{"id":24871,"date":"2025-12-18T17:19:12","date_gmt":"2025-12-18T22:19:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/storytelling.concordia.ca\/?post_type=tribe_events&#038;p=24871"},"modified":"2026-03-30T11:45:31","modified_gmt":"2026-03-30T15:45:31","slug":"personal-archives-in-the-interview-spaces","status":"publish","type":"tribe_events","link":"https:\/\/storytelling.concordia.ca\/fr\/event\/personal-archives-in-the-interview-spaces\/","title":{"rendered":"Personal Archives in the Interview Space"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>With Kelann Currie-Williams and Derek Garcia<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Much of oral history interview preparation rightly (and evidently) revolves around the audio and visual recording of the event. But what happens when the narrator brings their personal archives into the interview space?<\/p>\n<p>Drawing from Monica Mu\u00f1oz Martinez\u2019s \u201cvernacular history making,\u201d personal archives are the objects\u2014photos, drawings, notes, documents, digital creations\u2014that individuals collect to preserve historical perspectives which may not be considered by institutional archives. This workshop envisions these moments of sharing as opportunities to learn with the narrator; despite the surprise they may bring.<\/p>\n<p>How do you include these objects in the interview? How do you record their presence? How might a researcher design ethics around this possibility? Garcia and Currie-Williams will discuss their experiences interviewing individuals who brought more to the interview than what was expected, and how they effectively included these materials in their dialogue.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><b data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">Kelann Currie-Williams<\/b><\/strong>\u00a0is a writer and PhD Candidate at Concordia University\u2019s Centre for Interdisciplinary Studies in Society and Culture, working at the intersections of Visual Culture Studies, History, Black Studies, and Cultural Studies. Their research focuses on the image-making and photographic preservation histories of the Afro-Caribbean diaspora in Canada from the late 19th to late 20th centuries. Kelann was a 2023-2024 scholar-in-residence and 2024-2025 Student Representative of the COHDS Administrative Board.<\/p>\n<p><strong><b data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">Derek Xavier Garcia<\/b><\/strong>\u00a0is a PhD candidate in the Department of History at Concordia University. His research falls at the intersections of culture, memory, and history of Mexican American and Chicanx activist movements. His dissertation explores educational activism at Colegio Jacinto Trevi\u00f1o (1970-1976), the first Mexican American college in the United States. Derek was a 2022-2023 Student Representative on the COHDS Administrative Board and is currently a 2025-2026 Scholar-in-Residence at the Centre for Oral History and Digital Storytelling.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>REGISTRATION <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Register now <a href=\"https:\/\/simpli.events\/e\/6c7439\">with this link<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Please note that all our events are free and open to all, but registration is mandatory. For any questions, please contact cohds.chorn@concordia.ca<\/p>\n<p><strong>LOCATION<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In-person in LB-1019 (Sunroom), Centre for Oral History and Digital Storytelling (COHDS), Concordia University, 1400 de Maisonneuve Blvd. West, J.W. McConnell Building (Library Building).<\/p>\n<p>COHDS\/ALLAB is located on unceded Kanien\u2019keh\u00e1:ka territory, in Tiohti\u00e1:ke\/Montreal.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With Kelann Currie-Williams and Derek Garcia &nbsp; Much of oral history interview preparation rightly (and evidently) revolves around the audio and visual recording of the event. 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