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Projects of the Columbia Oral History M.A. Program

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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 […]

Thesis Projects

“Tell Me About That World”

August 24, 2021August 30, 2021 ohma

Speculative Archives + Black Feminist Listening Practices By Taylor Wilson Thompson “Tell Me About That World” is an oral history project exploring the organizing practices, critical political stories, and hoped-for-futures […]

Short Audio and Video Pieces

Angeline Butler

June 18, 2021January 14, 2022 ohma

Angeline Butler By Brandon Perdomo, 2021 Angeline Butler – Civil Rights activist, playwright, musician – recalls growing up in farmland of South Carolina and the influence her environment had on […]

Short Audio and Video Pieces

“My Ideal Place”: Towards a Speculative Archive for Community Care

March 19, 2021January 14, 2022 ohma

“My Ideal Place”: Towards a Speculative Archive for Community Care By Taylor Thompson, 2021 Community care practitioner and founder of NourishNYC, Tania Maree Giordani, describes an ideal place she intends […]

Short Audio and Video Pieces

Existential Cathexis: Patriotism (2015)

July 22, 2016August 2, 2016 ohma

Existential Cathexis: Patriotism By Geraldo Jay Scala, 2015 Listen to this edited audio piece through OHMA’s SoundCloud channel The following audio piece features Ed Shevlin, a robust, straight talking, tattooed […]

Interactive Exhibits

The Social Hall (2013)

July 20, 2016September 2, 2016 ohma

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 […]

Thesis Projects

A Country Between (2012)

July 19, 2016August 2, 2016 ohma

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 […]

Thesis Projects

Sandylore (2012)

July 19, 2016August 2, 2016 ohma

Sandylore: Folklore and Life Histories in Post-Sandy Brooklyn By Miriam Laytner, 2012 Found on atavist.com In 2012, I came home to New York to complete a master’s in oral history, […]

Thesis Projects

Ambiguous Borders (2012)

July 19, 2016August 2, 2016 ohma

Ambiguous Borders: Exploring the Definitions of Community in Red Hook, Brooklyn By Shannon Geis, 2012 Found in the Academic Commons Follow the audio walking tour on ambiguousborders.org Engage with the […]

Thesis Projects

Love: The Mix-Tape (2011)

July 18, 2016August 2, 2016 ohma

Love: The Mix-Tape, Love Stories of African-American Gay Elders Living in New York City By Lamar Lovelace, 2011 Found in the Academic Commons Listen to the audio documentary on sound4picturenyc.com […]

Thesis Projects

Grant’s Tomb (2009)

July 16, 2016August 2, 2016 ohma

Grant’s Tomb: An Oral History at a Commemorative Landscape By Sarah Dziedzic, 2009 Found in the Academic Commons Read more about this project on the OHMA Blog Grant‘s Tomb holds […]

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