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Dr. Stephen Sloan - Post-Crisis Oral History Projects

Dr. Stephen Sloan - Post-Crisis Oral History Projects

Released Monday, 2nd August 2021
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Dr. Stephen Sloan - Post-Crisis Oral History Projects

Dr. Stephen Sloan - Post-Crisis Oral History Projects

Dr. Stephen Sloan - Post-Crisis Oral History Projects

Dr. Stephen Sloan - Post-Crisis Oral History Projects

Monday, 2nd August 2021
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Dr. Stephen Sloan accepted the position of Assistant Director of the Center for Oral History and Cultural Heritage in 2003.  In this episode, he discusses those years and how his tenure was shaped by the arrival of Hurricane Katrina in September of 2005. Sloan begins the conversation with memories of how his family survived the storm and the cleanup that followed.

Soon after Katrina, the COHCH began conducting oral history interviews of the survivors. Sloan describes the need for such a project and the positive response it received. Based in part on those experiences, Sloan co-authored a book on conducting post-crisis oral history projects.  In Listening on the Edge: Oral History in the Aftermath of Crisis, he reflects on the need to protect the mental health of interviewers, as well as the interviewees.

In 2007, Dr. Sloan left the Center to become Director of the Institute for Oral History at Baylor University. He recalls fondly his time at USM and how it shaped his career.

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