New oral history interviews commissioned by the Greenwich Village Society for Historic Preservation are online!
Read MoreAlum Liza Zapol interviews to preserve Greenwich Village history
Narrator Frances Goldin, East Village
Education, 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 MoreDifficult Knowledge and Oral History Interviews: Traversing Emotional Landscapes in Post-Apartheid South Africa
Jonathon Fairhead is a current OHMA student. In this post, he reflects on navigating difficult knowledge for oral history interviews in post-apartheid South Africa.
Read MoreFramework & Soul: A Profile of Tauriq Jenkins, OHMA 2015
Erica Fugger is an OHMA alum and the Administrative Coordinator for OHMA. In this post, she profiles 2015-2016 Oral History Merit Scholarship recipient Tauriq Jenkins.
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 MoreFrom New York City to Oklahoma, OHMA to Anthropology
Miriam Laytner is an OHMA alum and a graduate student in Anthropology, studying stories of storms, drought and other severe weather events at the University of Oklahoma. In this post, she describes the transition from OHMA to a PhD program in Anthropology.
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 MoreThoughts on Pursuing a Career in Oral History
Jacob Horton '14 is an OHMA graduate and intern with the Nantucket Historical Association's library. In this post, he reflects on careers in the field of oral history.
Read MoreTalking About Love: documentary interview styles
Liz Strong is a current OHMA student. In this post, she looks at interview tactics in documentary film.
Read MoreHow to Get a Grant
Steven Puente is a current OHMA student. In this post, he describes his visit to the Foundation Center Library, located in New York City.
Read MoreThen, Now, Next: Photos from OHMA's Year-End Exhibition Event
On April 29, our Oral History Masters' students and faculty curated an immersive and impressive space for sharing the stories that they collected through their research this year. Check out the photos below!
Photos by Erica Fugger and Brian Buckley.
Read more about the event.
Never 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.
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