Check out the soundwalks project, “Growing up with Shanghai“.

From the About page:

“Growing Up With Shanghai” is a series of soundwalks with young Shanghainese who were born and raised during the rapid modernization of their city in the 1980s and 1990s. These recordings capture not only their most intimate memories of the locations where they grew up, but also the progress and growth Shanghai has undergone in the past 30 years. The current sounds of Shanghai can be heard behind the dialog and also serve as an audio document for future generations of Shanghainese. All dialogue is in Shanghainese or in their local dialect.

There’s also a book available with photos of some of the places talked about in the audio.

Good stuff. Go check it out.

Super busy these days, but here’s a clip to let you know I’m still alive.

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I can’t tell you much about this clip except that the conversation took place behind an abacus. At the time I was pretty confident that they were talking about money but with the bad recording and the time that’s passed since hearing it I’m now not so sure.

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More to come.

To answer the people who think the topics here get too technical/academic/stuffy:

Aww yeah. The Lion King in Shanghainese. Not the whole film, of course, but you get the idea.

I gotta say I’m a little sad that Scar sounds nothing like Jeremy Irons.

Update: Just found Aladdin, or at least 16 minutes of Aladdin. They even do one of the songs. Have a look.