Oral History/Visual Ethnography Field School

JIM DOUGHERTY (WTURXXA@GROVE.IUP.EDU)
Mon, 18 Apr 1994 20:43:30 -0400

This project will expose participants to how working class
Americans in the northern Appalachian region strive to maintain
their lives within the context of a rapidly changing global
economy. Up to fifteen students will take part in a SIX CREDIT
graduate/undergraduate program that features one week of intense
classroom training at IUP and two weeks of supervised field work
in and around the community of Portage, a small rural coal mining
community in Cambria County (Pa.). The field school provides the
following: a site for enhancing oral history and visual
ethnography skills; an arena for connecting recognized national
scholars and students with local communities; a project which
investigates the neglected role of cultural diversity on our
national experience.

TUITION:

Undergraduate: Graduate:
In-State: $ 123.00 per cr. hour In-State: $ 164.00 per c.h.
Out-of-State $ 306.00 " " Out-of-State: $ 289.00 " "

ROOM AND BOARD:

On campus dormitory arrangements will be made through the IUP
Student Housing Office. Housing in Portage will be organized by
the coordinator. Individual or group off campus housing is also
permitted. Students will be expected to pay for their own board.

For more information contact: Sponsored by:

Jim Dougherty, Ph.D. - Provost & Vice President
Coordinator, for Academic Affairs, IUP
IUP Folklife Center - Dean of Humanities and
Department of History Social Sciences, IUP
IUP - Department of History, IUP
Indiana, Pa. 15705
Phone: 412 357-2436
Fax: 412 357-6478
e-mail wturxxa@IUP.edu






Oral History Institute Faculty:

MILDRED BEIK: is a lecturer of history at Emory University. She
is author of a forthcoming book on mine workers in the Somerset
County (Pa.) community of Windber. Ms. Beik received her Ph.D.
from Northern Illinois University.


ELIZABETH COCKE: is finishing a dissertation in liberal studies
at Emory University which focuses on coal miners in Cambria
County (Pa.) during the 1920s.


JIM DOUGHERTY: is an assistant professor of history and sociology
and coordinator of the IUP Folklife Center and its Oral History
and Visual Ethnography field school. He wrote and produced "The
Struggle for an American of Life: Coal Miners and Operators in
Central Pennsylvania," a one-hour video and associated curriculum
guide. Mr. Dougherty received his Ph.D. in American Studies from
SUNY-Buffalo.


LARRY EVANS: is coordinator of a oral history project on steel
workers and residents of the former steel mill communities in the
Mon Valley near Pittsburgh. Mr. Evans has produced numerous
video documentaries related to oral history and labor unions.
His video on Ukrainian coal miners will be shown and discussed
during the field school. Mr. Evans holds a M.A. degree in Labor
Studies from Rutgers University.


JIM HARRIS: is an instructor of photography at IUP and a
documentary photographer. He has produced a number photographic
exhibitions for America's Industrial Heritage Project and is
currently compiling a booklet and exhibition on the industrial
heritage of the northern Appalachian region for the Pennsylvania
Council for the Arts.


JOHN HINSHAW: is finishing a dissertation in history at Carnegie-
Mellon University on the subject of steelworkers and civil rights
in the Pittsburgh region, 1930s to 1970s.


ELIZABETH JONES: is a professor of history at California
University of Pennsylvania (CUP). She is currently working on a
oral history of women workers during WWII.


IRWIN MARCUS: received his Ph.D. in American History from Lehigh
University and a professor of history at IUP. A specialist in
working class history, most of his research and publications have
focused on steel workers in Homestead and mine workers in the
northern bituminous coal fields of Pennsylvania. He is co-editor
with Edward Gondolf and Jim Dougherty of THE GLOBAL ECONOMY:
Divergent Perspectives on Economic Change, Westview Press, 1986.



CARL RAHKONEN: is a assistant professor of library science and
coordinator of IUP's music library. Mr. Rahkonen received his
Ph.D. from Indiana University-Bloomington with a focus on
ethnomusciology. He is currently conducting research on
ethnicity and music in central/western Pennsylvania.


LINDA SHOPES: is an associated historian in the Bureau of
Archives and History at the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum
Commission (PHMC). She has written, lectured, and consulted
widely on the subjects of oral and community history. Currently
she is cocontributing editor for oral history to the JOURNAL OF
AMERICAN HISTORY and a member of the executive council of the
Oral History Association. She is also an editor of The Baltimore
Book: New Views of Local History and editor of a special issue of
PENNSYLVANIA HISTORY which focuses on the development of oral
history in Pennsylvania.


THE 1994 ORAL HISTORY/VISUAL ETHNOGRAPHY INSTITUTE
AGENDA/SPEAKERS
(AS OF 4/18/94)
Monday, June 20th:

Morning Program:
- orientation
- registration
- housing
- meals


11:45 am - 1:00 pm
Lunch

Program #1: 1:00 pm - 1:45 pm
"Industrial Heritage of Central &
Western Pennsylvania: an overview"
Dr. Irwin Marcus, Professor of
U.S. History, IUP

1:45 pm - 2:15 pm
Questions & Answers

2:15 pm - 3:45 pm
Video Presentation:
"The Struggle For An American Way
of Life: Coal Miners and Operators
in Central Pa., 1919-1933"
Practicum & Discussion led by
Dr. Marcus

4:00 pm
Dinner



Tuesday, June 21st:

Program #2: 9:00 am - 9:45 am
"Oral History and Community:
The Case of Windber"
Dr. Millie Beik
Lecturer, Emory University

9:45 am - 10:15 am
Questions & Answers

10:15 am - 10:45 am
Intermission

10:45 am - 11:45 am
Practicum and Discussion
led by Dr. Beik

11:45 am - 1:00 pm
Lunch

Program #3: 1:00 pm - 1:45 pm
"Oral History and African American Steel
Workers: The Case of the Mon Valley"
Field"

John Hinshaw, ABD, Department of History
Carnegie Mellon University

1:45 pm - 2:15 pm
Questions & Answers

2:15 pm - 2:45 pm
Practicum & Discussion
led by Mr. Hinshaw

4:00 pm
Dinner


Wednesday, June 22nd:

Program #4: 9:00 am - 9:45 am
"Gender and Oral History"
Dr. Linda Shopes, Historian
Pennsylvania Historical Museum
Commission


9:45 am - 10:15 am
Questions & Answers

10:15 am - 10:45 am
Intermission

10:45 am - 11:45 am
Practicum and Discussion
led by Dr. Shopes

11:45 am - 1:00 pm
Lunch

Program #5: 1:00 pm - 1:45 pm
"Oral History & Gender: The Case
of Women Workers During WWII"
Elizabeth Jones, Department of
History, California University
of Pa.

1:45 pm - 2:15 pm
Questions & Answers

2:15 pm - 2:45 pm
Intermission

2:45 pm - 3:45 pm
Practicum & Discussion
led by Ms. Jones

Thursday, June 23rd:

Program #6: 9:00 am - 9:45 am
"Ethnomusicology & Northern
Appalachia"
Dr. Carl Rahkonen
Associate Music Librarian
IUP

9:45 am - 10:15 am
Questions & Answers

10:15 am - 10:45 am
Intermission


10:45 am - 11:45 am
Practicum & Discussion
led by Dr. Rahkonen

11:45 am - 1:00 pm
Lunch

Program #7: 1:00 pm - 1:45 pm
"Popular Culture and Oral History"
Elizabeth Cocke, ABD, Liberal
Arts, Emory University

1:45 pm - 2:15 pm
Questions & Answers

2:15 pm - 2:45 pm
Intermission

2:45 pm - 3:45 pm
Practicum & Discussion
led by Ms. Cocke


Friday, June 24th:

Program #9: 9:00 am - 9:45 am
"Photography & Oral History"
Jim Harris, Instructor of
Photography, IUP

9:45 am - 10:15 am
Questions & Answers

10:45 am - 11:45 am
Practicum & Discussion

11:45 am - 1:00 pm
Lunch

Program #10: 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Crossing International Borders:
Oral History and the making of
a video documentary,
The Case of Ukrainian Mine Workers
Mr. Larry Evans

2:00 pm - 2:30 pm
Questions & Answers

2:15 pm - 2:45 pm
Intermission

Program #11: 2:45 pm - 3:45 pm
"The Mechanics of the Interview:
Making a Audio & Video Recording
Jim Dougherty

4:00 pm
Dinner


END OF WEEK #1

June 27 - July 8
Field Work in and around Portage Pa.

NOTE: The IUP Field School Office will be established on the 2nd
floor of the Portage area Historical Society building.