SCOPE OF THE PROJECT

The project consists of two phases:

• The first phase requires us to collect about forty to fifty interviews, recorded on digital video camera, for a public storytelling performance to be held at a local museum on 18th December, International Migrants’ Day.

• The interview sessions take place from early June to late September. Ideally, each session would last an hour, but that of course depends on the interviewee and her narrative.

• From then till December we will edit footage of the interviews to form a wide range of personal recollections as short stories or mini-documentaries.

• These will be shown in between segments of live storytelling by other migrant workers of myths, folklore, or other forms of narratives from their own cultures.

• In this way, local audiences will not only get to enjoy foreign culture, they will also learn how these cultures are present amongst us in our daily lives.

• The second phase is an open-ended attempt to record and document the living experience of migrant workers in twenty-first century Singapore.

• We seek to interview individuals of all ages, genders and backgrounds who hold a work permit.

• Interviews from the first phase will form an inaugural collection.

• The archive will eventually cover the entire spectrum of migrant worker ethnic communities.

• We hope to get interviewees from as many backgrounds as possible so as to reflect the composite experiences and memories of the diverse communities.