Stories of Displacement & Hope: Young Refugees Oral History Project

Title

Stories of Displacement & Hope: Young Refugees Oral History Project

Creator

Alhassan, Mohammed (Boye)

Bita, Christina

Chatzivasileiou, Vasilis

Kolyda, Pinelopi-Nikoleta

Lazaridi, Ilia

Markopoulos, Angelos

Ntai, Asimina

Papadopoulou, Ria

Qejvani, Klaudio

Salpa, Katerina

Vasila, Katerina

Abstract

The "Stories of Displacement and Hope: Young Refugees Oral History Project" is a digital humanities project about young refugees currently residing in Greece.  The digital archive-which was originally launched in 2019 and which was revamped and enriched with new oral history interviews by the 2024 class- is dedicated to preserving the unique experiences of dislocation through the voices of the refugees themselves. Through the testimonies of eleven Education Unites students (and service work at a refugee camp) the IHP students recorded their narrators' assessment of their current conditions of living, the causes of their displacement, their reception in Greece, their ways of coping with adversities, their future aspirations and the role of education to their integration.

Keywords

oral histories

refugees

digital archive

Subject

Interdisciplinary

Date Available

June 11, 2024

Type

Digital Archive

Course

HHU/HSS 2211 Private Stories, Public Stories: Personal Narratives in Social/Historical Perspectives

Course Offering Term

Spring Semester 2024

Instructor

Zachou, Chryssa

Session

Honors Creative Projects