Workshop on Oral History in Today’s World for Aspiring Oral Historians at Sambhaavnaa Institute, Palampur [July 1-5]: Register Now!

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Registrations are open for Workshop on Oral History in Today’s World for Aspiring Oral Historians at Sambhaavnaa Institute, Palampur on 1-5 July 2023.

About the Workshop

In the last few decades, oral history has captivated everyone’s attention. Through the pioneering work done by the likes of Ritu Menon, Urvashi Butalia, and K Lalita in India, oral history has emerged as a method through which individuated voices, hitherto unheard and unacknowledged, came to the forefront. It leads to, what can be called, the reconstruction of history, making the discipline far more accessible and democratic.

The method of research encourages one to interview people and secure evidence about the past. The methodological shift has had enduring impacts, for people from diverse backgrounds utilise oral history to rehearse, rethink, and reinvent the past.

We have scholars working on non-hegemonic, marginalized sections of our society, activists recording interviews of people involved in political movements, organizations preserving family histories, professionals archiving stories of people engaged in developing eminent institutions in India, museums curating oral histories of neighborhoods, so on and so forth.

There are two processes, however, intrinsically laced with oral history. First, oral history is the act of recording that evidently underscores its reconstructive agenda; second, it is also what the recording produces.

While aspiring oral historians record interviews, they often grapple with the second aspect. They remain unaware of the intersubjective dimension of interviews, the power dynamics in the interview process, the art of listening to one’s interviewees, the perils of framing the transcript, the interpretive conflict embedded in the narratives, the ethical responsibility of carrying people’s stories, and the politics of archiving the interviews.

Who can attend?

This workshop is ideal for students, scholars, activists, academics, professionals, writers, and aspiring historians.

Benefits

• Understand how an oral history is an empowering tool that highlights the voices from our society’s periphery and brings them to the center of our discussions.
• Explore the manner in which one can frame questions without suffering from a fixity of form.
• Develop a certain sensitivity to listen to the voices of the narrators attentively.
• Think through ways of imbibing body movements, tone, intonation, gesture, stutters, stammers, and silences permeated in the narratives.
• Examine the implications of conducting video and/or audio recordings.
• Comprehend how one’s subjective position needs to be negotiated to avoid interpretive conflicts.
• Acknowledge the politics of documenting and archiving the interviews.
• Be aware of the ethical responsibilities of having people as subjects of one’s research.

Registration

Interested candidates can register online via this page.

Fees

• Corporates – 10000
• FCRA-funded organizations – 8000
• For Indian-funded organizations– 6000
• For individuals and others – 5000

Date & Venue

1 to 5 July 2023, Sambhaavnaa Institute, VPO – Kandbari, Tehsil – Palampur, District – Kangra, PIN 176061, Himachal Pradesh.

Contact

WhatsApp or call: 889 422 7954 (between 10 am to 5 pm),
Email: programs[at]sambhaavnaa.org

Click here to view the official notification of Workshop on Oral History in Today’s World for Aspiring Oral Historians.

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