Instructors: Suzanne Snider with guest instructor Todd Shalom
Location: Solaris, 360 Warren Street, Hudson, New York
Tuition: $1375 + $25 materials fee

Come all ye budding oral historians, artists, advocates, and researchers who wish to make of use of oral history in your practices. This immersive summer workshop is a rigorous introduction to the field of Oral History. Over the course of twelve days, we’ll cover interview techniques, project design, recording tutorials, and ethics, along with special topics related to the field. This is a great opportunity to jump-start a project in a supportive environment, or to get this training under your belt for future projects with the benefit of deadlines and critique. Participants will be conducting interviews throughout the week. No experience necessary. This year's workshop will include special sessions on .......Read More

Instructors: Suzanne Snider with guest instructors Ry Garcia-Sampson and Daniel Cogan. Additional collaborators tba
Location: Solaris, 360 Warren Street, Hudson, New York
Tuition: $1500*

Come all ye budding oral historians, artists, advocates, and researchers who wish to make of use of oral history in your practices. This immersive summer workshop is a rigorous introduction to the field of Oral History. Over the course of twelve days, we’ll cover interview techniques, project design, recording tutorials, and ethics, along with special topics related to the field. This is a great opportunity to jump-start a project in a supportive environment, or to get this training under your belt for future projects with the benefit of deadlines and critique. Participants will be conducting interviews throughout the week. No experience necessary. This year's workshop will include special sessions on 'Oral History & Care,' as led by MD/MPH candidate Ry Garcia-Sampson (Improving Health and Healthcare: A Trans Oral History Project) and Palliative Care.......Read More

This two-part workshop covers the fundamental theories and practices of oral history through mini-presentations, exercises and group discussion. Woven into our topical discussions––of ethics, motives, power, individual/collective memory and trauma––will be instruction on Project Design and methodology, including technical tutorials around recording and preserving interviews. We will discuss oral history as a possible form of ....Read More