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January 2013
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Oral History Summer School
This immersive summer school serves as a rigorous introduction to the field of Oral History, in the beautiful Hudson Valley.
Oral History Summer School was established in Hudson, New York in 2012 to train an international group of writers, social workers, radio producers, artists, teachers, human rights workers, and undecided’s to make use of Oral History in their documentary and artistic...
WORKSHOP: Oral History Intensive 2013, June 3-10 →
Oral History Intensive Suzanne Snider June 3-10, 2013 Class size: 18 Fee: $825
Come all ye budding oral historians, radio documentarians, writers, filmmakers, media advocates, and photographers who wish to make of use of oral history in your practices. This immersive summer workshop is a rigorous introduction to the field of Oral History. Over the course of eight days, we will cover interview...
WORKSHOP: Building an Oral History Archive, June... →
Instructor: Sady Sullivan June 11 & 12 Class size: 20 Fee: $240
Long-term preservation plans are an integral part of collecting oral histories. Even if you have plans for present-day use, people 100 years from now want to hear your interviews. In this two-day workshop, Sady Sullivan will guide us in the art and science of building an oral history archive. She will discuss best...
WORKSHOP: Oral History and the Documentary Film,... →
Instructor: Laura Checkoway June 12 Class size: 15 Fee: $225
In this one-day intensive, filmmaker Laura Checkoway will discuss how she makes use of oral history in her documentary work. We’ll discuss camera angles, equipment choices, setup, ethical issues, release forms, and the strengths/limitations of video as a medium. What kinds of compromises are necessary when it comes to editing “footage”...
WORKSHOP: Interviewing Survivors of Complex... →
Instructor: Eugenie Mukeshimana Class size: 20 Fee: $225 Participants will explore the complex nature of trauma and how it affects the shape and experience of survivors’ narratives. How might such narratives serve as testimony, documentation, persuasive media, intervention, or as an opportunity for the narrator to integrate an experience of trauma into his/her larger life history?
Eugenie...
WORKSHOP: Oral History and Radio, June 14-17 →
Instructor: Michael Garofalo June 14-17 Class size: 12 Fee: $525
For those interested in bringing your oral histories to the airwaves, this four-day intensive workshop covers the fundamentals of radio storytelling, focusing primarily on the editing process that occurs after you have collected your interviews. Students will learn how to conceptualize and develop a story for radio, as...
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OHSS '13 Instructors
Suzanne Snider (Founder, Director, Instructor, Oral History Intensive) is a writer and oral historian. She has worked as an interviewer or consultant for Columbia University’s Center for Oral History, MoMA, Center for Reproductive Rights, the New York Academy of Medicine, HBO Productions, the Newtown Creek Community Health and Harms Narrative Project, the Brooklyn Arts Council, and the...
Materials
A large workshop packet will be provided, electronically, before your arrival in Hudson.
You should plan to bring a laptop to the workshop, for uploading audio and for listening to your peers’ audio. Please contact us, if this is not possible.
Although it is recommended that you bring something with which you can record, it is not required. Recording equipment can be shared and borrowed....
Questions
Please contact us at oralhistorysummerschool [at] gmail.com for more information
