Chronicles of Old Singapore | James Kwok - Memories of the Old National Library

Welcome to Chronicles of Old Singapore. James Kwok shares his love of books in the old National Library at Stamford Road.
James Kwok on teaching at Kwong Avenue School: • Chronicles of Old Sing...
I’m Dr Loh KS, a people’s historian. I’m interested in the history of Singapore and the lives of its people. In Chronicles of Old Singapore, I speak to people about their memories of Singapore before it became a global city today.
We discuss three topics:
1. People and places.
2. Change and continuity.
3. The importance of heritage.
As a historian, I try to stay true to the oral history method on a video format and social media platform. I let the interviewee speak, as the ‘voice of the past’ as Paul Thompson put it. No clickbait, no BS, no posturing. The aim is to canvas a wide range of voices on various aspects of Singapore history and heritage - physical, social, cultural, economic.
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Caveat: this is above all a podcast based on personal memory. As has been well-documented in oral history, memory is not always reliable and what is recalled here should not be taken as fact. However, as Alessandro Portelli noted, the subjectivity of oral history is also its great strength, and what is inaccurately remembered may point to how deeply meaningful the past is to people.
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James Kwok on teaching at Kwong Avenue School: ruclips.net/video/gG9GkY7D6Fk/видео.html

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Are there any photos of the old national library, it would have completed this story. ☘

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James didn't take any photos then.