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Australian Generations: Researching 20th Century Lives and Memories ORAL HISTORY IN THE DIGITAL AGE KEYNOTE ADDRESS Thursday 30 October State Library of Victoria, 6 – 7.30pm Life stories are everywhere in this digital age. What does it mean to do oral history in the digital age? What are the challenges and opportunities in creating, interpreting and producing digital oral history? US historian Michael Frisch is one of the most influential contributors to international developments in oral and public history: in the 1970s he led new interpretations of memory and history; in the 1980s he coined the notion of ‘shared authority’ to illuminate the oral history relationship; since the 1990s he has worked at the cutting edge of digital technologies for creating, sharing and interpreting recorded interviews. In this public lecture he will use the Australian Generations Oral History Project, a social history of twentieth century Australian lives and memories, as one example to explore the transformations of oral history in our digital age.

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Australian  Generations:  Researching  20th  Century  Lives  and  Memories  

 

 

ORAL  HISTORY  IN  THE  DIGITAL  AGE    

KEYNOTE  ADDRESS    Thursday  30  October  State  Library  of  Victoria,  6  –  7.30pm  

   Life   stories   are   everywhere   in   this   digital   age.   What   does   it   mean   to   do   oral  history  in  the  digital  age?  What  are  the  challenges  and  opportunities  in  creating,  interpreting  and  producing  digital  oral  history?  US  historian  Michael  Frisch  is  one  of   the   most   influential   contributors   to   international   developments  in   oral   and  public  history:  in  the  1970s  he  led  new  interpretations  of  memory  and  history;  in  the  1980s  he  coined  the  notion  of  ‘shared  authority’  to  illuminate  the  oral  history  relationship;   since   the   1990s   he   has   worked   at   the   cutting   edge   of   digital  technologies   for   creating,   sharing   and   interpreting   recorded   interviews.   In   this  public  lecture  he  will  use  the  Australian  Generations  Oral  History  Project,  a  social  history  of   twentieth   century  Australian   lives  and  memories,   as  one  example   to  explore  the  transformations  of  oral  history  in  our  digital  age.  

   

                             

   

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AUSTRALIAN  GENERATIONS:  RESEARCHING  20TH  CENTURY  LIVES  AND  MEMORIES  

 CONFERENCE  Friday  31  October  Monash  University,  Caulfield  Campus,  Building  H1.25,  8.50am  –  5pm  

PROGRAM  8.50  am     Registration  

9.15  am   Welcome  and  opening  remarks  9.30  –  10.45  am  

 Session  1    Kevin  Bradley  &  Anisa  Puri:  Making  digital  oral  history  Alistair  Thomson:  An  exploration  of  ‘generations’  in  Australian  contemporary  history  

10.45  -­‐  11.00  am   Morning  tea  11.00  –  12.15  pm   Session  2  

 Katie  Holmes:   Mental  health  in  20th  and  21st  century  Australia  Kerreen  Reiger:  Making  families:  change  and  continuity  in  20th  and  21st  century  Australia  

12.15  –  1.00  pm   Lunch  

1.00  –  2.15pm   Session  3    Seamus  O’Hanlon:  Cross-­‐cultural  relationships  in  20th  and  21st  century  Australia  Christina  Twomey:  Education  and  social  mobility  in  20th  and  21st  century  Australia  

2.15  -­‐  3.15  pm   Session  4    Panel  discussion:  Recording  and  Remembering:    

                                   Interviewing  and  Being  Interviewed  for  Australian  Generations  

3.15  –  3.45  pm   Afternoon  tea  

3.45  –  5.00  pm    

Session  5    Michelle  Rayner:  Making  radio  history  Respondent  and  closing  remarks  -­‐  Michael  Frisch  

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 SPEAKERS    

Michael  Frisch  is  Professor  of  History  &  American  Studies/  Senior  Research  Scholar  at  the  University  at  Buffalo,  SUNY.  He  is  an  American  social  and  urban  historian  involved  in  oral  and  public  history  projects,  often  in  collaboration  with  community  history  organizations,  museums,  and  documentary  filmmakers.  Frisch’s  publications  include  A  Shared  Authority:  Essays  on  the  Craft  and  Meaning  of  Oral  and  Public  History  (1990)  and  Portraits  in  Steel  (1993),  in  collaboration  with  documentary  photographer  Milton  Rogovin.  His  work  in  oral  history  applications  of  new  media  technology  has  been  developed  through  his  consulting  office,  The  Randforce  Associates,  LLC,  in  the  University  at  Buffalo’s  Technology  Incubator.  

 Alistair  Thomson  is  Project  Leader  of  the  Australian  Generations  Oral  History  Project,  Professor  of  History  and  Head  of  School  at  Monash  University.  His  research  and  teaching  explores  the  ways  in  which  different  kinds  of  life  story  evidence  can  illuminate  the  past  and  its  meanings  in  the  present  lives  of  individuals  and  society.  Alistair  writes  about  the  theory  and  method  of  oral  history  and  life  history  research,  including  research  involving  recorded  and  written  memory,  diaries  and  letters,  and  family  photographs.  His  recent  work  is  beginning  to  explore  the  opportunities  and  challenges  of  digital  (oral)  history.    Kevin  Bradley  is  currently  Senior  Curator  of  Research  Collection  and  Unpublished  Materials,  Curator  of  Oral  History  and  Folklore,  and  Director  of  Sound  Preservation.  His  previous  appointments  include  Sustainability  Advisor  on  the  Australian  Partnerships  for  Sustainable  Repositories  (APSR),  a  DEST-­‐funded  partnership,  Manager  of  the  Sound  Preservation  and  Technical  Services,  and  Acting  Director  of  Preservation  at  the  NLA.  He  is  currently  President  of  the  International  Association  of  Sound  and  Audio  Visual  Archives  (IASA)  and  Vice  Chair  of  the  Technical  Committee.  Kevin  held  the  title  of  President  of  the  Australasian  Sound  Recordings  Association  and  edited  numerous  editions  of  the  ASRA  journal  (2001-­‐2007).    Anisa  Puri  is  the  Project  Officer  of  the  Australian  Generations  Oral  History  Project.  Anisa  completed  a  Master  of  Public  History  at  Monash  in  2011.  She  has  worked  for  the  National  Library’s  Oral  History  and  Folklore  Summary  program  and  as  a  consulting  historian  for  a  Melbourne-­‐based  heritage  interpretation  company.  Anisa  is  the  joint  Events  and  Social  Media  Coordinator  of  Oral  History  Victoria  and  she  served  as  Treasurer  of  the  Professional  Historians  Association  (Vic)  from  2012  –  2013.  She  is  currently  working  on  an  anthology  using  interviews  from  the  Australian  Generations  collection.    Katie  Holmes  is  a  Professor  in  History  at  La  Trobe  University  and  previously  also  taught  in  the  Gender,  Sexuality  and  Diversity  program.  Katie  researches  broadly  in  twentieth  century  Australian  history,  specialising  in  the  uses  and  meanings  of  gardens  and  landscape,  environmental  history,  and  women’s  private  writings,  especially  in  letters  and  diaries.  She  is  the  lead  Chief  Investigator  on  the  ARC  Discovery  Project  ‘Changing  Landscapes,  Changing  People:  Australia’s  southern  mallee  lands,  1830-­‐2012’.  Katie  has  also  actively  researched  in  the  following  areas:  war;  sexuality;  feminism;  single  women;  and  the  experience  of  time.    Kerreen  Reiger  is  an  historical  and  health  sociologist  at  La  Trobe  University.  Her  published  work  has  explored  the  extension  of  technical  rationality  to  the  household  in  Australia,  maternity  reform  movements  in  post-­‐war  decades  and  the  relevance  of  critical  social  theory  to  relationships  in  health  care.  Recently,  her  research  has  focused  primarily  on  the  management  of  childbirth;  the  impact  of  new  public  management  on  health  services;  inter-­‐professional  relationships  in  hospital  workplaces;  policies  on  overseas  trained  health  workers;  and  public  participation  and  citizenship  claims  and  quality  improvement  strategies  in  health  care.    Seamus  O’Hanlon  is  an  Associate  Professor  in  History  at  Monash  University,  where  he  teaches  contemporary  urban  and  public  history.  He  is  the  author  of  Together  Apart:  Boarding  House,  Hostel  and  Flat  Life  in  Prewar  Melbourne  (2002),  Melbourne  Remade:  The  Inner  City  since  the  Seventies  (2010)  and  co-­‐editor  of  Go!  Melbourne  in  the  Sixties  (2005).  His  most  recent  book  is  Federation  Square  Melbourne:  The  First  Ten  Years  (2012).    

 

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Christina  Twomey  is  a  Professor  in  History  at  Monash  University.  She  is  the  author  of  A  History  of  Australia  (2011,  co-­‐authored  with  Mark  Peel),  Australia’s  Forgotten  Prisoners:  Civilians  Interned  by  the  Japanese  in  World  War  II  (2007)  and  Deserted  and  Destitute:  Motherhood,  Wife  Desertion  and  Colonial  Welfare  (2002).  Christina  has  also  published  widely  on  the  cultural  history  of  war,  with  a  focus  on  issues  of  imprisonment,  captivity,  witnessing,  the  photography  of  atrocity,  gender  and  memory.  Currently  an  ARC  Future  Fellow  (2012-­‐15),  Christina  is  researching  civilian  internment  and  concentration  policies  at  three  different  colonial  sites  in  the  late  nineteenth  century.    Nicole  Curby  has  recorded  23  interviews  for  the  Australian  Generations  Oral  History  Project,  and  has  presented  numerous  talks  and  papers  on  the  project.  She  has  conducted  historical  research  for  television  documentaries  and  worked  as  a  researcher  with  NSW  Native  Title  Service.  She  is  a  member  of  the  Professional  Historians  Association  (Vic)  and  Oral  History  Victoria.      Sarah  Rood  is  one  of  the  Directors  of  the  consultancy,  Way  Back  When.  In  her  career  as  a  professional  historian  she  has  experience  in  all  areas  of  public  history,  specialising  in  oral  and  digital  histories  and  exhibitions.  Sarah  has  a  particular  interest  in  giving  voice  to  the  past.  She  is  motivated  by  her  firm  belief  that  the  past  shapes  the  present  and  future,  and  enjoys  working  with  community  groups  to  record  and  document  their  stories.  Sarah  is  an  oral  history  interviewer  for  the  National  Library  of  Australia  and  has  been  involved  in  several  of  its  oral  history  projects.    Daniel  Berk  and  Ebony  Gulliver  were  interviewed  for  the  Australian  Generations  Oral  History  Project  and  will  be  participating  in  the  panel  discussion.    Michelle  Rayner  is  the  Executive  Producer  of  Hindsight,  in  the  Features  Unit  at  ABC  Radio  National.  Michelle  has  worked  across  many  forms  of  radio  broadcasting  at  ABC  Radio  National  –  from  science  through  to  performance  and  arts  programs.  She  has  also  worked  in  the  Features  and  Factual  Dept  at  BBC  Radio  4,  and  for  BBC  Radio  Scotland.  In  1999  she  won  the  NSW  Premier’s  History  Audio-­‐Visual  award  for  a  documentary  about  the  history  of  the  Blue  Mountains.  Michelle  has  been  involved  in  the  production  of  oral  history  based  radio  programs,  broadcast  on  Hindsight  and  Verbatim,  for  the  past  sixteen  years.