This Is Not My Beautiful House
This Is Not My Beautiful House Casey Dooley This Is Not My Beautiful House is an oral history of the life, death, and rebirth of a turn-of-the-century home. Buttressed by interests in […]
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Microphones & Brushes: An Exercise in Radical Engagement
Microphones & Brushes: An Exercise in Radical Engagement Sach Takayasu This thesis illustrates the narrator’s experience growing up in Japan during increasingly oppressive and dangerous times in the 1930s through […]
1984: Sikh Genocide
1984: Sikh Genocide By Harpal Singh This thesis work on the 1984: Sikh Genocide is the culmination of a focused and rigorous year-long effort to study the academic approach and […]
The International Phenomenon of Freedom Colonies: the original resistance, the archetypal safe spaces
The International Phenomenon of Freedom Colonies: the original resistance, the archetypal safe spaces By Darold Cuba Since the inception of Western colonialism, the targeted peoples escaped the terrorism of Racialized […]
Memoryscapes
Memoryscapes By Caroline Cunfer This thesis builds upon Luisa Passerini’s notion of a collective autobiography to explore my own experience living in Paris during the November 13, 2015 terrorist attacks […]
Uncertain Journeys
Uncertain Journeys By Carlin Liu Zia Uncertain Journeys is an oral history and epic poem documenting the life of Paul Zung Teh Zia, as told to and heard by his granddaughter, […]
“I’ll Fly Away”: A Genealogy of Maternal Loss and Leave-taking
“I’ll Fly Away”: A Genealogy of Maternal Loss and Leave-taking By Rozanne Gooding-Silverwood The over-medicalization of dying often renders family conversations about what constitutes a “good death” fraught with […]
Healing: A Bridge with a View – Sexual Violence and Trauma Survivors’ Stories from Oral History Interviews (2019)
Healing: A Bridge with a View – Sexual Violence and Trauma Survivors’ Stories from Oral History Interviews By Eunice Kim This thesis presents original stories from sexual violence and trauma […]
Listening Through Time and Place (2015)
Listening Through Time and Place: An Interactive Oral History Exhibit By the 2015 OHMA Cohort, April 28, 2016 Co-Curated by Amy Starecheski, OHMA Associate Director & Sara Jacobs, 2015 Check […]
Memory of a Boy Soldier (2015)
Memory of a Boy Soldier By Christina Pae, 2015 Listen to this edited audio piece through OHMA’s SoundCloud channel In this clip, my uncle, Kon Ho Cho, tells me about […]
Failure to Materialize (2013)
Failure to Materialize: An Oral History of Puente de Fierro, A Memorial that Never Was By Allison Corbett, 2013 Engage with the crowdfunded campaign on indiegogo.com Memoria Presente (the documentary […]
The Social Hall (2013)
The Social Hall: An Oral History Exhibit By the 2013 OHMA Cohort, May 1, 2014 Curated by Suzanne Snider, OHMA Fieldwork Instructor Check out the full event description on the […]
A Country Between (2012)
A Country Between: An Iranian American Journey By Kyana Moghadam, 2012 Found on acountrybetween.com A Country Between is a collection of life history interviews conducted with Iranian Americans, explored and retold […]
The Half Life of Memory (2010)
The Half Life of Memory By Lisa Polay, 2010 Found on halflifeofmemory.com via Wayback Machine The rapid recent advancement of technology and its subsequent impact on biological science affects oral […]