HIST 371
Oral History: Theory, Methods and Practice
Spring 2016
Division II
This is not the current course catalog
Class Details
Oral history offers a powerful means to document history “from the bottom up,” filling gaps in the historical record and creating ways to make new community connections. Using a variety of texts, including transcripts and recorded interviews, students will consider what oral history offers as a source of information; how oral history is produced and analyzed; some of the legal, ethical, and methodological implications that researchers must consider; the impact of digital technologies on oral history; and the ways that memory, context, and identity shape the interview. The class will include a hands-on component and a group final project, giving students the chance to conduct, archive, and use interviews. The final project will focus on a topic related to local history such as the impact of industry and deindustrialization on northern Berkshire County. All students will be expected to complete several short research and writing assignments; travel off campus to conduct recorded interviews; submit written transcriptions; and participate in the final group project.
The Class:
Format: seminar
Limit: 18
Expected: 12-15
Class#: 4020
Grading: no pass/fail option, no fifth course option
Limit: 18
Expected: 12-15
Class#: 4020
Grading: no pass/fail option, no fifth course option
Requirements/Evaluation:
2 transcribed interviews, 2 short papers, participation, final group project; students must travel off campus to conduct two oral history interviews; interviews to be recorded, transcribed, and archived. Also short papers and final group project
Extra Info:
may not be taken on a pass/fail basis; not available for the fifth course option
Prerequisites:
none
Enrollment Preferences:
history majors, juniors
Distributions:
Division II
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HIST 371 - 01 (S) SEM Oral History
HIST 371 - 01 (S) SEM Oral HistoryDivision IIAnnie ValkMR 2:35 pm - 3:50 pm
Hollander 1404020
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