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Projects of the Columbia Oral History M.A. Program

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Desire On The Line:Oral Histories of Absence and Return

February 6, 2026February 18, 2026 ohma

Desire On The Line: Oral Histories of Absence and Return is a multimodal thesis on how people sustain attachment when bodies cannot be together. It centers on Humsafar, a listening […]

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Heirlooming: Rethinking Memory and Relationality through Embodiment and Collapsed Time 

February 6, 2026February 19, 2026 ohma

In this thesis, Hilary Seeley presents an intervention into the standard scholarly practice of oral history and an invitation to holistic memory work. Confronting the limitations and losses of the […]

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Memory Work & Shifting Lens: What Remembering Makes New (Methodological Statement & Reflection) 

February 6, 2026February 18, 2026 ohma

This thesis employs oral history methods to document the educational journey of the interviewer’s mother, contributing to a broader effort to recover and center often unrecorded stories of women’s lives […]

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LAKOU SEKRÈ // SAKRE

February 6, 2026February 18, 2026 ohma

LAKOU SEKRÈ // SAKRE is an altar to the queer Haitian experience in Brooklyn. The participatory, oral history installation is inspired by el secreto abierto, or the open secret ~ […]

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I am [not] your [m]other / I Am Your Nanny

July 11, 2022February 7, 2023 ohma

I am [not] your [m]other / I Am Your Nanny Courtney Scott I am [not] your [m]other / “I Am Your Nanny” is an oral history project about career nannies […]

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