Amy Starecheski is Associate Director of OHMA. In this post, she reports back from an event jointly curated by OHMA, the New York Public Library and Columbia's Digital Humanities Center, in which oral historians tested a new transcript correction tool developed by NYPL Labs.
Read MoreAlumni News
Our alums continue to demonstrate oral history’s ability to enhance work in diverse fields. Check out these Fall 2015 updates on what some of them are up to.
Read MoreOral history invites us in
Audrey Augenbraum is the communications and outreach coordinator for OHMA, CCOHR, and INCITE. A native of New York City, she is constantly surprised by the important and oft-neglected facets of her community that OHMA students illuminate. In this post, she reflects on witnessing preparations for OHMA's April 29 year-end event, Then, Now, Next: Oral History and Social Change.
Read More[Workshop Reflection] Beyond the Archives: Oral History and Community Dialogue in Brooklyn
As an oral historian, I am committed to using my work to engage communities in the present. In keeping with this commitment, I would probably steer clear of institutions with names like “Brooklyn Historical Society.” However, the name Brooklyn Historical Society (BHS) belies the innovation and deep level of community engagement that this institution and its projects embody.
Read More[Workshop Reflection] Who’s listening?
Once upon a time, oral histories were recorded solely by researchers who tucked them away neatly into archives deemed for academic research; many were never heard from again. However, with the variety of technology available today, many former methods have been called into question so that valuable records may be fully utilized by historians as well as non-historians.
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