Photo Credit: ky_olsenThe October-November issue of Canada's History featured an interesting article titled "Guided by Voices" by Mark Abley. This article focused on the oral history practices, using Concordia University's Life Stories of Montrealers Displaces by War, Genocide, and Other Human Rights Violations project. (A great project that is well worth checking out if you're … Continue reading Oral History and the Act of Listening
Legends Project
The Legends Project began in 2002 as a small CBC initiative in Iqaluit, Nunavut to record, archive, and create radio dramas of the oral traditions of Inuit and First Nation communities in Canada. Eventually these oral stories and dramatizations were played on CBC Radio in both English and their original Indigenous language.Currently, the project has … Continue reading Legends Project
Intergration through tradition
Today's #reverb10 prompt was: Body integration. This year, when did you feel the most integrated with your body? Did you have a moment where there wasn't mind and body, but simply a cohesive YOU, alive and present?The moments this year where I have felt the most integrated have occurred since I started my new job. … Continue reading Intergration through tradition
Canadian Folk Music Heritage
My latest blog post on the value of Canadian folk music as heritage and the importance of preserving this form of oral history can be seen over at activehistory.ca