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Week
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Date
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Topics
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Assignments (due the day of class)
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1
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Jan 17
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Introduction
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Syllabus
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2
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Jan. 24
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First Oral History Workshop
Jim Crow in Virginia
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Journal Question: handout
Robert Parks, Oral History Reader, pp. ix-31.
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3
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Jan. 31
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First Documentary Photography workshop
Interviews to evaluate:
George Bush In Ireland
Jena 6 Police officer
Hugo Chavez by Barbara Walters
Civil Rights in the American South
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Reading: Valerie Yow, Recording Oral History, Ch. 2, 3; Parks, Oral History, ch. 10, 12
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4
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Feb. 7
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Ethics of oral history, part I (the interview)
Human Rights in Central America & Australia
Background on the 1920s Klan
Guatemalan testimonials Pt. I & Pt. II
Stolen Generation Interview Pt. 1 Pt. 2
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Journal Question: handout
Reading: Perks, Oral History, ch. 25, 38, 39
Release form
Brief Overview: Ethics
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5
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Feb. 14
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Second Oral History Workshop
Richard Nixon: Example of Narrator's Drive
Using pictures in an interview-WWII Vet at Treblinka
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Reading: Perks, Oral History, ch. 5, 14, 17, 20, 35
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6
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Feb. 21
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Oral History as Community Building
The Petersburg Civil Rights Oral History Project
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Journals due
First Interview needs to be completed
Reading: Perks, Oral History, ch. 36, 37, 40, 41
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7
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Feb. 28
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Ethics of Oral History, Part II (publication)
Stanford Prison Experiment
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Journal Assignment: Write an ethics statement for your project
Reading: Yow, Ch. 4, 5, 6, Perks, ch. 9, 21
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8
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Mar. 6
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Third Oral History/Multimedia Workshop
Voices of Petersburg
Civil Rights in Mississippi
Albany Civil Rights Museum
Civil Rights Movement Veterans Website
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Second Interview needs to be completed
Reading: Yow, Ch. 7, 8, 9; Perks, ch. 26, 31
Journal question
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9
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Mar. 20
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Class CANCELLED
Optional reading on TRANSCRIBING:
Baylor Univ. transcription guide (thorough & complete)
Summary of transcribing process |
Reading: Portelli, Battle of Valle Giulia, ch. 1-6 (part I) |
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10
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Mar. 27
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Oral History as Collective Memory, Internet Archive
Civil Rights Vets Memorial | Vietnam War Memorial | Berlin Holocaust Memorial | Hiroshima Peace Museum
What Becomes "Fact" Outfoxed Part I | Part II | Part III
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11
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Apr. 3
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Oral History as Political Activism
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Reading, Portelli, Ch. 12-16
Final Project Rubric
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12
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Apr. 10
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Editing Transcriptions
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Read Perks, Ch. 24, 32. Journal Question
Journals due.
You should be 2/3 of way finished transcriptions
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13
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Apr. 17
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Using Multiple sources and Corroboration
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Read Perks, Ch. 27
All 3 interview transcripts and tapes due. Final Project Rubric
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14
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Apr. 24
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Presenting Final Projects
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Final Presentation of Project
Final Project Rubric
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