Category: Public History Matters

The Social Voice Project is mentioned in the chapter, “Oral History for the Twenty-First Century,” alongside StoryCorps (Library of Congress, National Public Radio) and the internationally acclaimed Memoro Project as a significant public history program that captures, preserves, and shares the voices and stories of our local communities. In reaction, we respond: “TSVP began as […]

Listen to the stories and voices of our time. What people know and care about history is in our hands. This is why our work matters as public historians. For many years it’s been my stock explanation that we oral historians “capture, preserve, and share” the stories and voices of our time. We do this, […]