Geraldo Scala is a current OHMA student. In this post, he questions whether there is a place for oral history in jazz.
Read MoreMiguel Zenón and his caravan of conversations
Bud Kliment is a current OHMA student. In this post, he discusses Miguel Zenón's vision of the stories jazz can tell us.
Read MoreWhat Makes History Most Memorable?
Steven Palmer is a current OHMA student. In this post, he contemplates how history might be told best.
Read MoreEducation, Intersubjectivity, and Healing in Judith Sloan’s Yo! Miss and Crossing the BLVD
Pablo Baeza is a current OHMA student. In this post, he discusses education and intersubjectivity in Judith Sloan's multimedia oral history work.
Read MoreCreative Spaces of Justice
Fernanda Espinosa is a current OHMA student. In this post, she discusses oral history and language justice in artist Judith Sloan's work.
Read More"Oral History-ish": Interpretation in Judith Sloan’s Work
Christina Pae is a current OHMA student. In this post, she reflects on doing justice to our narrators in conducting oral history projects.
Read MoreNot Just Dots on a Map: Life Histories Alleviate Spatial Amnesia in San Francisco
Audrey Augenbraum is Outreach Coordinator for OHMA. In this post, she explores Anti-Eviction Mapping Project organizer Manissa Maharawal's idea of 'spatial amnesia' and engaging with public dialogues surrounding neighborhood change.
Read MoreThe Anti-Eviction Mapping Project’s Mural in Clarion Alley: Public-Facing Oral History Done Right
Mario Alvarez is a current OHMA student. In this post, he discusses the Anti-Eviction Mapping Project's multimedia approach as an example of effective public-facing oral history.
Read MoreThe Anti-Eviction Mapping Project: Combining Data & Narrative in Documenting Displacement
Meghan Valdes is a current OHMA student. In this post, she discusses the harmony between data visualization and oral history in Manissa Maharawal's presentation of the Anti-Eviction Mapping Project.
Read MoreYOU HUMANS...
Steven Puente is a current OHMA student. In this blog post, he discusses the importance of public facing work in oral history.
Read MoreThe Personal is Political
Kate Brenner is a current OHMA student. In this post, she reflects on the political nature of oral history.
Read MoreUsing Images -- The Universal Language?
Bill Smith is a current OHMA student. In this post, inspired by Dr. Ron Doel, he looks to image analysis as a tool for a deeper reading of oral histories.
Read MoreNever Turn off Your Tape Recorder: Stories I Skipped
Hongru Pan is a Master's candidate in the department of History at Columbia. Watch the full lecture on YouTube.
Read MoreSubversion: One of the Points of Oral History?
Jonathon Fairhead recounts a discussion between Professor Alessandro Portelli and students in the Columbia University Oral History Masters Program, 4 April, 2015. Watch the full lecture on YouTube.
Read MoreFOCUS OR DIGRESSION: The Oral History Interview
Lateef Rahaman is currently a research scholar doing his Global Internship in Digital Humanities, Columbia University. He is an information technology engineer from Kwara State University, Malete, Nigeria. He participated in the OHMA program in the Spring of 2015 as part of his training. Watch the full lecture on YouTube.
Read MoreBearing Witness to the Witness Seminar
Nicole JeanBaptiste is a current OHMA student. In this post, she compares the 'witness seminar' to the conventional one-on-one interview.
Read MoreDid You Listen?
Leonard Cox is a current OHMA student. In this post, he reflects on what it means to truly listen.
Read MoreThe Challenges of Informed Consent
Helen Gibb is a current OHMA student. In this post, she discusses the challenges associated with interviewing 'vulnerable populations.'
Read MoreAn illuminating account of tango as a transnational practice: a review of Kathy Davis’s Dancing Tango
DongKue Lee is a current OHMA student. In this post, he explores Kathy Davis' account of tango as a transnational practice.
Read MorePicture This: Ron Doel on the Importance of Looking Closely at the History of Science
Erica Zora Wrightson is a current OHMA student. In this post, she discusses Ron Doel's multidisciplinary approach to studying tensions in the documentation of the history of science.
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