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2022 Bio Sach Takayasu
12022-04-15T19:27:40+00:00Carlin Liu Ziaf35c69e953cd4001ddc41bd48e720246e1701a0841plain2022-04-15T19:27:40+00:00Carlin Liu Ziaf35c69e953cd4001ddc41bd48e720246e1701a08At Columbia University, Sach Takayasu is a degree candidate in the Oral History Master of Arts program. She also leads the Weatherhead East Asian Institute’s Oral History project and served as the inaugural Fellow and interviewer for the Obama Presidency Oral History Project. For Carnegie Mellon University, she serves on the Board of Advisors for the Dean of Dietrich College. Previously, Sach built new businesses in technology and advocated on behalf of the Asian American and Pacific Islander business community.
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By Sach Takayasu
Mom’s stories about being a teenager during World War II in Japan mesmerized me. I wanted to know more: to see what she saw and feel what she felt. So, we expanded our collaboration beyond the microphone to making paintings—together. This exhibit shares our exercise in radical empathy. Also, a photograph triggered her memories and that recollection became a short story.
OHMA students and alumni continue to push the envelope on approaches to oral history. I invite you to explore their innovative works and consider engaging them for your oral history project.
This video introduces my approach to "radical empathy using microphones and brushes”
Listen to this audio piece to hear how, through the oral history process, my mom’s recollections of her parents (pictured below) developed into a story of their relationship:
