IOHA Newsletter: Volume 15:1, 2007

Sydney

The variety of oral history projects discussed in Sydney was truly impressive, and amply demonstrated the vitality of oral history methodology. From large, well-funded institutional projects to small, self-supported individual efforts, people are recording and preserving a greater variety of oral testimony than ever before, and presenting it in highly creative forms. Some projects have sought to cut through the fog of memory to recover stories long suppressed or ignored, while others have tried to capture experiences almost immediately after they occurred, especially in the wake of a natural disaster or a political upheaval. Oral history projects have given voice to those left out of the official archives, let victims speak out, and confronted conventional wisdom. Read more...

From the President

It was a great honour to be elected President of the International Oral History Association at the tenth anniversary conference in Sydney, July 2006. This is my first newsletter report to the IOHA membership. I’ll tell you a little bit about myself and then outline some recent and prospective IOHA developments.

I believe that oral history illuminates the lived experience of forgotten pasts, brings rich pleasure and affirmation to the elderly and indeed anyone with a life story to tell, and creates histories that challenge silence and provoke social change. I conducted my first oral history interview in Melbourne in 1979 and since then have worked as an oral historian in Britain and Australia as a freelance interviewer and in academic and community projects. Read more...

World of WordsFuture Conferences and Meetings

SECOND INTERNATIONAL ORAL HISTORY CONFERENCE IN PANAMA
ORAL HISTORY ASSOCIATION (OHA) ANNUAL MEETING IN OAKLAND, CA. USA
E. N. BRANDT CONFERENCE USA
COMMUNITY ORAL HISTORY UK
INDIGENOUS LIVES AUSTRALIA
ANNUAL MEETTINGS OF THE AHOA AUSTRALIA

Face to Face Association´s Reports

Oral History Conference in Australia 2006
Reports from Argentina, Chile, Canada, Japan, USA, New Zealand, Portugal and South Africa.

From Page to Mouth Oral History Projects

Reports from Spain, USA, Lybia

From Mouth to Page Oral History Archives

Books, Journals

2008 IOHA International Conference FIFTEENTH ANNUAL IOHA CONFERENCE, 23-26 September 2008, Guadalajara, Mexico The IOHA has selected Guadalajara, Mexico for its next international meeting. The program committee is currently discussing the theme of the conference ... Read more...

Words and Silences WORDS AND SILENCES the journal of the IOHA, is seeking contributions for the 2007 issue on: Reviews of books, films, plays or other performances or exhibits that rely on oral history. Read more...