Find Your People: Dispatch about the 2017 Oral History Association Conference

November 7, 2017 Admin

From left to right: Jess Lamar Reece Holler, Kimber Thomas, Danielle Dulken, Rachel Gelfand and Fanny García after their workshop, "Orality, Affective Power, and Activism: Making Oral History Art" at the 2017 Oral History Association Annual Meeting … — From left to right: Jess Lamar Reece Holler, Kimber Thomas, Danielle Dulken, Rachel Gelfand and Fanny García after their workshop, "Orality, Affective Power, and Activism: Making Oral History Art" at the 2017 Oral History Association Annual Meeting in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

In this post OHMA alum Fanny Julissa García (2016) discusses her experience at the recent 2017 Oral History Association Conference in comparison to her first visit to the conference in 2016, and her collaboration on a panel about making oral history into art.

Belonging: How a Young Man Finds his Place in Examining Fragmented Space

October 24, 2017 Admin

In this post OHMA student Alissa Funderburk (2017-2018) introduces the second Future Voices Fellow, Desmond Austin Miller. Alissa recently conducted a one-on-one interview with Desmond to learn more about her classmate’s life, education, work, and research interests.

Knowing Your Place: Proving a Woman Belongs Everywhere She Can Make a Difference

October 24, 2017 Admin

In this post OHMA student Alissa Funderburk (2017-2018) introduces Future Voices Fellow, Lynn Lewis. Alissa recently sat down for a one-on-one interview at Lynn’s home. Below she uses Lynn’s life story and inspirations to understand her work and academic interests.

What We Talk About When We Talk About History

October 24, 2017 Admin

In this post, Rachel Unkovic, member of the 2016 cohort, talks about why oral historians have a unique role to play in amplifying and signal boosting marginalized voices to enable "history" and communal memory to be appropriately critiqued.

The Utopia of Europe

October 16, 2017 Admin

"lampedusa" (CC BY 2.0) by noborder network. — "lampedusa" (CC BY 2.0) by noborder network.

Alliance for Historical Dialogue and Accountability fellow Lura Limani reflects on what stories of migrants, as collected by Professor Luisa Passerini’s Bodies Across Borders in Europe project, can teach us about European identity.

The Identity of an Oral Historian

October 12, 2017 Admin

In this post, current OHMA student Shira Hudson reflects on how Mi’Jan Celie Tho-Biaz’s lecture inspired her to consider what it means to identify as an oral historian.

First, Take Care of Yourself Thoughts on Storytelling and Wellness

October 11, 2017 Admin

In this post, Robin Weinberg, member of the 2016 cohort, talks about how we, as story collectors, oral historians and engaged listeners, need to make sure we have an toolbox of techniques to take care of ourselves.

I Don’t Need to Be the Expert of All Those Other Things

October 9, 2017 Admin

Photo credit: Ali LapetinaShot onsite during 2017 Burnside Farm artist residency in Detroit, Michigan (with permission/gratitude to Kate Daughdrill, Burnside Farm founder). — Photo credit: Ali Lapetina
Shot onsite during 2017 Burnside Farm artist residency in Detroit, Michigan (with permission/gratitude to Kate Daughdrill, Burnside Farm founder).

In this post OHMA student Elly Kalfus (2017-2018) discusses how Mi’Jan Celie Tho-Biaz’s approach to designing and facilitating oral history storytelling events led her to a deeper understanding of the value of collaboration and humility.

Decolonizing the Academy through Collaboration

May 9, 2017 Admin

From the American Museum of Natural History, here is a photo of Tsukwani and George Hunt, two members of the clan who were in communication with anthropologist Franz Boas during his ethnographic study of the Kwakwaka’wakw. Courtesy of: http://www.fi… — From the American Museum of Natural History, here is a photo of Tsukwani and George Hunt, two members of the clan who were in communication with anthropologist Franz Boas during his ethnographic study of the Kwakwaka’wakw. Courtesy of: http://www.firstnations.eu/fisheries/kwakwakawakw-kwakiutl.htm.

In this post, OHMA student Dina M. Asfaha (2016) discusses how we can make meaning of and interrogate anthropology using oral history. This article is the final in a three-part series exploring Dr. Leslie Robertson’s recent OHMA Workshop Series lecture, “Devalued Subjectivities: Disciplines, Voices and Publics.”