Recording Cheongsong ... History of Memory → History of Records

Promotion of the Oral History Collection Project on the Modern and Contemporary Life Stories of Cheongsong-gun

Cheongsong-gun, Gyeongbuk Province, is currently working on documenting the life journeys of its residents through the memories of the elderly, preserving them as records.

Cheongsong-gun promoting a project to collect oral histories of modern and contemporary life stories.

Starting last year with Saeteo Village in Singi-ri, Pacheon-myeon, Cheongsong-gun, the project to collect oral histories of modern and contemporary life in Cheongsong-gun targets one village each year. Through village research, interviews with elderly narrators, and photo record collection, the project aims to document the Cheongsong area’s life stories and regional changes, and publish them as storybooks.

In the turbulent course of modern and contemporary Korean history, historical records have mainly been created with the nation, ethnicity, or society as the subjects. In this process, the particularities of local regions and individuals who make up society have been neglected, and the everyday lives of the people have almost disappeared without being recorded.

Cheongsong-gun plans to continuously document the memories of the elderly in this super-aged society, capturing the lifestyle and social conditions of the past.

Governor Yoon Kyung-hee said, “As the saying goes, ‘History is a continuous dialogue between the past and the present.’ Because the past existed, we can reflect on our present and prepare for the future.” She added, “Before it is too late, we will make relentless efforts to record the lives and experiences of the elderly not merely as personal memories but as the history of the Cheongsong community.”

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