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Oral History, Oral Culture and Italians in America
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“AIHA
in LA - 2005”
38th annual conference of the AIHA - American
Italian Historical Association
Los Angeles, California, November 3-6, 2005
Download the conference flyer
(pdf, 228KB)
This conference will focus on research in the fields of oral history, local
history, ethnography, and oral tradition, as they pertain to Italians in
America, and will consider: research methodologies, applications,
and their sites (academia, community, public sector). Check www.iohi.org
and
for further details and updates.
Proposed themes:
1) Oral history research and Italians in America: methodologies and applications
2) Ethnography, oral tradition, and its sites: academia, community, public
sector
3) Italians in Southern California: local history, institutions, organizations,
community life, special projects, etc.
4) Any topic in the area of Italian/American studies
Sponsoring Institutions:
Under the auspices of the Consul General of Italy in Los Angeles,
Dr. Diego Brasioli.
Italian Oral History Institute (IOHI), Istituto Italiano di Cultura (IIC),
George L. Graziadio Chair in Italian Studies (California State University
Long Beach), National Italian American Foundation (NIAF); UCLA Center for
Medieval and Renaissance Studies, UCLA Ethnomusicology Archive, UCLA Oral
History Program, with the additional support of the Historic Italian Hall
Foundation.
“AIHA in LA 2005” program highlights will include:
1) Plenary speaker: Alessandro Portelli,
Università La Sapienza, Rome: “What Makes Oral History
Different?”
2) UCLA programs:
a) presentation of the Repertorium Colombianum by Geoffrey Symcox
b) Oral history research workshop by the UCLA Oral History Program
c) Sound and visual archives presentation by the Italian Oral History Institute
and the UCLA Ethnomusicology Archives;
3) Musicàntica in concert: Los Angeles-based, Italian
and Mediterranean traditional music ensemble, with Enzo Fina (Salento),
Roberto Catalano (Catania)
(see multimedia festival: Italian Los Angeles: Celebrating Italian Life,
Local History, and the Arts in Southern California)
4) Exhibitions: Leo Politi: Children’s
Book Illustrator, Losangeleno; and Alan Lomax in the Salento: Photographs
from the 1960s (see multimedia festival: Italian Los Angeles: Celebrating
Italian Life, Local History, and the Arts in Southern California)
5) Workshops on traditional Italian dance and Salentine
frame drum (see multimedia festival: Italian Los Angeles: Celebrating Italian
Life, Local History, and the Arts in Southern California)
6) Historic and cultural tours of Italian Los Angeles,
including: e.g., Historic Italian Hall Foundation, Casa Italiana, Watts
Towers
Call for Papers:
To participate, send completed registration form in pdf
(156KB) or doc (56KB), including
name, affiliation, contact information, a paper title, short and long abstracts
of proposal, to address below by June 1, 2005.
“AIHA in LA 2005” Conference Chair:
Luisa Del Giudice, Director
IOHI – Italian Oral History Institute
P.O. Box 241553,
Los Angeles, CA 90024-1553 USA
Tel: (310) 474-1698 – Fax: (310) 474-3188
E-mail:
ITALIAN
LOS ANGELES:
The Italian Resource Guide to Greater Los Angeles
Project Description:
As a project of the ITALIAN ORAL HISTORY INSTITUTE, Italian Los Angeles will
provide a guide to Italian resources in the greater Los Angeles area: from
markets, restaurants, businesses, and artisans, to cultural, educational institutes
and associations, to festivals and celebrations, historical sites, human resources,
bibliography, and more. This comprehensive guide will be invaluable to anyone
interested in Italian life and history in the Los Angeles area: residents,
tourists, students, scholars, business persons, and others.
Background:
In 1990, Luisa Del Giudice was commissioned by the Folk and Traditional Arts
Program (City of Los Angeles Cultural Affairs Department) to undertake a Preliminary
Survey of Italian Folklife in Los Angeles. They wanted to know about this
somewhat “invisible” community: where it was located, what customs
and traditions were still practiced, and who its leaders, performers, and
others, were. The survey has proven extremely useful, and has served many
in the last decade. This preliminary compilation will form the basis of an
expanded and updated project, and be made available to a wider public. Since
2003, the IOHI, together with interested student interns and other volunteers,
and in collaboration with other Los Angeles-based cultural, commercial, and
educational entities, has coordinated this large-scale effort to make the
Italian community and its resources better known and more visible, to the
community itself and to others, through this online guide to Italian Los Angeles.
Sponsorships:
This project has received the financial support of the Italian Consul General
of Los Angeles, NIAF (National Italian American Foundation), and the Graziadio
Chair in Italian Studies, California State University, Long Beach.
Donations:
To make a donation to this project and have your name acknowledged on the
www.ItalianLosAngeles.org Web site, please send your check to “Italian
Oral History Institute” at address below.
Want to help? See Volunteer/Internship page:
Questionnaire:
Please take the time to send us information about Italian resources you know.
Send us a completed questionnaire
if you can. Request a paper or digital copy of the questionnaire by contacting
the IOHI. Make as many copies as needed (one per entry: site, organization,
event, etc.), and return to the IOHI either by mail, fax, or E-mail:
Guide to Italian Los Angeles Tel: (310) 474-1698 IOHI - ITALIAN ORAL HISTORY INSTITUTE Fax: (310) 474-3188 P.O. Box 241553 E-mail: Los Angeles, CA 90024-1553 Web: www.iohi.org
ITALIAN
LOS ANGELES:
Celebrating Italian Life, Local History, and the Arts in Southern California
October 1-November 6, 2005
The Italian Oral History Institute (IOHI), together with local institutions,
will produce a multi-media festival for October 1-November 6, 2005 entitled:
Italian Los Angeles: Celebrating Italian Life, Local History, and the Arts
in Southern California. Look for concerts and workshop on traditional Italian
music and dance, poetry readings, exhibitions, films, lectures, book presentations,
and more.
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