Daring to be different exhibition This exhibition will explore LGBT lives from the 1950s to the present, and will focus on the challenges that LGBT people have faced, as well as their contributions and achievements. Oral History Australia SA/NT workshop participants have been involved in developing the exhibition. Date: 1 May – 24 November 2019Time: 10 am – 5 pm
Workshop: Turning Oral History Interviews into a Prize-Winning Book Non-fiction author Kristin Weidenbach will share her tips and advice on how to incorporate interview material and oral accounts into book-length works of memoir, family history and biography. Using her Reed Family History Book Award winner Growing up Moonta as a guide, Kristin will discuss how to structure your story, how
A Studio in a Factory Town, documentary film showingDate: Tuesday 19th February Time: 10:00 am – 11:30 am (the film is approximately 60 minutes long, and there will be 30 minutes for questions afterwards) Place: University of South Australia, City West Campus, Building H6-12 (Hawke Building) All welcome. No need to RSVP. A Studio in a Factory Town tells about
Oral History Australia SA/NT is delighted to host a free public lecture to kick off our 40th anniversary celebrations. The lecture will be given by Professor Outi Fingerroos from the University of Jyväskylä in Finland on: Oral history and written sources: Oral history in Finland and Northern Europe. Date: Monday 18 February, 2019 Time: 4 – 5 pm (preceded by
Many people write other people’s stories: family historians, advocates wishing to be a voice for the voiceless, charity employees writing success stories to pull in donor dollars. What ethical questions arise when writing these kinds of stories, and how might one answer them? This workshop with May-Kuan Lim will examine ethical questions around representation and work through exercises in good
Rachel Harris will be the guest speaker at the Oral History Australia SA/NT AGM. Rachel is a third year PhD candidate at the University of Adelaide. Please join us to hear her speak about her oral history project on the lives of civilian women on South Australia’s home front during World War II. Date: 10 August 2018 Time: 2 –