University of Victoria, Memory and Narrative in the Museum

http://www.uvcs.uvic.ca/crmp

September 24 - 29, 200

With Roberta Kremer, Ph.D.

Offered by the Cultural Resource Management Program, University of Victoria

Oral histories can provide a powerful and evocative means of capturing and reflecting community memories and perspectives within the museum context. This new course focuses on the complex, often sensitive process of documenting historical and cultural memories through personal accounts and

incorporating these narratives in curatorial and educational practice.

You will strengthen your understanding of:

• A range of narrative structures, including stories, testimonies, oral histories
• The teller's perspective and rights
• The role of narrative in the museum context
• Issues of truth, distortion and authenticity
• Ethical, legal, ownership and copyright issues
• Interviewing, recording and documentation procedures
• Exhibition and public programming strategies
• Managing oral history collections

Instructor: Roberta Kremer, Ph.D., is the Executive Director of the Vancouver Holocaust Education Centre

Fee: $560 (Canadian funds, credit or non-credit options)

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Program Coordinator

Cultural Resource Management Program

Continuing Studies, University of Victoria

PO Box 3030 STN CSC Victoria BC Canada V8W 3N6

Tel: 250 721-8462  Fax: 250 721-8774