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Projects of the Columbia Oral History M.A. Program

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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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Eating Asian: Listening to Asiatic Femininity in the Kitchen

October 25, 2023October 25, 2023 ohma

Eating Asian: Listening to Asiatic Femininity in the Kitchen Ariel Urim Chung My mom was a stay-at-home-mom. But the ‘stay-at-home’ part always felt inadequate, because she never stayed at 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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Finding Uncle Cesar

February 3, 2023February 3, 2023 ohma

Finding Uncle Cesar Tyler Brady After Angel learned of his long-estranged Uncle Cesar’s death to COVID-19, he was unable to locate his body. I spoke with Angel in early 2022 […]

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That Something Else (2014)

July 21, 2016September 17, 2016 ohma

“That Something Else”: Botkin, Portelli and Ellison on Democratic Pluralism and the Dialogical Encounter Benji de la Piedra, 2014 Featured project in the 2016 Thesis Showcase Series, “Oral History: From […]

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