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    Introduction Virginia is an eighty-five-year women whom I met while doing my internship with the Alzheimer’s association this summer. We both share the same ambition about getting the word out about Alzheimer’s. She has been a volunteer with the association since 2003. Virginia takes life day by day and believes that in order to age successfully you need to stay active in the things you love and to also learn new things. Virginia was born and raised in downtown Chicago‚ a few blocks from Wrigley

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    “Can Oral History be Trusted” ? The 21st Century‚ a time we live in where nearly everything is documented. Whether it be written and put into archives or posted on Facebook. Things were much different in the early stage of man up until now. The cave people documented things by writing on walls‚ but can this be trusted? Even documents that have been written down cannot be trusted so can stories or myths have been written by people in their own diaries or in letters so loved ones be trusted? Essentially

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    of public history? When enrolling in HST 580 Professional Experience‚ I made the decision that I would complete my required 180 hours at my local historical society in Los Alamos‚ New Mexico. While completing my professional experience at the historical society‚ Heather McClenahan severed as my site mentor. Under Heather’s guidance‚ I began working on several projects that the society had been attempting to complete. These tasks included me assisting the society with their oral history project‚ training

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    For my oral history interview‚ I spoke to 59-year-old Douglas Cousino. He was born on May 11‚ 1957 and is a white American. Although I had thought of family and friends back in the United States that could potentially be helpful for a 60s interview‚ I realized I wanted a face-to-face conversation‚ not a video call. With a local face-to-face interview‚ I can observe a person’s body language and make better eye contact‚ while also having the practical flexibility regarding time zones and distance

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    Americas Fall 2010 Oral History Essay & Analysis On New York State Nurses’ Association (NYSNA) Professor Nicole Burrows In the late 1800s‚ oral history was the only way to pass stories down in order to preserve cultures and traditions. According to Encarta Word Dictionary‚ oral history is a written work of history based on interviews with or recordings of participants. It is one of the most traditional ways of retelling and learning history. For my oral history project‚ I interviewed

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    Once Upon A Time Gordimer

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    Upon a Time‚” written by Nadine Gordimer‚ is a story that tells about how people should embrace their community and that sometimes fears are more dangerous than their “enemies.” Gordimer’s bedtime story relayed her character’s fears for the outside world as well as her fears that by closing themselves in‚ they are more dangerous to themselves. The story within a story gives the reader more insight on Gordimer’s fears as well as common fears. The bedtime story that Gordimer uses to fall asleep is not

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    Jean Swette Oral History

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    Oral history Jean swette born in 1950 in Green bay wisconsin‚ A USA citizen her whole life even though her family was mainly from Belgium and Germany‚ but both of her parents were born and raised in green bay whom also gave birth to jean and her four other siblings Lynn‚ Pulie‚Pattie‚ and John. Some people may know Jean as a daughter‚ sister‚ mom‚ but most importantly‚ she is my grandmother.Though she was a realtor living in florida most of her life including now a lot went on in Jean’s life it

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    July’s People Ali Khoshnood Department of English Language and Translation‚ Islamic Azad University‚ Bandar Abbas branch‚ University boulevard‚ Nakhle Nakhoda intersection‚ Bandar Abbas‚ Hormozgan Province‚ Iran E-mail: thisali42@yahoo.com ABSTRACT Nadine Gordimer’s recurrent theme has been raising awareness about the unjust and discriminatory policy of Apartheid in South Africa. In one of her later novels‚ July’s People‚ she depicts the impact of an impromptu journey of a white family into their black

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    Throughout her career‚ the South African novelist Nadine Gordimer has wanted to explore the terrain where personal interests‚ desires and ambitions encounter (and‚ not rarely‚ contend with) the demands and trials of a politically active life. She has had a keen eye for the exceedingly precarious moral situation of her own kind - the privileged white intelligentsia that abhors apartheid‚ detests the exploitation of 25 million unfranchised‚ economically vulnerable citizens at the hands of five million

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    Nadine Gordimer’s nobel prize speech To sum up the speech‚ Nadine Gordimer is saying that humans as a species are natturally inquisitive and are constantly advancing. We always want the answer to all the questions. That we have evolved to communicate to find these answers quicker. Yet we may not be able to find these answers. This is where fantasy and myth can gives us the answers to compincate for the lack of the truth. They combine what is known and what we want to know. That writing and life

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