oral history
Highlights
Come Sunday
Come Sunday is a soundwalk created by jazz artist Darrell Grant that explores Portland’s inner-northeast neighborhoods, once home to over 200 Black churches. The route connects thirteen historic Black houses of worship, including Bethel A.M.E. Church, blending oral history, spirituals, poetry, and music to reflect the community's cultural and historical significance.
A Meeting Place | 会议地点
This soundwalk uses oral histories and 360-degree binaural audio to explore the Centre for Chinese Contemporary Art’s archive, highlighting migrant experiences and cultural memories in Manchester’s Chinatown. By triggering geolocated sounds and interview clips via GPS, listeners can immerse themselves in the area’s hidden histories through their smartphones and headphones.
Douglastown Detour
The Douglastown Detour is a GPS-based mobile app that delivers oral histories, music, sounds, and images tied to specific sites in Douglastown, a historic Irish village in francophone Gaspésie, Quebec. It explores the memories and significance of the village’s past through location-triggered storytelling.
Memento – Wanstead
Memento – Wanstead Park, uses oral history recordings made by Olivia Bellas, to piece together an identity for a public space fused with personal recollection and a nod to the future. Local voices gently guide you around the park and into their own memories. The concept is different to previous memento sound walks with no
Walking pieces
Mott Haven Oral History Soundwalk
Walks take place by appointment in pairs, with both participants required to be Mott Haven residents. Guided by a project participant, walkers listen to curated oral histories via headphones while exploring Mott Haven, followed by a shared meal and discussion.
