CUIN 6397 - Practicum in IT, Summer 2006
In Class 4 (on June 20th), we participated in an oral history workshop that included a discussion by UH history professor, Dr. Joe Pratt. Dr. Pratt is the editor of the Houston Review of History and Culture, and workshop participants received two issues of this journal.
For this discussion, you are being asked to read at least one article in the journal that you feel has some relationship to the work you're doing on the Dawn Installation project.
Then, post a comment in which you describe the material you read (be sure to include the name of the article you selected, which issue it was in, who wrote it, what the main themes were, etc.) and discuss how what you learned from the article might be used in the design and development of the project component you are working on this summer.
posted by Bernard Robin @ 7:45 AM
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I read the article about Thelma Scott Bryant in the Fall 2003 issue of "The Houston Review of History and Culture" (Thelma Scott Bryant: Memories of a Century in Houston's Third Ward, Tomkins-Walsh, p. 48-58).
A few of us will be interviewing Ms. Bryant on Monday, so that we may include her oral history on our Dawn website. Instead of the interview being written, it will, instead, be an audio, as well as a video, interview. That way, we will be able to hear her voice as she narrates her life story.
The article about Ms. Bryant helped me to gain understanding of her life. She grew up in the thriving community of the 3rd ward. She has been a member of the 3rd ward community for almost a hundred years. She was born in her parents' home. After she was married, she and her husband built their own home in the 3rd Ward, where she still resides today.
It is amazing that we will be able to speak with her face-to-face. She will be able tell us first hand how the 3rd Ward was back when there was no running water or paved streets, as well as how it has changed over the last almost 100 years. The article made me realize that Ms. Bryant grew up much like any other young woman grew up in a middle class household in Houston--except her community was segregated from other communities in Houston based on race. Other than that, her activities, interests, and dreams were like any other young person's, and she was able to realize them even through the challenges of segregation and racism.
She has been active in the community, church, and education system which makes her an important voice of the history of the 3rd Ward. It will benefit our site to have her as a primary source of information because she will help give an identity, voice, and "face" to our walking tour. I hope that through her words, voice, and image, visitors to the site will better understand the 3rd Ward community, its residents, and its deeply interesting history.
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