Video Content
A collection of various oral histories, lectures, events, and marketing content I have recorded, edited, and published.
Turning Bullshit Into Fertilizer: Empowerment Narratives, Self-Definition and Sense-of-Place in Agriculture in the American South
An audio-visual oral history in four voices. Pam, Emily, Steve, and Melody narrate their life stories. Each in their own voice explores the intersection of agriculture, personal growth, embodied memories, and the weight of history. These stories are bound together not only by geography, or agriculture, but by the narrator's stories of personal and communal rebirth.
The Oral History of Melody
Organic Farmer Melody gives her oral history. Topic include: Texas, Organic Farming, Tomatoes, Skateboarding, Nutrition, Embodied Memories, Self Care, "Grounding", Intolerance, Community, and Aging.
Roots and Fruits of Activism in Washington Heights
Laura Altschuler, Sixto Medina, and Rob Snyder conduct a live oral history of the Washington Heights neighborhood of New York City as part of the Oral History and Public Dialogue series at Columbia University.
How to Sing Your Song
Jazz musician and artist Miguel Zenón and OHMA alumna Erica Wrightson present on the intersection of jazz, music, Puerto Rican culture and oral history in Zenón's album Identities Are Changeable. Part of the Oral History and Public Dialogue series at Columbia University.
The Oral History of Pam
New Orleans native and gardening extraordinaire Pam gives her oral history. Topics include: Agriculture, Louisiana History, Sugar Cane, Ecological Racism, Vacant and Blighted Properties, Community Building, Hurricane Katrina, Health, Vegetarianism, Embodied Memories, Intuitive Gardening, and Aging.
Cultural Dialogues: Building Bridges with Artistic Projects
Judith Sloan an educator, artist and Author of YO MISS! performs assorted oral histories she uses to educate children and adults alike on the multi-cultural wonder that is New York City. Part of the Oral History and Public Dialogue series at Columbia University.
GS Giving Day (Long Form) "Why I Give to GS"
Alumni from the School of General Studies at Columbia University tell us why they donate to GS, and what the school means to them. Recorded at the Giving Day event 2016. Celebrating Dean Awn's 20 years with the program.
This Muslim American Life
Professor, public intellectual and author of How Does It Feel To Be a Problem?, Moustafa Bayoumi, discusses the use of oral history in his book, This Muslim American Life with wit, humor, and first hand accounts of post 9/11 violence and surveillance in the Muslim community here. Part of the Oral History and Public Dialogue series at Columbia University.