OHMA EXHIBITS: a collection of interactive oral history encountersMain MenuOur Inheritance: 2024 An Interactive Oral History ExperienceROⓊTED: 2023 Interactive Oral History ExhibitsInside Out + Outside In: 2022 Interactive Oral History ExhibitListen Here: 2021 Interactive Oral History ExhibitAccessibility Design NotesStatement on accessibility philosophy, content, features, and functionality.I'm here for a specific exhibit!All exhibits listed by title & curatorRecommendationsPaths to help you choose an exhibit based on your preferencesExplore VisuallyExhibit visualizationsThanks & Acknowledgements
2023 Bio Ambar Johnson
12023-04-24T15:12:34+00:00Carlin Liu Ziaf35c69e953cd4001ddc41bd48e720246e1701a0842plain2023-04-27T19:29:38+00:00Carlin Liu Ziaf35c69e953cd4001ddc41bd48e720246e1701a08Ambar Johnson is an urban and transportation planner, writer, and oral historian who creates at the intersection of climate, connection, and culture. Being part of the first generation in her family to be born up North, in a city, and not live off the land influences her desire to revisit her roots. She is an M.A. Candidate in Oral History at Columbia University, a Mellon Summer Intern collaborating with the New York Botanical Garden and Bronx Green-Up in their Bronx Foodways Oral Histories Project, and a proud alumna of the Georgia Institute of Technology. With her work featured in Allure, The Boston Globe, and Shondaland, Ambar loves to explore what moves us.
This page is referenced by:
1media/Promo_Johnson_InterDis - Ambar Johnson.jpgmedia/Promo_Johnson_InterDis - Ambar Johnson.jpgmedia/Promo_Johnson_InterDis - Ambar Johnson.jpg2023-04-24T15:13:27+00:00Intergenerational Dis/connections (2023)36Explore the void that distance createsplain2023-08-22T15:39:38+00:00Ambar Johnson
By Ambar Johnson
Stories from previous generations tether families to identity, place, and belonging. However, with distance growing and road trips dwindling, how do families stay together when our elders are gone? This project uses I-95 to explore intergenerational relationship loss between family, land, and legacy while making sense of present and future generations’ own personal journeys of dis/connection from those anchors.
When was the last time you drove down South or spent time down there? How do you stay in touch when time is right out of reach? Paying homage to family roots and road trips, this exhibit is for folks who spent their summers sitting in backseats and looking out windows. Through oral histories, this mobile exhibit (which took place in a parked automobile) aimed to retrace the travels of generations past and present to kick up memories and family history for future generations that may have settled in the dust.
