May 1: The Social Hall: An Oral History Exhibit

WHEN:     Thursday, May 1, 5:00 to 8:00 p.m.

                 
WHERE:     Social Hall
                  Union Theological Seminary
                  3041 Broadway (at 121st Street)
                  New York, New York 10027

ADMISSION: Free
 
Columbia University’s Oral History Master Arts 2014 Cohort is proud to present “Social Hall,” an exhibition of complex projects that both challenge and advance the field of oral history. By considering multimedia applications and social presentations, we wish to introduce a new audience to the field and to share its significance in our world, both past and present.
 
“Social Hall” is made up of individual projects that address a wide range of topics, including Argentina’s struggle for memory in a post-dictatorship society, a woman’s journey from Fort Mojave Indian Tribe to Yale University, the explorations of a scrap diver, definition of community in Red Hook, Brooklyn, and a documentary on Black men during the era of Black Power and Black Nationalism. These projects are connected through their dependence on oral history and their engagement with living individuals, our narrators.  All projects in this exhibit were developed by OHMA students.