{"id":90825,"date":"2015-03-30T08:06:08","date_gmt":"2015-03-30T13:06:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/inalj.com\/?p=90825"},"modified":"2015-06-09T15:57:01","modified_gmt":"2015-06-09T20:57:01","slug":"story-corps-librarians-telling-personal-tales-from-new-orleans-to-timbuktu-to-peshawar-beyond","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/inalj.com\/?p=90825","title":{"rendered":"Story Corps & Librarians: telling personal tales from New Orleans to Timbuktu to Peshawar & beyond"},"content":{"rendered":"

by Naomi House, MLIS<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

\"Naomi<\/a>I live in an extraordinary city, New Orleans, Louisiana.\u00a0It is extraordinary for many reasons; the many cultures, architectural styles, music and food, but to me it is also the best city for dumb-luck\/ kismet while walking.\u00a0I never know who or what I will stumble upon.\u00a0So two weeks ago I was walking down Elysian Fields, heading through the Marigny to the French Quarter on a late morning walk when I saw an Airstream trailer parked in the grassy lot next to Doerr Furniture, and on the side was painted in pink the words StoryCorps<\/strong><\/span>.\u00a0Now many of you reading this are library folk and very familiar with Story Corps <\/a>from the radio, NPR and know of its remarkable personal interviews. Story Corps goes around the country and lets regular folk interview each other.\u00a0 The Library of Congress and other organizations house these interviews and they are remarkable. What I didn’t know was that Story Corps was one day away from their biggest announcement yet!<\/p>\n

The Story Corps App<\/a> is now available worldwide for download!<\/strong><\/p>\n

This changes everything!\u00a0 My husband’s family across Pakistan can now participate. Old family members can tell their stories. From Alaska to Florida to the UK to Spain, my own family can participate.\u00a0 This is game changing for the organization, and is due to an award from the TED Prize<\/a>.\u00a0 But if you get a chance and can sign up in person to do a joint interview, it is well worth doing! The staff were kind enough to give me a tour of the inside of the Aistream and all I can say is that its coziness, and warmth were not served well by my phone’s camera, alas.<\/p>\n

\"Naomi<\/a>It was a wonderful experience and really got me thinking about the global communities I know.\u00a0 In addition to my work on INALJ I also work daily at T160k<\/a>, crowdfunding for cultural projects across Africa so I went home and wrote up a blog post for the T160K Blog<\/a>. I was happy to share the story and work of Story Corps this my global audience.\u00a0 Storytelling is an important part of preserving culture and heritage.\u00a0 I am so grateful for that chance meeting and for the work of cultural preservationists doing this work.\u00a0 And now we can all participate!<\/p>\n

\"Naomi<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

by Naomi House, MLIS I live in an extraordinary city, New Orleans, Louisiana.\u00a0It is extraordinary for many reasons; the many cultures, architectural styles, music and food, but to me it is also the best city for dumb-luck\/ kismet while walking.\u00a0I never know who or what I will stumble upon.\u00a0So two weeks ago I was walking…<\/p>\n

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