Publications

Rapport réalisé par Bronwen Low (Université McGill), Maryse Potvin (Université du Québec à Montréal) et Emmanuelle Sonntag (Université du Québec à Montréal)
Juin 2012

Ce rapport analyse l'utilisation d'histoires de vie de violations des droits humains dans des travaux réalisés par des étudiants de premier cycle en formation initiale des maîtres, dans le cadre de leur cours obligatoire portant l'"éducation interculturelle", les rapports ethniques et la diversité au Québec.

Written by
Nisha Sajnani, Warren Linds, Lisa Ndejuru, Alan Wong, and
Members of the Living Histories Ensemble

This is the story of the Bridge, an original interactive theatre form that brings audiences
and actors into a dialogical relationship marked by the principle of ‘‘shared authority’’
(Frisch xx) and relational aesthetic inquiry (Springgay, Irwin, and Kind). This form
emerged from the reflective practice of our troupe, the Living Histories Ensemble
(LHE)1, a socially-engaged improvisational theatre collective exploring the intersections

The Montreal Life Stories project is featured in this Canada's History Magazine article, written by Mark Abley. See below for a PDF version of the article.

This paper was written by Jessica Silva, as part of her Degree of Masters of Arts in History at Concordia University, in May 2009. In it she examines Rupert Bazambanza’s graphic novel, Sourire malgré tout: L’histoire du génocide au Rwanda.

Prepared by Liz Airton for the Life Stories in Education Working Group
The text below is taken from the document's introduction:

Wikipédia (consulté le 27 juillet 2009) définit ainsi cette nouvelle expression, pour laquelle il ne semble y avoir aucun équivalent français: "Digital storytelling" is an emerging term, one that arises from a grassroots movement that uses new digital tools to help ordinary people tell their own 'true stories' in a compelling and emotionally engaging form.” Bref, il s’agit de diffuser des récits de vie à l’aide de médias numériques.

Document développé par Marylin Bernard
Été 2009

Full Exposure 2009 is a participatory photography project for high school students from differing socio-economic backgrounds. It was developped by Gracia Jalea, a graduate student at Concordia University in Montreal, Quebec as part of her Master's thesis project.

This project will seek to examine the ways in which the class cultural values of society's ruling elite are consistently privileged in the secondary school system which often encourages students from less-privileged socio-econimic backgrounds to supress their class identities and experiences.

Written by Nancy Moniz Rebelo, the following report presents an analysis of resources collected from large scale projects and oral history centres located mainly in North America.

Ecrit par Nancy Muniz Rebelo, le rapport suivant présente une analyse des ressources réunies à partir de projets de grande ampleur et de centres d'histoire orale situés principalement en Amérique du Nord.

A New Open-Source Database Building Software for Oral History!

"Stories Matter is a new, open-source database building tool created by
oral historians for oral historians. In its current state, Stories Matter
is both Mac and PC-compatible. It allows for the archiving of digital
video and audio materials, enabling users to annotate, analyze, evaluate
and export materials, as well as tag, index, search, and browse within
interviews, sessions, and clips or across entire collections. The software
can be downloaded for free at www.stories-matter.com."

Dr. Chad Gaffield gave the keynote address for Canada 3.0, entitled "Canada as a Digital Nation in the 21st century: The Innovative Contributions of the Social Sciences and Humanities." In it, he mentions the Centre for Oral History and Digital Storytelling as well as the Life Stories Montreal project. Dowload and read a copy of his keynote address here.

Stay in touch with the Oral History and Performance Group's latest activities by checking out their monthly newsletter, "Dit-Elle."

Branchez-vous sur les activités du Group de travail Histoire orale et représentation artistique, en jetant un coup d'oeil sur leur infolettre mensuelle, "Dit-Elle."

This occasional paper, written by Gracia Jalea, is a case study describing and reflecting on the experiences shared in the Mapping Memories: Youth Media Workshop that took place from September to November 2008 at the Maison des jeunes Côte-des-Neiges. The study includes a descriptive account of the project and critically evaluates the successes and challenges faced by both the facilitators and the group, during this eight-week period.

Cette bibliographie, provenant du Groupe de travail Réfugiés Haïtiens, est une liste préliminaire d’ouvrages.

This bibliography, from the Haïti Working Group, is a preliminary list of works.

Afsaneh Hojabri, the former Training Coordinator on behalf of the Life Stories project, has written an occasional paper reflecting on the project's major achievements and challenges related to training and ethics in oral history.

Afsaneh Hojabri, l’ancienne coordonnatrice de formation du projet Histoires de vie, a écrit un article ponctuel réfléchissant aux accomplissements et aux défis du projet, qui sont liés à la formation et à l`éthique en histoire orale. (L’article est en anglais).