The Olive Project

an oral history composition in multiple modes
Erin R. Anderson | University of Pittsburgh

This project is devoted to the memory of my grandmother, Olive. It is at once her life story and not a story at all. In a sense it represents the product of an intimate family collaboration and of the close journey we shared in collecting and preserving her oral history. But this project is not a product, nor is it entirely about my grandma, about me, or about the sentiment out of which it emerged. The Olive Project is about process, and at its core it is also about you, about your encounter with it, and about your participation in the ongoing process of composing memory.
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