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The land speaks : new voices at the intersection of oral and environmental history / edited by Debbie Lee and Kathyrn Newfont.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Oxford oral history seriesPublication details: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, (c)2017.Description: 1 online resourceContent type:
  • text
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  • computer
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  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780190664534
Subject(s): Genre/Form: LOC classification:
  • GE160 .L363 2017
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Subject: "The Land Speaks explores the intersections of two vibrant fields, oral history and environmental studies. The pieces range North America, examining wilderness and cities, farms and forests, rivers and arid lands. The authors argue that oral history can capture communication from the land and serve as a tool for environmental problem solving. Essays include transcript excerpts and photographs, and address issues as diverse as climate change, pollution, animal encounters, and firefighting"--
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Includes bibliographies and index.

"The Land Speaks explores the intersections of two vibrant fields, oral history and environmental studies. The pieces range North America, examining wilderness and cities, farms and forests, rivers and arid lands. The authors argue that oral history can capture communication from the land and serve as a tool for environmental problem solving. Essays include transcript excerpts and photographs, and address issues as diverse as climate change, pollution, animal encounters, and firefighting"--

Cover; The Land Speaks; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction Listening to the Land through Oral History; Part I: Building Fluency; 1 Private Memories of Public Precipitation: Gathering and Assessing Ecological Oral Histories in an Era of Climate Change; Oral history with Ferrell Secakuku by Shawn Kelley, First Mesa, Arizona, October 2005; 2 Fostering Relationships with the Wild: Oral History's Role in Recreation Management; Oral history with William Tweed by Alison Steiner, Three Rivers, California, June 7, 2010

Oral history with Nathan Stephenson by Alison Steiner, Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks, Ash Mountain, California, June 17, 20103 The Public Significance of the Private Farm; Oral history with Jed and Nan Schwartz by Nathaniel Van Yperen, East Washington, New Hampshire, September 2011; Part II: Listening through Place; 4 Documenting Tension on Idaho's Public Lands: A Case Study from the Idaho Oral History Center Collections; Oral histories with Avis and Richard York and Lois Gifford Amyx by Madeline Buckendorf for the Montour Oral History Project, 1985 and 1986

Oral histories with Jim Renshaw and Ted Epley by Linda Morton-​Keithley for the Recreational Development of Idaho's5 Territorial: A Collective Oral History of Land and Indigeneity in the Carib Territory of Dominica; Oral history with "Ophelia" by Emma Gaalaas Mullaney, Carib Territory, Commonwealth of Dominica, May 22, 2008; Part III: Fostering Community through Environment; 6 Resurrecting Dead Lands: Two Oral Histories of Urban Explorers; Oral history with Ernie Muscedere by Ben Bunting, Kent, Ohio, December 28, 2011

Oral history with Matt Stewart by Ben Bunting, Kent, Ohio, December 27, 20117 Sending the Flood Upriver: Impersonal Change and Personal Stories in the Savannah River Valley; Oral history with Joe Miller Holloway Jr. by Robert P. Shapard, Lincoln County, Georgia, March 22, 2008; 8 (Re)Constructing Community Commons and Traditions: Urban Gardening and Community Spaces in the Haddington Neighborhood of West Philadelphia

Oral histories with Skip Wiener, Lisa Barkley, Joseph Purdie, and Doris Stahl by Patrick Hurley, Shakiya Canty, Adam Schwemin, and Walter Greason, Haddington, Pennsylvania, 2010-​2011Part IV: Attending to Public Land; 9 Sky-​Fighters of the Forest: Conscientious Objectors, African American Paratroopers, and the US Forest Service Smokejumping Program in World War II; Oral history with Philip Stanley by Roxanne Farwell for the University of Montana's Smokejumper Oral History Project, Missoula, July 3, 1984

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