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Reframing Archives – Individuals & Imaginative Inventories

February 17, 2023 ohma

Reframing Archives – Individuals & Imaginative Inventories Dharini Chand We all tend to share a curated version of ourselves with the world. In doing so, the rest of us—our identity […]

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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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How We Learn Who We Are: An Oral History of Storytelling in Alcoholics Anonymous

August 24, 2021August 30, 2021 ohma

How We Learn Who We Are: An Oral History of Storytelling in Alcoholics Anonymous By Lily Doron Below are selected excerpts from Lily Doron’s OHMA thesis, How We Learn Who We […]

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The New Normal: Generational Understandings of the Aftermath of September 11, 2001 and to Today (2019)

February 14, 2019 ohma

The New Normal: Generational Understandings of the Aftermath of September 11, 2001 and to Today By Kyna Patel This thesis examines the experiences and understandings of Muslims and non-Muslims of Middle Eastern […]

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This I Wonder – Spiritual Journey of a Wondering Heart (2019)

February 3, 2019February 21, 2019 ohma

This I Wonder – Spiritual Journey of a Wondering Heart By Yiyi Zhang “This I Wonder” is a staged monologue on struggles and transformations along my spiritual journey with aural landscapes of […]

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Finding Fathers: Navigating Uncertainty in the Oral History Interview (2017)

September 25, 2018September 25, 2018 ohma

FINDING FATHERS: NAVIGATING UNCERTAINTY IN THE ORAL HISTORY INTERVIEW  By Emma Courtland, 2017 In his essay “Listen to Their Voices,” the former director of Columbia’s Center for Oral History Research, […]

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Stories of the Skin (2012)

July 19, 2016August 2, 2016 ohma

Stories of the Skin: Exploring Women’s Skin through Oral History By Ellen Brooks, 2012 Found in the Academic Commons The purpose of this oral history thesis is to examine women’s […]

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Wild Abandon (2011)

July 18, 2016August 2, 2016 ohma

Wild Abandon: A Documentation of Wyoming Lesbians By Katy Morris, 2011 Engage with the crowdfunded campaign on kickstarter.com Wild Abandon is sixty-minute documentary film that showcasing the complexities of rural […]

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The Half Life of Memory (2010)

July 17, 2016August 2, 2016 ohma

The Half Life of Memory By Lisa Polay, 2010 Found on halflifeofmemory.com via Wayback Machine The rapid recent advancement of technology and its subsequent impact on biological science affects oral […]

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