2013.022.001 Oral History Interview with Anne Ho

 

Anne Ho is a longtime resident of Chinatown in New York City. Ho reflects on how her family moved to the United States and her early childhood growing up in Chinatown. She discusses the garment factory her mother worked at along with her daily routine living in Chinatown. She continues the discussion of garment factories by stating their importance of Chinatown during her childhood along with how Chinatown has changed overall. She then goes to discuss the development of Confucius Plaza and the types of people that lived there. Ho predicts how Chinatown will change in the future. She shares a story of going back to China and meeting her family. Lastly, she states the subjects that should be included in exhibitions and museum archives.

0:00 - Introduction, moving to New York from Taipei, first experiences living in New York, why her family moved to the United States, the professions her father had in Chinatown.

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8:02 - First arriving to New York and where she lived, going from home to school, working with her mom at the garment factory, the location and details of the factory her mother worked at, how Chinatown has changed.

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18:57 - Confucious Plaza, the reason for moving to Confucius Plaza, describing Confucius Plaza, gangs and violence in Chinatown.

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28:35 - Why her parents stayed in Chinatown, the differences of school in China versus the United States.

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35:25 - Growing up in Chinatown, working in the factory with her mother, the weight her mother used in the factory, the process of using this tool in the factory, what the weight looks like, why her mother kept it.

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41:48 - The importance of the garment factories in Chinatown at the time, how Confucious Plaza has changed, the shareholders meetings, how the communal rooms are used, marches in Chinatown.

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50:53 - The future of Chinatown, changing businesses in Chinatown, the cost of living in Chinatown, how she thinks of Chinatown as home, a shop that serves the three treasures that closed.

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58:09 - Collecting things, going to China to see her family, going to the hometown her mother grew up in and meeting her family.

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70:49 - Showcasing an exhibition on the garment factory workers, the experience of working in a garment factory, other garment factories and photographing the factory.

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82:35 - What she thinks should be in a museum archive, having her elementary school or the museum as a backdrop of her portrait, getting robbed, spending her time volunteering at the museum.

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