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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