A History Harvest Workshop will be held on Saturday, March 19, 2022, from 10:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at the T.B. Scott Free Library in the Community Room and also via Zoom.
The workshop will introduce participants to oral history, the art of oral history collection, and a History Harvest oral history interviewing technique designed to elicit stories from interview subjects. Such stories may include personal life challenges, family histories, business successes, local neighborhoods, and other topics. The program will be conducted by Dr. Arijit Sen, Associate Professor of Architecture at the University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee, and Dr. Chrissy Widmayer, Co-Director of the Wisconsin Humanities Community Powered Program.
Participants will learn how to use these techniques to facilitate History Harvest interviews with subjects of their choice, including family, friends, community residents, and even organizational staff.
RSVP’s are required. To attend, RSVP to John Greenwood at [email protected] or 715.218.0284 to indicate whether you wish to participate in-person or via the zoom meeting, and he will then share additional workshop materials with registered participants.