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Listening to a city

A student team follows stories through riversides, old walls, street stalls, and everyday conversations.

FocusField notes
Place / contextLiuzhou · Guangxi
PeriodField notebook
Reading timeAbout 1 min · English text · photos at your pace
Liuzhou · Guangxi · Photograph from the original portfolio · Click to explore

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Liuzhou 柳州

Guangxi, China

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From the field notebook

In Liuzhou’s old city, the riversides whisper, Huangzhu Alley carries stories, and the Dongmen Tower stands in silent witness. With camera and notebook in hand, together with my student team, I walk through lanes, pause by old walls, chat with square-dancing grandmas, exchange thoughts with out-of-town students, lean by street stalls listening to vendors’ tales. Through these conversations, I aim to capture memories that are gradually fading.

This project aspires to be a bridge — not just sparking dialogue with younger generations, but honoring the terrain that holds these stories. It is more than interviews; it's a listening to, and a preservation of, the city's memories

Short interview recap

Original field recording · Sound plays only when you choose. A transcript was not provided on the original site.

Narrative preserved from my original field notebook.

Earlier website text — preserved in full
Independent Fieldwork-Liuzhou Last Page In Liuzhou’s old city, the riversides whisper, Huangzhu Alley carries stories, and the Dongmen Tower stands in silent witness. With camera and notebook in hand, together with my student team, I walk through lanes, pause by old walls, chat with square-dancing grandmas, exchange thoughts with out-of-town students, lean by street stalls listening to vendors’ tales. Through these conversations, I aim to capture memories that are gradually fading. This project aspires to be a bridge — not just sparking dialogue with younger generations, but honoring the terrain that holds these stories. It is more than interviews; it's a listening to, and a preservation of, the city's memories Short Interview recap Enjoy these photos of Liuzhou Contact E-mail: xiaoboge1109@gmail.com

THE VISUAL NOTEBOOK

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01 / 08 · Liuzhou · GuangxiThe illustrated title card of the Liuzhou field recording, with the Chinese characters 柳州 above a layered mountain landscape.
02 / 08 · Liuzhou · GuangxiA still from the field interview: a woman stands in a narrow lane while another person holds a phone toward her.
03 / 08 · Liuzhou · GuangxiA city street beside a long white building with arched ground-floor openings, with bicycles and cars passing.
04 / 08 · Liuzhou · GuangxiAn upward view between urban buildings toward a patch of blue sky.
05 / 08 · Liuzhou · GuangxiA person rides a scooter through a narrow street lined with older apartment buildings and parked vehicles.
06 / 08 · Liuzhou · GuangxiA narrow lane between aging buildings, with balconies and exposed brickwork.
07 / 08 · Liuzhou · GuangxiPedestrians pass a street corner and a blue crossing sign beside a covered sidewalk.
08 / 08 · Liuzhou · GuangxiA narrow flight of concrete steps climbs between close-set brick walls.

CONNECTED BY A QUESTION

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