Growing the social fabric: an oral history presentation

Growing the social fabric: an oral history presentation

Growing the social fabric: an oral history presentation This oral history project – conducted from November 2018 to January 2019 – looks at the origin and current development of the Grow, Grow, Grow Your Own gardening workshop group, based in Unley.  The Group was established in 2012. Seven members of the coordinating committee were interviewed about the relevance of the

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Daring to be different exhibition

Daring to be different exhibition

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

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Turning Oral History Interviews into a Prize-Winning Book

Turning Oral History Interviews into a Prize-Winning Book

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

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Free documentary film showing: A Studio in a Factory Town

Free documentary film showing: A Studio in a Factory Town

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

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Free public lecture on oral history in Finland

Free public lecture on oral history in Finland

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

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Do you need an oral historian?

Do you need an oral historian?

Oral History Australia SA/NT has a directory of members who are able to undertake consultancy oral history work. The directory is available here.