Saving Underrepresented Voices: Failures & Successes of Diversity in Oral History

Matthew Coody, Executive Director, New York Preservation Archive Project

Proposal Type

Panel

Seeking
  • Seeking Additional Presenters
  • Seeking Specific Expertise
  • Seeking General Feedback and Interest
Related Topics
  • Inclusion
  • Oral History
  • Preservation
Abstract

We propose a panel discussion that explores the failures and successes of initiatives working to document underrepresented voices across America today. Read More

Public History and Hansen’s disease-related memories

Viviane Borges, Doutora, Universidade do Estado de Santa Catarina

Proposal Type

Panel

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  • Seeking General Feedback and Interest
Related Topics
  • Archives
  • Material Culture
  • Memory
  • Museums/Exhibits
  • Oral History
  • Preservation
Abstract

The project proposes two lines of action. The first focused on the identification and enrollment of objects related to the leprosarium history and the second on patients commitment to creating the memorial. Read More

Virginia’s First Lunch Counter Sit-in Demonstrations: Hampton Institute Students and the Dismantling of Jim Crow

Zachary McKiernan, Professor, Cuesta College

Proposal Type

Roundtable

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  • Seeking Additional Presenters
  • Seeking Specific Expertise
  • Seeking General Feedback and Interest
Related Topics
  • Civic Engagement
  • Memory
  • Oral History
Abstract

On February 10, 1960, students from Hampton Institute staged Virginia’s first lunch counter demonstrations; a movement that morphed into economic boycotts, picket lines, and voter registration drives.  Read More

Doing Public History in the Face of Community Resistance

Paul Ringel, Associate Professor of History, High Point University

Proposal Type

Structured Conversation

Seeking
  • Seeking Additional Presenters
  • Seeking Specific Expertise
  • Seeking General Feedback and Interest
Related Topics
  • Civic Engagement
  • Oral History
  • Teaching
Abstract

Our project on the history of a Jim Crow-era African-American high school in our home city of High Point, North Carolina has received tremendous support from some parts of the city’s black community. Read More

Stories from the Borderlands: Possibilities, Limitations, and Challenges of Oral History

Judith Perera, Ph.D. Candidate, Arizona State University

Proposal Type

Roundtable

Seeking
  • Seeking Additional Presenters
  • Seeking Specific Expertise
  • Seeking General Feedback and Interest
Related Topics
  • Inclusion
  • Oral History
  • Place
Abstract

The borderlands present a unique opportunity for exploration and documentation for the public historian. Read More