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APSA Oral History Project: Contributions by Scholars of Color Interview Series

Political Science Now

As part of an ongoing series examining Contributions of Scholars of Color , the APSA Diversity and Inclusion Department conducted a a second set of oral history interviews during the 2024 National Conference of Black Political Scientists (NCOBPS) Annual Meeting held in Los Angeles, California. He received his Ph.D. He has a BA.

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It’s Time to Replace “Prehistory” With “Deep History”

Sapiens

Researchers primarily applied this system to Eurasia and Africa, but other evolutionary frameworks have been applied not only to those regions but also to the Americas.) Instead, we advocate for “deep history.” Instead, we advocate for “deep history.” In the early 1900s, pioneering U.S.

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Oral History of Forgottonia: Building a Public History Project in Rural Western Illinois

NCHE

The gas station: “ Hey Joe, I heard you had a student doing some research about local mines in our community. These are just a few interactions I’ve had since my students and I shared our public history project, “The Oral History of Forgottonia.” He really needs to record an interview with my mom and dad.

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Decades Project for US History

Active History Teacher

I have tried several projects over the years: Oral History projects, “pick a topic from this year and research deeper”, Instagram summaries, etc. High interest due to student choice and topics Independent research means no direct teaching from you! Sound familiar? Benefits of a decades project? How does it work?

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Using Conversational Video

HistoryRewriter

This post will describe the importance of having secondary students engage in oral history projects and describe a new Artificial Intelligence technology StoryFile that can help students practice posing questions to pre-recorded conversational video without the heightened anxiety that comes with actually talking to a real person.

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Creating a curriculum with Black girls in mind 

The Hechinger Report

Many of Kaler-Jones’ students — most of them Black — weren’t taught about important Black figures or positive history lessons from a non-white perspective in school. When she discovered this, Kaler-Jones began weaving culturally responsive lesson plans into her dance classes. That initial entwining grew into a much larger project.

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From Theory to Praxis: Entrepreneurship as Resistance 

Anthropology News

Thankfully, we have records of past Afro-descendant entrepreneurs through both written and oral histories. As an anthropologist, I understand that reflection upon one’s positionality is an important part of the research and writing process. Turning one’s gaze south, the works of historian Michael L.