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Am 28.11.25 beschäftigen wir uns bei "Sammlung trifft Forschung" mit #oralhistory . In den nächsten Wochen geben wir Einblicke in das Programm.

Im Intro-Panel sprechen Marten Weise und Julia Wehren (Universität Bern/@SAPA@info.performing-arts.ch) mit Christiane Schwerdtfeger (FID DK) über Interviewprozesse, Co-Autor:innenschaft & Herausforderungen bei der Arbeit mit mündlichen Quellen.

💡Das gesamte Programm: https://www.performing-arts.eu/about/projects/sammlung-trifft-forschung-2025/
👉 Zur Anmeldung: https://forms.gle/iL7djKwQGcNAkkbEA

Lidia holds a photo of her younger self. She says: ‘Look how beautiful I was. Nothing is left, nothing.’

She was born in Mariupol. Her father rebuilt the Azovstal factory after WWII. Today, after Russia’s invasion, she says there’s nothing left to rebuild.

From an interview I did recently in Bat Yam, Israel.

#FamilyHistory #OralHistory #Mariupol #Storytelling #youngerself #legacyportrait #documentaryphotography #photography

The Story of DOGE, as Told by Federal Workers

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.wired.com/story/oral-history-doge-federal-workers/

CT Post: Connecticut libraries join UConn’s My Towns My Story project to preserve community history. “The University of Connecticut Library Connecticut Digital Archive My Town My Story initiative, supported by the Connecticut Humanities, offers libraries a landing page where state residents and community groups can upload their photographs, videos, documents and audio recordings to help form a […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/09/18/ct-post-connecticut-libraries-join-uconns-my-towns-my-story-project-to-preserve-community-history/

Cornell University: Holocaust testimony is AI litmus test, and it fails. “When Cornell historian Jan Burzlaff asked ChatGPT to summarize the testimony of Luisa D., a seven-year-old Holocaust survivor, the AI tool left out the detail that her mother cut her own finger to give her dying child drops of blood – ‘the faintest trace of moisture’ – to stay alive. That omission, Burzlaff said, […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/09/18/cornell-university-holocaust-testimony-is-ai-litmus-test-and-it-fails/

New on NOTCHES 🚻✨

“Dolled up to the nines to go to a flippin' public toilet!”: Cruising in Belfast During the Troubles by Niall Herron.

How did queer cruising unfold during the Troubles, and what can it teach us about sexuality, space, and conflict?

Read the full feature here: https://wp.me/p6JJ6S-4Pq

#LGBTQHistory #OralHistory #TheTroubles #QueerHistory #SexualityAndSpace #IrishStudies #NorthernIreland #Cruising