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Remembering Roy After Gentrification

July 3, 2025 ohma

Bernadette Bisbing Remembering Roy After Gentrification is an oral history thesis about the separate and unequal experiences of people in Santa Fe, NM. On the one hand, it has the […]

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In Defense of Democracy: An Oral History Archive of the Israeli Democracy Protest Movement

July 3, 2025 ohma

Maya Gayer This thesis project documents and explores the Israeli Democracy Protest Movement through an oral history archive, containing over 20 interviews with its leading organizers. The movement emerged following […]

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Historical Writing and Historical Memory: Narrative and Memory Turns in Chinese and American Oral Historiography

July 3, 2025 ohma

Shuai Dang This thesis explores the changing role of oral history in writing history in China and the United States and its impact on historical memory. It mainly focuses on […]

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Embodied Storytelling: A Reality of Barriers to Abortion Access

July 3, 2025 ohma

Romy David This thesis explores the lived experiences of two women who were forced to travel out of their home state to access crucial abortion care, examining how personal narratives […]

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Seashores of Narratives: Collecting Conchs in the Intertwined Korean World

May 22, 2024 ohma

Seashores of Narratives: Collecting Conchs in the Intertwined Korean World Keren Piao The current English research on the Korean Diaspora, especially oral history projects, is based on Korean Americans 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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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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Umubano mu Bantu: Love Among People

February 17, 2023July 30, 2023 ohma

Umubano mu Bantu: Love Among People Ornella U. Baganizi During one of our interviews, I asked my father what his favorite song was. He answered, Umubano mu Bantu by Francois […]

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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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1984: Sikh Genocide

July 11, 2022 ohma

1984: Sikh Genocide By Harpal Singh This thesis work on the 1984: Sikh Genocide is the culmination of a focused and rigorous year-long effort to study the academic approach and […]

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The International Phenomenon of Freedom Colonies: the original resistance, the archetypal safe spaces

June 3, 2020June 5, 2020 ohma

The International Phenomenon of Freedom Colonies: the original resistance, the archetypal safe spaces By Darold Cuba Since the inception of Western colonialism, the targeted peoples escaped the terrorism of Racialized […]

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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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Failure to Materialize (2013)

July 20, 2016August 2, 2016 ohma

Failure to Materialize: An Oral History of Puente de Fierro, A Memorial that Never Was By Allison Corbett, 2013 Engage with the crowdfunded campaign on indiegogo.com Memoria Presente (the documentary […]

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