Veena Hampapur
Veena Hampapur received a B.A. in Anthropology from the University of California, Berkeley where she also minored in South Asia studies. She is currently a second year graduate student in the Anthropology Department at UCLA. Her research is focused on conceptions of citizenship and identity in the South Asian American diaspora.
Jyoti Keshavan's residence
1.5 hours
Jyoti Keshavan and Veena Hampapur
This interview is part of the South Asian Women in Los Angeles series. The women participating as interviewees are first generation South Asian immigrant women who lived or currently live in the greater Los Angeles area. Their stories contribute to a richer understanding of U.S. immigration and Los Angeles history.
Veena Hampapur prepared for the interviews by reading about the waves of South Asian immigration to the United States. As a graduate student in anthropology, she has conducted research on the South Asian diaspora in the United States which shaped the direction of her inquiries. Veena Hampapur gained access to the participants through her personal and academic networks. Before each interview, she reviewed her previous knowledge of the participant (if any) in order to tailor the interview for each woman's personal experiences.
The interviewer compiled the table of contents and interview history and supplied the spellings of proper nouns and complete names entered in brackets in the text. Keshavan did not review the transcript and therefore some proper names may remain unverified.
The transcript of this interview is a verbatim transcript of the audio recording. It was transcribed by a professional transcribing agency using a list of proper names and specialized terminology supplied by the interviewer. The interviewee was then given the opportunity to review the transcript in order to supply the missing or misspelled names and to verify the accuracy of the contents.
In some cases the audio recording may differ slightly from the transcript because the transcriptionist did not accurately transcribe what was said.
Records relating to the interview are located in the office of the UCLA Library's Center for Oral History Research.