Aspiring and experienced oral history practitioners participate in a daylong event exploring the complexities of oral history projects and their community-based and institutional stakeholders.
The library and the Program for Community-Engaged Scholarship (ProCES) invite the public to a day focused on oral history methods and practices. Complete novices and experienced practitioners alike may expect to learn from panel presentations, small-group discussions, tabling opportunities and networking with other oral historians.
The opportunities for engagement are to proceed according to the following schedule.
10:30-11 a.m.: Registration and Coffee
11 a.m. to noon.: Panel, "Oral History 101: Community- and University-based Collaborations for Oral History Projects"
The first panel features students who were trained to conduct oral history interviews and then contributed to course-based projects. Attendees may expect to learn what worked, what didn't and what they wish they had known, as they started working with Oral History. Panelists include Zach Williamson, Noah Dorn and Annalisa Jenkins, who contributed to the "Voces de la Diaspora" Oral History project as part of a course offered through the Program for Community-Engaged Scholarship (ProCES) at Princeton University. Tania Boster, Director of the Program for Community-Engaged Scholarship (ProCES) will moderate the discussion.
Noon to p.m.: A complimentary lunch will be provided to registered attendees.
1-2 p.m.: Panel, "Public Library Partnerships for Sustainable Oral History Projects"
The second panel brings together speakers from public libraries across the state, to explore different models for advancing oral history projects through partnerships with public libraries. The libraries represented on the panel have supported local history projects through oral history or advanced community engagement through the practice of oral history. Featured speakers include Eric Zino, Director of the Haddonfield Public Library and Kathleen Melgar of the Asbury Park Public Library, as well as a third speaker to be announced.
2-2:30 p.m.: Break
2:30-3:30 p.m.: Simultaneous sessions devoted to different areas of practice.
3:30-4 p.m.: Networking and casual socializing.
4 p.m.: End of program.
Presented in partnership with the Program for Community-Engaged Scholarship (ProCES) and with support from the National Endowment for the Humanities: Any views, findings, conclusions or recommendations expressed in this programming do not necessarily represent those of the National Endowment for the Humanities.
AGE GROUP: | Adults |
EVENT TYPE: | Workshops & Classes | Lectures & Panels | Humanities | Education | *Registration Required |
TAGS: | NEH |
