Telling the South's Stories: A Conference on Oral Histories
Saturday, January 22, 2005
8 a.m. - 5:15 p.m.
Sponsored by the Office of Outreach and the Center for the Study of Southern Culture
Schedule of Events |
| 8:00 |
Registration |
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| 9:00 a.m. |
Rediscovering Greenwood: A History Through Food, by Amy Evans |
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| 10:15 a.m. |
A Mississippi Project: Using Oral Histories in the Classroom, by Ann Ingam |
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| 11:30 a.m. |
The Color Line Project: From the Roots Up, by Annette Howell |
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| 12:30 |
Lunch break / Tour of the Key Ingredients Exhibit at the Powerhouse, including
an oral history exhibition on Sorority and Fraternity House Cooks from the Ole Miss campus
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| 1:45 p.m. |
Voices of the Baton Rouge Bus Boycott, by Jennifer Abraham |
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| 3 p.m. |
Workshop Sessions I and II
Annette Howell: Using oral histories as community action programs
Rosemary Oliphant: Using oral histories in the classrooms |
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| 4:15 p.m. |
Workshop Sessions III and IV
Jennifer Abraham: Conducting, preserving, and presenting oral histories
Bob Pekala: Exhibiting oral histories |
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| 5:30 p.m. |
Questions and Closing |
Speaker Biographies
Jennifer Abraham holds a masters degree and is currently the
Assistant Director of the Williams Center for Oral History at
Louisiana State University. She is responsible for public outreach
to train students, teachers, and researchers in the methods and
uses of oral history.
Amy Evans is Associate Director of the Southern Foodways Alliance's
Oral History Program. Originally from Houston, Texas, she holds
a BFA from the Maryland Institute College of Art and an MA
in Southern Studies from the University of Mississippi. Amy
is also an exhibiting artist, photography instructor at the
University of Mississippi, and one of the co-founders of PieceWorks, a
non-profit community arts and outreach organization based in Oxford.
Annette Howell is a graduate of the University of Mississippi with a
background in Political Science. Annette is project coordinator for the
William Winter Institute for Racial Reconciliation, and much of her work
focuses on how to mobilize and energize communities through the collection
of oral histories.
Bob Pekala is the exhibitions specialist for University Museums at
the University of Mississippi. He previously worked at the Fogg Art
Museum at Harvard University.
Rosemary Oliphant Ingam is the coordinator for the Secondary
Education Program at the University of Mississippi.
Registration Information
The registration fee for the conference is $50. Make all checks payable
to
the University of Mississippi. No refunds after January 15.
Center for Study of Southern Culture
For more information, call 662.816.2055 or e-mail
Marybeth@olemiss.edu
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