We’re live at the Transitions in Oral History Projects from Tape and Text to Digital Media panel with participants Claytee White, Joanne Goodwin, and Susan Resnik. The current Southwest organization President, Marcia Gallo, is chairing this SOHA session. What a fascinating group!
#tape #digital #projects #soha@oha
Visit the the Exhibit Hall to learn more about SOHA! Speak with Franklin Howard and receive news about our upcoming conference in Tempe, AZ April 27-29, 2017. Scholarships and mini-grant opportunities are available. He will also be participating in the Poster Session and Projects Bazaar on Saturday from 3-4pm. #oha #soha@oha #conference #exhibit #poster
SOHA Board meetings are always filled with laughter! We are all so excited to be in Long Beach. It’s a great year to celebrate oral history. #35yearsofSOHA #50yearsofOHA #longbeach
Safe travels to Long Beach OHA and SOHA friends! We look forward to seeing you at this year’s 50th conference! @ohassociation
They came to have their babies. They went home sterilized. The story of immigrant mothers who sued county doctors, the state, and the U.S. government after they were pushed into sterilizations while giving birth at the Los Angeles County-USC Medical Center during the 1960s and 70s. Led by an intrepid, 26-year-old Chicana lawyer and armed with hospital records secretly gathered by a whistle-blowing young doctor, the mothers faced public exposure and stood up to powerful institutions in the name of justice.
VIRGINIA ESPINO is a historian at the UCLA Center for Oral History Research, and has conducted oral histories with major figures in the Latina/o community. Her research on coercive sterilization at LACMC provided the basis for the documentary project. Her research was published Las Obreras: Chicana Politics of Work and Family, edited by Vicki L. Ruiz, and Latinas in the United States: A Historical Encyclopedia. She has served on the California Commission for Sex Equity, and the Los Angeles Chicano/Latino Education Committee. Visit www.nomasbebesmovie.com for more information.
With less than a month away from the OHA Conference, we hope you’ve had a chance to register to attend! Visit oralhistory.org/annual-meeting for more details. See you in Long Beach!
This is a great opportunity to learn about the basics of oral history. Be sure to RSVP soon since there are only 25 spaces available.
Join OHA for their conference Saturday Workshops. Please see www.oralhistory.org/annual-meeting for registration details.
**To receive a CEU, teachers must sign up for both Saturday workshops
In the Presence of the Past: An Introduction to Oral History Tools, Techniques and Methodology ($40)
8:30 to 12:00
Workshop Leader: Virginia Espino, Moon Canyon Films
Creating Brave Spaces for Oral History — Teacher Workshop ($5)
1:00 to 4:30
Workshop Leaders: Cliff Mayotte and Claire Keifer, Voice of Witness
In the Presence of the Past: An Introduction to Oral History Tools, Techniques and Methodology
Interested in rescuing lost histories? Thinking of staring an oral history project in your community? Do you want to conduct a family oral history but don’t know where to begin? This workshop is an introduction to oral history tools, techniques and methodology. It is intended for those new to the field and will begin with an overview of oral history and its multiple uses. The workshop will provide students with an introductory understanding of the methods for conducting oral history based on the best practices outlined by the Oral History Association and will cover the range of issues involved in preparing for and conducting a quality interview.
Topics to be discussed include:
Drawing up interview outlines and questions
Effective interviewing techniques
Legal and ethical concerns
Access and preservation
Creating Brave Spaces for Oral History — Teacher Workshop
(Registration for both Introduction to Oral History and Teacher Workshop is required for CEU)
Creating Brave Spaces for Oral History begins by exploring the question, “If you had a meaningful story to share with someone, what would you need to feel safe, to feel brave? This hands-on workshop for educators in academic and community settings offers a pedagogy developed by Voice of Witness that honors listening and resilience and reinforces oral history as a powerful mode of inquiry. Attendees will explore the nuances and complexities of creating and maintaining brave spaces during their oral history projects by receiving Common Core-aligned curricular resources, participating in small group discussions and activities, and by practicing and analyzing oral history interviews. From examining oral history through a lens of cultural norms, insider/outsider status, power dynamics, and representation, workshop facilitators will provide participants the tools to address the responsibilities connected to amplifying the unheard voices in their schools and communities.
Join us for the 50th Annual Meeting of the Oral History Association featuring the Southwest Oral History Association. The meeting is scheduled for October 12-16, 2016, at the Renaissance Long Beach Hotel in Long Beach, California. The theme is OHA@50: Traditions, Transitions, and Technologies from the Field. Register by August 15th for the early bird rate. See you in Long Beach! Visit oralhistory.org/annual-meeting for more details.
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