Oral History Review (Winter-Spring 2011)
Oxford University Press has published the Winter-Spring Issue of Oral History Review. This journal is the official publication of Oral History Association in the US.
This journal is published two times a year and this issue is No.1 of Volume 38. Kimberly K. Porter from North Dakota University is the editor of this journal and a group of American academics work as editorial board.
Glenn Whitman as the guest editor of this issue writes in her introduction:
"In the thirteen years since The Oral History Review dedicated an entire issue to pedagogy, there has been an explosion in the number of projects and resources available to grade-to-graduate school educators and program leaders. This explosion was possible only because of three groups. First, courageous and innovative teachers who recognized the transformative potential of oral history as an educational methodology. Second, students who wanted authentic opportunities to be historians. Third, interviewees, who recognized that by sharing their stories they were not only providing a living perspective on history but also serving as teachers for each of our classes. In short, this special issue is about possibilities, those that arise when educators, their students, and interviewees collaborate to collect, preserve, and publish the memories of the celebrated and uncelebrated voices and experiences of the past."
In this issue we see 10 articles, 3 media reviews and 40 book reviews. The titles of the articles in this issue are as follow:
o Luther Zeigler
The Grace in Listening to Another's Story: A Theological Reflection on Oral History in the Classroom: A Homily for Veterans’ Day 2010
Oral History Review (2011) 38(1): 1-5
o Howard Levin
Authentic Doing: Student-Produced Web-Based Digital Video Oral Histories
Oral History Review (2011) 38(1): 6-33
o Abby Mills,
o Stephen Schechter,
o Shannon Lederer,
o and Robert Naeher
Global Stories of Citizenship: Oral History as Historical Inquiry and Civic Engagement
Oral History Review (2011) 38(1): 34-62
o Martha Norkunas
Teaching to Listen: Listening Exercises and Self-Reflexive Journals
Oral History Review (2011) 38(1): 63-108
o Jeremy Ball and
o Amy Lynn Wlodarski
The Black Liberation Mosaic: South Africa and Mississippi
Oral History Review (2011) 38(1): 109-119
o Stacey Zembrzycki,
o Erin Jessee,
o Eleanor Beattie,
o Audrey Bean,
o Mireille Landry,
o and Sandra Baines
Oral History and Adult Community Education: Notes from the Field
Oral History Review (2011) 38(1): 120-135
o Anne Valk,
o Amy Atticks,
o Rachael Binning,
o Elizabeth Manekin,
o Aliza Schiff,
o Reina Shibata,
o and Meghan Townes
Engaging Communities and Classrooms: Lessons from the Fox Point Oral History Project
Oral History Review (2011) 38(1): 136-157
o Gregory R. Zieren
Negotiating between Generations: A Decade of Experience Teaching Oral History
Oral History Review (2011) 38(1): 158-174
o Ruth Stewart Busby
Learning through Doing: Preservice Teacher Training in Historical Inquiry through Oral History Projects
Oral History Review (2011) 38(1): 175-184
o Mara Waldhorn
A Storyteller's Story: One Student's Journey
Oral History Review (2011) 38(1): 185-188
The point which is notable about this issue is the heavy presence of academics as writers and also team working for presenting an article.
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Tabas Fog
Ebham-e Tabas: Ramzgoshayi az ja’beh siah-e tahajom nezami Amrika (Tabas Fog: Decoding the Black Box of the U.S. Military Invasion) is the title of a recently published book by Shadab Asgari. After the Islamic Revolution, on November 4, 1979, students seized the US embassy in Tehran and a number of US diplomats were imprisoned. The US army carried out “Tabas Operation” or “Eagle’s Claw” in Iran on April 24, 1980, ostensibly to free these diplomats, but it failed.An Excerpt from the Memoirs of General Mohammad Jafar Asadi
As Operation Fath-ol-Mobin came to an end, the commanders gathered at the “Montazeran-e Shahadat” Base, thrilled by a huge and, to some extent, astonishing victory achieved in such a short time. They were already bracing themselves for the next battle. It is no exaggeration to say that this operation solidified an unprecedented friendship between the Army and IRGC commanders.A Selection from the Memoirs of Haj Hossein Yekta
The scorching cold breeze of the midnight made its way under my wet clothes and I shivered. The artillery fire did not stop. Ali Donyadideh and Hassan Moghimi were in front. The rest were behind us. So ruthlessly that it was as if we were on our own soil. Before we had even settled in at the three-way intersection of the Faw-Basra-Umm al-Qasr road, an Iraqi jeep appeared in front of us.Boycotting within prison
Here I remember something that breaks the continuity, and I have to say it because I may forget it later. In Evin Prison, due to the special position that we and our brothers held and our belief in following the line of Marja’eiyat [sources of emulation] and the Imam, we had many differences with the Mujahedin.
