Oral History of the Internet
Details of the organization
Name *
CyberLabs
Country *
China
Website (URL)
http://cyberlabs.org/
Type *
Civil society entities
Information about the project
Project title *
Oral History of the Internet
Title acronym
OHI
Description *
To celebrate the first 50 years of the Internet, CyberLabs has launched the Oral History of the Internet (OHI), recording and preserving the personal narratives of global Internet Pioneers’ extraordinary contribution to the internet development. By 2019, OHI should have interviewed 500 Internet Pioneers around the world. A 50-episode TV series, documentaries and books will be produced based on the video interviews. The OHI, which started first in China in 2007, has interviewed nearly 200 Internet Pioneers who mostly come from Asia, Europe and the United States. The OHI will also go to interview those from Africa, Mid-East and Oceania. The mission of OHI is “Recording the first 50 years of the internet so to embrace its next 50 years”. The OHI will thus build a virtual monument that is committed to documenting personal narratives from the Internet Pioneers who have made extraordinary contributions to the development of the internet around the world. OHI was launched by CyberLabs, a think tank devoted to recording and preserving the internet history, which has started the project first in China since 2007. As the internet is facilitating unprecedented, multi-faceted interactions around the world, OHI goes global by video recording oral testimonies from the worldwide Internet Pioneers about their extraordinary contributions to the development of the internet in their own countries or fields. And furthermore, the project intend to build a website for ordinary people around the world to upload and share their own oral history stories about the internet.
Project website
http://cyberlabs.org/
Geographical coverage *
International implementation
Countries of implementation
United States of America
Status *
Planned for future
from 01/01/2007
to
31/12/2025
Partners
Shantou University, Beijing Internet Association, Blog China, China EU, Cpmputer History Museum, Internet Archive
WSIS information
WSIS action lines related to this project
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Cultural diversity and identity, linguistic diversity and local content
Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) related to this project
Goal 16: Promote just, peaceful and inclusive societies
Goal 17: Revitalize the global partnership for sustainable development
Project type *
Project
Publication
Website
Database
video, documentary,TV series
