SOHA Conference
March 31-April 3, 2011 in Little Tokyo, Los Angeles, CA
Schedule
Schedule for Thursday, March 31, 2011
| Elsewhere | Diskovery Center |
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| Early EveningSOHA Board Meeting | 9:00 – 5:15 pm
Digital Audio ProductionSusan Kitchens |
Workshop Schedule: Friday, April 1, 2011
| Church | Church | Church | Diskovery Center | |
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| 9:00 am – Noon |
Documenting Memories: An Introduction to Oral History TechniquesVirginia Espino |
Self-Publishing a Hardbound Book (With Color Photos)Randy Sakamoto |
From Transcript to Script to PerformanceJean Maria Arrigo, ammi kohn |
Digital Video ProductionRichard Kinney |
| Noon – 1:20 pm | Lunch | |||
| 1:30 – 3:15 pm |
Using Project Management for Successful ProjectsMarie Chung |
The Essentials of a Well-Recorded InterviewBob Wayne |
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| 3:30 – 5:15 pm |
Project Management for Community Oral History ProjectsNancy MacKay |
Alternative to Transcription: The Summary MethodDr. Kaye Briegel |
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| 5:30 – 6:15 pm | Reception | |||
| 6:15 – 8:00 pm | Film Screening: Who Killed Vincent Chin? by filmmaker Renee Tajima-Peña Also: two short films about Japanese Americans and WWII, Hogoz and The MIS: Bridge To A New Japan |
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Conference Schedule for Saturday, April 2, 2011
| JACCC | JACCC | JACCC | |
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| 9:00 – 10:30 am |
Land, Water and Environmental Activism in the SouthwestModerator: Dr. Kaye Breigal Paper Title: Into and Beyond the Museum: Using Multiple Media to Reach Multiple Audiences Presenter:Peter Friederici Paper Title: Environmental Activism in Los Angeles Presenter: Jane Collings Paper Title: There are Many Sides to a Story: Reconciling Disparate Remembrances of Complex Water Rights Negotiations in Arizona Presenter: Dan Killoren |
New Terrains in Oral HistoryModerator: Miguel Juarez Paper Title: Oral History as Alternative Narratives: Japanese Mexican Expulsion from the U.S./Mexico Borderlands Presenter: Dr. Selfa Chew Paper Title: Oral History as Art: From Mouth to Page, from Page to Stage Presenter: Ricardo Santhiago Paper Title: “Armed with Our Language, We Went to War/ Nihizaad béé nidahsiibaa’: The Navajo Code Talkers” Presenter:Laura Tohe |
Women’s Untold Stories: Food Production, Curriculum Building and the Apalacian DiasporaModerator: Julie Bartolotto Paper Title: “Culture, Cooking and Community: Eleni Kyrazis and the Houston Greek Festival” Presenter:Kristi Roberts Paper Title: “Powerful Women: Bringing the voices of Oklahoma women legislators to the classroom using oral ‘herstories’” Presenter: Latasha Wilson Paper Title: “Texturing the Urban Migration Experience: Appalachian Women Migrants in Chicago, 1955-1980” Presenter: Roger Guy, Ph.D. |
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| 10:45 am – 12:15 pm | Reconceptualizing the Past: The Poetics and Politics of Latina Oral History Moderator: Dr. Selfa Chew
Paper Title: Capturing the Lives of Arizona’s Depression-Era Latinas through Oral History Presenter: Chris Marin Paper Title: Protestantism and Community Empowerment in Post World War II Los Angeles Presenter: Virginia Espino Paper Title: Josefina Fierro and the Sleepy Lagoon Crusade, 1942-1945 Presenter: Carlos Larralde |
Keeping the Flow, Nature and the Built EnvironmentModerator: Phillip Holmes
Paper Title: Find It, Sort It, Compare It, Use It! Managing Multiple Interviews in an Oral History Project Presenter: Mary Gordon Paper Title: Voices from the Wilderness: Incorporating Oral History into National Park Service Planning Presenter: Alison Marie Steiner Paper Title: Biting Your Tongue When Teaching Oral History: The Route 66 Summer Field Studies Program and Student Learning Outcomes Presenter: John R. Mitrano, Ph.D. |
Oral Histories and ArchivesModerator: Stephanie George Paper Title: “What would you say, for the archives?” Mennonites and the Memory of Cesar Chavez Presenter: Janis Thiessen Paper Title: When Oral History and Archives Collide: The interplay between oral and documentary sources Presenter:Ashley Sherry Paper Title: Conversations with the Elderly Presenter: Barbara Tabach |
| 12:30 – 1:45 pm | Awards Luncheon / Silent Auction | ||
| 2:00 – 3:30 pm |
Celebrating School: Local and Global StoriesModerator: Anna Tivet Paper Title: A Celebration of Snow Mountain Technical School, Golok Tibet Presenters: John Crigler and Jean Maria Arrigo Paper Title: Southern California Story: Seeking the Better Life in Sierra Madre Presenters: Michele Zack, Jay Whitcraft, Louise Neiby, Amy Putnam |
Screening Oral Histories IModerator: Denise Sandoval Paper Title: Rough Cut: Challenges of Doing Oral History for Educational Television Presenter: Miguel Juarez Paper Title: From Oral History to a Documentary Film: the Making of Cassandro, El Exotico Presenter: Michael Ramos-Araizaga Paper Title: Howard Citizen: The Man and His Music Presenter: Sharon Donnan |
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| 3:45 – 5:15 pm |
The Bracero Oral History Project at CSU Channel IslandsModerator: José Alamillo, Presenters: Romelia Richman, Maria Salas, Jose Antonio Romero |
Visualizing Oral History: Theory and Practice in a Secondary School SettingModerator: Dr. Kenneth M. Edison Presenters: Dr. Edison, Mr. Rico and Ms. Swartz |
African American IdentityModerator: Claytee WhitePaper Title: Ancestry, Citizenship and Race on Indigenous Borderlands: Narratives of John Taylor and the “Black Ute ClanPaper Title: The Thornton Family: Self Identity and Place in Society
Presenter: Alva Stevenson Paper Title: The History of the Cosmos Club Presenter: Linden Beckford, Jr. |
| Various Locations In Los Angeles | |||
| 6:00 – ? | Affinity Group Dinners | ||
Conference Schedule for Sunday, April 3, 2011
| Miyako Hotel Conference Room | |
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| 8:00-9:00 am | Business Meeting and Continental Breakfast |
| 9:15 – 10:45 am | Performance by SOHA Oral History and Performance Group |
| 11:00 am — 12:30 pm | Closing PlenaryKeynote Speaker: Professor Horacio Roque-Ramirez, UCSB Chicano Studies Discussants: Dionne Espinoza |