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by Susan Davis, workshop leader for Podcasting I and II offered at the OHA annual meeting in Minneapolis. For more information on registration, see OHA 2017.   Since February I have been to Armenia, Georgia, Sri Lanka, Morocco, Jamaica, Australia, Senegal and Mozambique to teach workshops on podcasting. Each of these countries, while in differing states

As we approach the annual meeting, the incoming president is preparing to make appointments to the Association’s standing committees. In an effort to ensure we are casting the widest net possible for potential committee members, this year the Committee Task Force is asking members to let us know if they might be interested in serving

by Sarah Loose Charlottesville. The Pulse. Charleston. Portland MAX attacks. Muslim Ban. Black Lives Matter. The Women’s March. Standing Rock. #Not1More Organizer Soya Jung coined a slogan for these times: hearts open, fists up.  For those of us who practice oral history, could we adapt that slogan for our own vocation? Hearts open, fists up,

In the wake of the violence this weekend in Charlottesville, Virginia, the leadership of the Oral History Association (OHA) joins its members in broad condemnation of the acts of hatred that took place there.  Since our founding over 50 years ago, OHA members have frequently been called upon to document the stories of those who

by Doug Boyd When I interviewed Don Ritchie on September 25, 2015, for the Nunn Center’s Interviewing the Interviewers oral history project, we spoke of many things regarding the history of the Oral History Association (https://kentuckyoralhistory.org/catalog/xt712j685w90). Among the many things discussed, Don recalled the debate regarding the OHA transition to the mail ballot for electing

By Kristine Navarro-McElhaney, Interim Executive Director  As you know, OHA is in transition and there are many changes on the horizon for the organization, from the editors for the Oral History Review to a new institutional home for our executive offices.  As we move forward, it is important for us to remember that our staff,

By Rachel Seidman, Program Committee Co-Chair  A century ago, Joe Gould, a bohemian from Greenwich Village, began writing down anything that anyone ever said to him, especially in Harlem. Gould, who coined the term “oral history,” founded an oral history association in the 1920s. He wrote an extraordinarily long book called The Oral History of

Because oral historians like to talk as well as listen, the 2017 OHA conference lineup includes plenty of informal gatherings: receptions sponsored by the International Committee and Committee on Diversity; a Presidential Reception at the Mill City Museum, site of a historic flour mill; a Newcomers Breakfast for first-time attendees; and a poster session and

  Oral historians—and would-be oral historians—attending the Oct. 4-8 annual OHA conference in Minneapolis will have a chance to brush up their skills or try something new at workshops scheduled for Wednesday (Oct. 4), Saturday (Oct. 7) and Sunday (Oct. 8). On Wednesday, attendees can learn how to create digital exhibits using oral history or

Three OHA conference sessions will examine the use of oral history in pursuit of social justice. Documenting Activism in the age of #BlackLivesMatter and Standing Rock is based on the premise that the simple act of documentation itself is a form of activism. A panel will examine how the smartphone and social media, which have

Continuing a tradition established in 1994, the Oral History Association recognizes exemplary oral history work with the following awards to be presented at the 2017 conference:   Article Award “Allan Nevins is Not My Grandfather: The Roots of Radical Oral History in the United States” Daniel R. Kerr   Book Award A Two-Spirit Journey: The

This year the International Committee received 14 International Scholarship applications from historians hoping to attend the annual meeting. Awards have been made to: Lorna Barton, Scotland Sophia Isajiw, Canada Hong Jiang, China Riikka Taavetti, Finland Last month we featured abstracts from Lorna Barton, Sophia Isjiw and Hong Jiang. This month we will feature the abstract