Interviewing Historical Witnesses: Techniques
by H. Marcuse, UCSB, July 28, 2004 (workshop main page)
Slide01
title slide
Slide02
from Monday's talk
Slide03
goals and state standards
Slide04
interviewing guidelines
Slide05
Activity: pair off,
find an event ONE partner experienced firsthand,
do an interview
Slide05aExperiences
events participants did
Slide06
follow-up: how did participants on each side of the interview feel?
Slide07
summary of outcomes;
facts matter less, personal quality is unique
Note that witnesses neither know the "facts" reliably, nor do they "know" what those facts mean any better than others who study them.
Their unique contribution is the human dimension.
Slide09
4 main conclusions
Slide09aMaus
Illustration of conclusion 1
Slide09bTatoos
People with tatoos are human artifacts: illustration of conclusion 2 (hi-res)
Slide10
interviews are only good for one side of model of causes
see bottom row of "Causes"
Slide11
Useful follow-up: show where people were and how they move
I also presented 5 guidelines for bringing historical witnesses into the classroom.
They are summarized on the butcher paper from the Thursday brownbag.
snapshot of Marcuse

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