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Tidal Notes: A Critical Oral History of Asian and Asian/American Student Organizing at Barnard College and Columbia University, 1990s/2020s

May 22, 2024May 22, 2024 ohma

Tidal Notes: A Critical Oral History of Asian and Asian/American Student Organizing at Barnard College and Columbia University, 1990s/2020s Solby Lim Tidal Notes: A Critical Oral History of Asian and […]

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The Silence is Quiet/Loud and Un/Clear: Deriving Meaning from Intentional Silence

May 22, 2024May 22, 2024 ohma

The Silence is Quiet/Loud and Un/Clear: Deriving Meaning from Intentional Silence Rattana Bounsouaysana This paper and interview explores the testimonial of a Lao refugee who was displaced from his home […]

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Quality Assured: Auto Worker Stories from the Chrysler Newark, Delaware Assembly Plant

June 5, 2023June 5, 2023 ohma

Quality Assured: Auto Worker Stories from the Chrysler Newark, Delaware Assembly Plant Meave Sheehan This audio documentary highlights the perspectives of four former employees of the Chrysler auto factory in […]

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COLLAPSING TIME: INDIGENOUS STORYTELLERS AND THE ‘EVERYWHEN’

March 9, 2023 ohma

COLLAPSING TIME: INDIGENOUS STORYTELLERS AND THE ‘EVERYWHEN’ Bronte Gosper Too often, Indigenous voices encounter over-mystification, Indigenous testimonies are romanticized, and the ever-nodding head of (often well-meaning) non-indigenous listeners belabours our […]

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Purged out of Chinese Internet: An Oral History of Individuals Who Experienced “Digital Death” on Social Media

February 17, 2023 ohma

Purged out of Chinese Internet: An Oral History of Individuals Who Experienced “Digital Death” on Social Media Caiwei Chen As social media platforms become increasingly important sites for civic engagement […]

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Queer Florida: Speculative Southern Oral Histories

February 17, 2023 ohma

Queer Florida: Speculative Southern Oral Histories Han Powell Queer Florida is a multimedia oral history project documenting the stories of LGBTQ+ people who are making efforts to organize, create, and […]

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A Cute and Nice Oral History of Dave’s Lesbian Bar

February 17, 2023February 24, 2023 ohma

A Cute and Nice Oral History of Dave’s Lesbian Bar Kae Bara Kratcha A Cute and Nice Oral History of Dave’s Lesbian Bar follows the mutual aid origins of Astoria’s […]

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This Is Not My Beautiful House

February 17, 2023July 31, 2023 ohma

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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34th Avenue Oral History: Place-based Storytelling in Jackson Heights

February 17, 2023February 17, 2023 ohma

34th Avenue Oral History: Place-based Storytelling in Jackson Heights Bridget Bartolini This project tells the story of the 34th Avenue Open Street and what it means to people who use […]

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Roots of Silence: How Retracing My Family’s WWII Escape Routes and Bearing Witness to Their Breaking of Long-Held Silences Unexpectedly Led Me to Compassion, an Open Heart, and My Voice

February 17, 2023 ohma

Roots of Silence: How Retracing My Family’s WWII Escape Routes and Bearing Witness to Their Breaking of Long-Held Silences Unexpectedly Led Me to Compassion, an Open Heart, and My Voice […]

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The Queens Night Market Vendor Stories Oral History Project in 2020: Pandemic Pivots, Media Moments, and Narrator Care Questions

February 17, 2023February 24, 2023 ohma

The Queens Night Market Vendor Stories Oral History Project in 2020: Pandemic Pivots, Media Moments, and Narrator Care Questions Storm Garner In 2019, I cowrote a mass market cookbook-with-oral-histories in […]

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The Brick

February 3, 2023February 3, 2023 ohma

The Brick <deep inhale> Tamara Santibañez The brick occupies a singular role in the radical political imagination: not only as an object and tool, but also as a site and […]

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Pieno di Noi. Voices of Italian Lesbians in the second half of the 20th century

June 10, 2020June 10, 2020 ohma

Pieno di Noi. Voices of Italian Lesbians in the second half of the 20th century By Eleonora Anedda Pieno di Noi is the exploration of the lives of two Italian […]

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Fuerza: On finding inner strength to build our new normal

May 22, 2019 ohma

Fuerza: On finding inner strength to build our new normal By Nairy AbdELShafy   FUERZA is a reflective manual inspired by Puerto Rican oral history narratives of Hurricane María. It aims […]

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Healing: A Bridge with a View – Sexual Violence and Trauma Survivors’ Stories from Oral History Interviews (2019)

May 22, 2019February 17, 2020 ohma

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 […]

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Nueva York es La Frontera (2015)

July 22, 2016August 2, 2016 ohma

Nueva York es La Frontera Pablo Baeza, 2015 Found on nuevayorkeslafrontera.wordpress.com Nueva York es La Frontera is a multimedia documentary website showcasing the life stories of New York-based Latina immigrant […]

Interactive Exhibits

Listening Through Time and Place (2015)

July 22, 2016April 3, 2017 ohma

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 […]

Interactive Exhibits

Then, Now, Next (2014)

July 21, 2016September 7, 2016 ohma

Then, Now, Next: Oral History and Social Change By the 2014 OHMA Cohort, May 1, 2015 Co-Curated by Amy Starecheski, OHMA Associate Director & Helen Gibb, 2014 Check out the […]

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