生发展及资源中心
(前身是大学的学生事务处)
 香港大学香港人文社会研究所
 周大福慈善基金赞助
 CEDARS (HKU Student Affairs)
 HK Institute for the Humanities
and Social Sciences
 Sponsored by Chow Tai Fook
Charities
 社区伙伴
 Community Partners
 南区妇女会(前身是香港仔渔民
妇女会)
 香港渔民互助社(香港仔分会)
 Southern District Women’s
Association (formerly Aberdeen
Fisher-women Association)
 Hong Kong Fishermen’s
Association (Aberdeen Branch)
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Oral History and
Community
Engagement
口述历史与
社区参与
口述历史作为社会资本
Oral history as social capital
 强调参与
 Participatory
 大学方面:研究员、老师、学生、
行政人员
 社区方面:渔民团体、非政府机
构、个别渔民人士
 From the university: researchers,
teachers, students, administrators
 From the community: Fishermen’s
associations, NGOs, fishermen
 Sharing and popular education
 分享与公众教育
 The uses and presentations of oral
history outcomes for the
community and the public
 向社区民众展示口述历史档案
 参与及延续
 Engagement and continuity
 如何将整个项目成果植根在社区,
由社区民众拥有,成为社区资本
及持续发展?
 How the whole set of outcome and
practices will be managed by the
community, and turn into social
capital of the community?
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Initial Model of
Community Engagement
大学与社区合作的初步模型
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Water Community Museum
Exhibition
Under
construction
1. Based on oral history
research
2. To be built on a
fisherman’s vessel
3. To be designed and
constructed by students
of Architecture Dept
Water
Community
Museum
Guided Tours &
educational
workshops
Community
Organization
Incubation for fishermen’s social enterprise
to offer fishermen employment opportunities
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水面社区生活馆
展览
建设中
1.口述歷史作為內容
基礎
2. 生活館建於漁船上
3. 建築系碩士生實習
活動、 設計及建造
生活館
生活馆
导赏团+
工作坊
义工团体
渔民社会企业培育中心,提供渔民就业机会
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The venue under proposal
建议中的生活馆地点
Look out from the
window of the vessel
从船上窗口外望
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Oral History and The Exhibition
口述历史与展览
To visualize oral history
将口述历史图像化
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Oral History of
Water People
水面人口述历史
 Between May and August, 2014, we
interviewed 28 people: 23 men and 5
women
 Water people
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 2014年5月至8月间,与28位人士进
行口述历史访问,23男士 + 5女士
 水面人
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Fisherfolks (retired and active ones)
Fish merchants
Operators in boat making and repair
Operators of associated trades
 介绍受访者
 Referrals
 渔民团体
 南区妇女会
 滚雪球
 Through Fishermen’s Association,
Southern District Women Association,
and snowballing
 Interviews
 访谈形式
 Tape-recorded, 2-3 hours, some on
the boats
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渔民(退休者及现职者)
渔商
船排厂
从事水上行业的人士
 录音、每次2-3小时,部份于渔船上
进行
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访谈主题
Interview Themes
 个人与家族历史
 Personal and family history
 Origin, birth, growing up, school,
work, grandparents and parents,
siblings, marriage, history of
residence
 祖籍、出生、成长、教育、谋生、
父祖辈、兄弟姊妹、婚姻、居住
历史等
 Fishing as a means of living
 捕鱼作为维生途径
 Fishing history, transitions in
fisheries
 vessels/ fishing methods/ fishing
grounds/ types of fish
 Managing money/ fish marketing/
living standards
 捕鱼历史、转型经过
 渔船类别、方式、渔区、鱼类
 金钱管理、鱼市场、生活质素
 捕鱼作为一种生活方式
 Fishing as a way of life
 捕鱼的作息,每天的活动、一年
四季的周期
 渔船上的社会关系:男女分工、
长幼分工、方言社群、社区群体
 How fishing organizes daily lives on
the water, activities round the year
 How fishing organizes
relationships: gender, generational,
ethnic, community
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访谈主题
Interview Themes
 Daily life practices and culture
 日常生活及传统文化
 How they talked about difficulties and
solutions
 How cultural traditions are associated
with daily lives on the water
 Fisherfolks as a distinctive group,
culture, traditions and customs
 渔民如何叙述日常生活的困难及解
决方法
 传统文化习俗与日常生活的连系
 渔民是否一独特的社群、文化、传
统及习俗?
 地缘及社区意识
 Sense of place and community
 connections with places, Aberdeen with
other shelter ports, through fishermen’s
movements, social and cultural activities
 Association with the land and the land
people
 Organizations among fishermen
 The sense of home and identity
 地方之间的联系、香港仔与其他湾
头通过渔民的流动、社交及文化活
动形成的联系
 与岸上及陆上人的联系
 渔民组织
 家的意识及身份意识
 Urbanization and life transitions
 都市化与生活转变
 Quit fishing, or vocational shifts
 Housing resettlement
 Any changes in fishermen’s identity
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 上岸、转业
 房屋安置
 身份意识的转变
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口述历史展览
(内容初拟)
The Exhibition of Oral
History (Draft Contents)
 Representing Aberdeen - A
water Community and
harbour port
 表现香港仔：水面社区湾头
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 Geographical landscape of the
water community
 Social and cultural landscape
 Larger water community:
Place connections
 Fisheries and people’s
livelihood
 渔民故事
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 Individual stories
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Older generations
Sea-going fisherfolks
Inshore fisherfolks
Businesses on the water
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地理景貌
社会及文化面貌
更大的水面社区:地方连系
渔业与市民生活
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老一辈渔民
远海渔民
近岸渔民
水上生意人
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Individual Stories
渔民故事
To give voice and face to the water people
呈现水上人的脸容和声音
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Older Generation
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渔民长辈
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Sea-Going Fishermen
远海渔民
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Inshore Fisherfolks 近岸渔民
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Businesses on the Water 水上生意人
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