Summer Institute in Oral History (Columbia University Oral History Research Office)

[Yoshie Furuhashi]

>Date:         Mon, 2 Apr 2001 21:53:23 -0400
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>Columbia University Oral History Research Office Summer Institute in
>Oral History
>
>The Columbia University Oral History Research Office Summer Institute in
>Oral History will be held this year from June 18 to June 29, 2001. This
>yearís topic is "Documenting Memories of Struggle and Resistance: Social
>Change and Social Memories". Faculty this year are: Alessandro Portelli,
>Leslie Brown, Anne Valk, Linda Shopes, Ann Cvetkovich, Steve Rowland,
>Josh Brown, Ted Bongiovanni, Ronald Grele, Mary Marshall Clark, and
>Alexander Freund.
>
>This yearís program will focus on the challenges and complexities of
>documenting memories of social and political change through interpreting
>ways in which individuals remember their participation in social
>movements, communities and long term political struggles. Faculty and
>seminar leaders will explore the uses of oral history method and theory
>to document and interpret social change and social conflict, looking at
>ways in which individual and social memory intersect and how individuals
>construct social narratives and historical explanations. Attention will
>be given to the debates in oral history over how group memories are
>formed, the interplay of individual and so-called collective memory, as
>well as the particular challenges of using oral history to document
>change in contemporary communities actively engaged in political and
>social movements.
>
>In addition to lectures, presentations and discussions on the themes of
>the Institute, we will offer intermediate level workshops on
>interviewing, developing community history projects and documentary
>methods for recording oral histories through sound and video.  The
>Summer Institute will also feature video and audio documentaries, and
>tour area museums and archives relevant to oral history and the
>particular themes of the Institute.
>
>Group participation and discussion will be a priority of the Institute,
>and fellows will be encouraged to share work in progress with faculty
>and each other.
>
>Please see the Columbia Oral History Office web page:
>
>http://www.columbia.edu/cu/libraries/indiv/oral/
>
>for full details, schedule, fees and application forms.
>
>Application deadline is May 1, 2001.
>
>Contact us:
>
>Mary Marshall Clark
>Oral History Research Office
>801 Butler Library, Box 20
>535 West 114th Street, MC 1129
>New York, NY 10027
>Phone: (212) 854-2273
>Fax: (212) 854-5378
>E-mail: mmc17 at columbia.edu
>
>Alexander Freund
>Oral History Research Office
>801 Butler Library, Box 20
>535 West 114th Street, MC 1129
>New York, NY 10027
>Phone: (212) 854-4012
>Fax: (212) 854-5378
>E-mail: alxfreund at aol.com