| Collection Name: |
Memory Boxes |
| Repository Name: |
University of Natal, Pietermaritzburg. School of Theology [Repository Details] |
| Repository Location: |
Pietermaritzburg, South Africa |
| Description: |
The methodology tested in the field of history of Christianity is applicable to many other fields. Memory is a key component of identity. With the development of HIV/AIDS more and more children are being deprived of a basic knowledge of their family history. In conjunction with the Child and Family Centre of the University of Natal and Sinosizo Home Based Care, a Durban-based NGO, the Oral History Project is trying to find ways of assisting the children in grief in retrieving the memories of their lost parents and relatives. The project workers assemble "memory boxes" with photographs, significant objects and storiezas based on interviews with family members, care givers and volunteers. A pilot study involving fifteen families is being conducted in Lamontville and Wentworth. |
| Estimated Total of Interviews: |
15 |
| Broad Subjects: |
Relationships; Health |
| ASP Subjects: |
AIDS (Disease); AIDS (Disease)--Patients; AIDS (Disease)--South Africa; Family--History; Oral history; Orphans--South Africa; South Africa |
| Collection Code: |
OHC0001736 |
