OHRO Summer Summer Institute: Oral History, Advocacy and the Law, June 8 – June 22, 2008
The 2008 annual Summer Institute on Oral History, “Oral History, Advocacy and the Law,” will focus on the rich intersections between oral history, advocacy work and the law. Drawing upon themes that emerged from our 2007 Summer Institute on oral history and human rights, the 2008 institute will explore the parallel uses of oral history and legal testimony in the classical definition of advocacy as “finding and giving” voice. Relationships between human rights commissions, tribunals and oral history documentation will be explored – as well as specific uses of oral history in legal advocacy work in capital crimes proceedings, land claims work involving oral memory in indigenous communities and the documentation of vulnerable communities in transition generally. The Institute will also include presentations on the role of oral history in documenting legal reform work. Workshops will include training for interviewing vulnerable and traumatized families/communities, developing archives of cultural memory, and using digital technology to record and preserve interviews.
The deadline for applications is April 15, 2008. The tuition is $1,500. Housing is available at a reduced cost. For inquiries, please contact Mary Marshall Clark at 212-854-2273 or mmc17@columbia.edu.
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