Students Connect with History ‘Insiders.
- UNCG Author/Contributor (non-UNCG co-authors, if there are any, appear on document)
- Benjamin P. Filene, Associate Professor and Director of Public History (Creator)
- Institution
- The University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNCG )
- Web Site: http://library.uncg.edu/
Abstract: Twenty-three-year-old Lisa Zevorich
came to graduate school with a talent
for historical research—seeking out
documents, weighing interpretations,
crafting arguments. This semester she
has been honing a new skill: listening.
Zevorich and seven classmates in
UNCG’s Museum Studies program
conducted twenty-five interviews
with seniors at the Greensboro Senior
Center. Every week students came
downtown to the Center to sit with
seniors and hear stories about the events
of their lifetimes—from the moon
landing to their favorite Thanksgiving
meal to their reflections on whether the
dishwasher represents technological
progress or just a frill for the lazy.
Students Connect with History ‘Insiders.
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Additional Information
- Publication
- Language: English
- Date: 2008
- Keywords
- history, history education, museum studies, history students, storytelling, oral history, greensboro history