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        <titleproper encodinganalog="title">Guide to the oral history interview with Gitanjali J. Hursh</titleproper>
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          <addressline>1200 SW Park Ave.</addressline>
          <addressline>Portland, OR 97205</addressline>
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      <abstract encodinganalog="5203_">Oral history interview with Gitanjali J. Hursh conducted by Elayna Yussen on April 15, 2019, for The Immigrant Story. Hursh discusses her career as a disc jockey as part of the duo DJ Anjali and the Incredible Kid.</abstract>
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      <p>Gift of The Immigrant Story, June 2021 (RL2021-057).</p>
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      <p>Gitanjali "Anju" Jacqueline Hursh, aka DJ Anjali, was born in Oregon City, Oregon, in 1973. During her childhood, her family moved frequently. She attended Portland State University. In 2000, she and her partner, Stephen Strausbaugh, formed the duo DJ Anjali and the Incredible Kid. Together, they founded the monthly ANDAZ dance party, which is the longest-running Desi dance party in the world.</p>
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      <p>Oral history interview with Gitanjali J. Hursh, by Elayna Yussen, SR 12306, Oregon Historical Society Research Library.</p>
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      <p>This oral history interview with Gitanjali J. Hursh was conducted by Elayna Yussen on April 15, 2019. The interview was recorded for The Immigrant Story, an organization that documents and archives the stories of immigrants and refugees in the United States. </p>
      <p>In this interview, Hursh discusses her family background and early life as a biracial second-generation Indian American. She also talks about her mother's immigration to the United States in 1973, as well as her mother's adjustment to life in the U.S. She talks about her family's frequent moves during her childhood, speaks about her early interest in music and dance, and discusses making friends in new schools. She speaks about her mother's life, career, and cultural background. She talks about her cultural and ethnic identity during her early life, and about connecting to her Indian cultural heritage in her 20s. She talks about studying art at Portland State University, and discusses working various jobs. She describes how she first got into being a DJ while helping to organize workers at Powell's Books into the ILWU Local 5 union. She speaks about her partnership with Stephen Strausbaugh to form the duo of DJ Anjali and the Incredible Kid; describes the music scene in Portland during the late 1990s and early 2000s; and talks about the enduring popularity of the duo's monthly Desi dance party, ANDAZ. She describes how the party has changed since its early days at the Fez Ballroom, talks about other dance parties that they play, and discusses her plans for the future. She closes the interview by discussing her involvement in the Portland Indian community, offering advice on negotiating wages, and talking about challenges she faced during her career.</p>
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      <p>Joint copyright for this interview is held by the Oregon Historical Society and The Immigrant Story. Use is allowed according to the following statement: In Copyright – Educational Use Permitted, <extref show="new" href="http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/1.0/" actuate="onrequest">http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/1.0/</extref></p>
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      <p>An article about Gitanjali J. Hursh, "Celebrating Identity Through Music" by Elayna Yussen, was based on this interview and published on The Immigrant Story website at <extref show="new" href="https://theimmigrantstory.org/celebrating/" actuate="onrequest">https://theimmigrantstory.org/celebrating/</extref>.</p>
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